Tips on avoiding motorcycle accidents

Did you know that the risk of an accident is twice as high at night as during the day, according to data from RGM?

In addition to the driver, the passenger can also benefit from the mobility advantages associated with two wheels in the big city.

The technique of countersteering is a way to drive that the motorcycle driver constantly uses. However, it is a technique that is done consciously or unconsciously which also makes it unknown, and not only for new motorcyclists.

A motorcycle, however light it may be, is significantly heavy. As a result, it is not easy to pick it up using brute force if we have the bad luck of it falling to the ground.

If you still do not know, starting on January 1, 2016, it is mandatory for all new motorcycles with 125 cc or greater cylinder capacity to have standard ABS. Even so, the anti-lock brake system is not new.

The motorcyclist is, along with pedestrians and cyclists, one of the most vulnerable groups talked about in road safety. It is in the city too, an especially hostile environment since a large amount of vehicles accumulate in different situations.

We have already spoken about blind spots, those areas around the vehicle which remain invisible to the driver either directly or in the rear-view mirrors.