CVAM & Other Biking News
 

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See also - CVAM & Other Biking News ARCHIVE

April2010 - More discount offers to members now available including a 10% discount at Dickies UK
Dickies workwear and Protective Clothing is the benchmark for a wide range of industrial workwear situations extending to specialist applications e.g. painters bib overalls, flame retardant workwear, knee pad work trousers, protective and hi vis clothing, safety boots and footwear as well as a range of PPE (Personal Protection Equipment).
Open to CVAM members only - see here  
 

MagicZero is an initiative by the West of England Road Safety Partnership aimed at reducing the number of motorcycle fatalities on our roads. Bristol Motorrad are proud to support this campaign and have provided a number of prizes which can be won in monthly draws at the magiczero website.
Visit the website for the chance of winning a BMW S1000RR and 1 years membership with the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
Just visit www.magiczero.org and complete the quick survey to be in with a chance of winning.

IAM Members Benefits Improved Further
IAM announcement 27Jan2010 - a new insurance benefit introduced this month for IAM members’ families.
IAM Surety Family is a competitive car and motorcycle insurance service, offered for the first time to the immediate family of IAM. Please note this is a separate scheme from the Adelaide Insurance service, which is exclusively for IAM members. 
Details on the IAM website
Motorcycle (and car) insurance related discussions on the CVAM Forum
 

New IAM Manual Launched.
IAM have launched a new manual for Associates entitled "How to be a better Rider"  Advanced Motorcycling - the essential guide.  Available from the IAM website bookshop at £9.99.  Free to new Associates and current Observers and half price (£5) to current Associates.
 

Change to Group Ride policy document (Jul2009) - CVAM members, please go the Members Section to view the changes.

2009 SEES INCREASE IN FEMALE RIDERS JOINING CVAM.
CVAM has recruited twenty-five Associates in 2009 so far, joining the Group via the IAM "Skill for Life" Package, of whom eight are women.  This is an encouraging trend and reflects the increase in female riders out there on the road.  
 

News from Somerset Road Safety Partnership Motorcycle Forum
Somerset PTW Casualty Data Jan-Jun 2008
CVAM regularly attend meetings of the Somerset Road Safety Partnership. Their statistics for the first half of 2008 have just been released and they don't make good reading. The statistics cover the whole of the county of Somerset but do not include North Somerset or Bath & North East Somerset.

• PTW riders account for 9 out of 20 total fatal casualties.
• 2 out of the 9 involved no other vehicle.
• None involve low powered machines (less that 125cc).
• 125cc -1, 250cc - 1, 600cc - 2, 650cc - 2, 750cc - 2, 1200cc - 1.
• Rider error has been recorded as responsible for 7 out of the 9 fatalities.
• The figures for the 1st half of the year are up on the 1st half of previous years.
• 2005 - 2, 2006 - 3, 2007 - 3.
• Total crashes involving PTW's are lower than previous 4 years, but the trend is from slight casualties to killed or serious injury.(KSI).

Shared Use of Advanced Stop Lines
Somerset are considering a trial of the shared use of Advanced Stop Lines for PTW's probably in the Taunton area.

Non Slip Manhole Covers
Somerset are keen to encourage the Utility Companies to consider replacing metal service covers with the new covers with non-slip surface. They will concentrate on locations of particular danger to PTW riders on the roads that have been identified as high risk to PTW riders by reference to crash and casualty statistics.
The routes within the CVAM catchment area include the A38 from Bridgwater to North Somerset boundary, A37 from B&NES to Devon, B3151 Yeovil - Street, A39 Glastonbury - Wells, the urban area of Bridgwater and the local area of Cheddar.
              

Congratulations to the following CVAM members on passing their Advanced Motorcycle test or becoming an Observer		And a warm welcome to the following new CVAM 'Associates' and existing IAM members joining CVAM
Bruce Bembridge 03/07/2010             William Groves 12/06/2010             Stephen Derwin 16/05/2010             Marita Muench 24/04/2010             Andreas Henken 23/01/2010             David Spreag 19/12/2009             Mark Blackburn 07/11/2009             Maggie Mickshik 14/11/2009             Barry Organ 31/10/2009             Sue Hodgetts 05/09/2009             Michael Harris 03/09/2009             Jason Phillips 22/08/2009             Mark Hamlin 27/07/2009             Norma Latham 25/07/2009             Bill Chard 11/07/2009             Gareth Hughes 20/06/2009             John Bushell 21/06/2009             Kevin Mountcastle 30/05/2009             Neil Rosati 07/05/2009             Jonathan West 16/04/2009             Phil Hale 30/04/2009             Jason Burchell 27/04/2009             Andrew Stuart 26/04/2009             Ralph Ferrand 10/04/2009             Joanne Wingate 29/03/2009   Observer         Mark Tredwen 29/03/2009   Observer         Mark Millar 29/03/2009   Observer         Ian Long 20/03/2009   Observer         Bob Samwell 15/03/2009   Observer   Phil Taylor 15/03/2009   Observer   Lee Booker 14/02/2009       John Hodgetts 24/01/2009		Roger Carson 16/06/2010         David Eaton 16/06/2010         Stephen Paraskeva 03/06/2010         Michael Sanders 03/06/2010         Richard McLeavy 28/05/2010         Anthony Marwood 29/04/2010         Jeremy Evans 20/04/2010         Ian Floyd 18/04/2010         Doug Harding 13/04/2010         Ian Hill 09/02/2010         Richard Hale 21/01/2010         Greg Kelloway 07/01/2010   (Existing IAM Member)     Peter Ashdown 05/01/2010         Julie Dixon 27/12/2009   (Joined as a Friend of CVAM)     Peter Baylis 15/12/2009         Stephen Derwin 19/11/2009         William Groves 19/11/2009         Pat Bushell 18/11/2009   (Joined as a Friend of CVAM)     John Chase 31/10/2009   (Existing IAM Member)     Kelvin Litchfield 20/10/2009   (Existing IAM Member)     Steve White 14/07/2009         James Walker 14/07/2009         Geoff Sherring 09/07/2009         David Spreag 22/06/2009         Mark Blackburn 17/06/2009         Marita Muench 07/06/2009         Michael Harris 04/06/2009         David Deller 12/05/2009         Sally Westlake 06/05/2009   (joined as a Friend of CVAM)     Carol Reid 06/05/2009   (joined as a Friend of CVAM)     Luke Organ 05/05/2009         Barry Organ 05/05/2009         Jan Lacey 29/04/2009         Jason Phillips 26/04/2009         Mark Hamlin 25/04/2009         Gareth Hughes 25/04/2009         Shawn Thistleton 17/04/2009         Denise Stephens 29/03/2009     Norma Latham 29/03/2009     Marion Fisher 28/03/2009     Bruce Bembridge 11/03/2009     Kim Mason 09/03/2009   (joined as a Friend of CVAM) Andreas Henken 10/02/2009     Sue Hodgetts 10/02/2009     Karen Barclay 10/02/2009     John Samuels 02/02/2009     Maggie Mickshik  16/01/2009