Welcome to the Gloucestershire branch of the RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders.
This Group was founded in 1983. Full membership is available to riders or drivers who have taken a RoSPA Advanced Driving or Riding Assessment.
If you haven’t already passed a RoSPA advanced test, then you can join as an ‘associate’. To help ‘associates’ prepare for these assessments we offer training, based on the Police “Roadcraft” Manuals’, to full licence holders.
‘Associates’ pay a small annual fee and are allocated a personal voluntary tutor. Training is free to motorists (who use their own vehicles) but motorcyclists are asked to contribute £10 per session towards their tutor’s expenses.
Training is very informal and friendly. The techniques learned greatly reduce the risk of an incident. The group also organises visits and hosts lectures on motoring and related subjects.
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Latest Items
- 02/06/12 - RoADAR (Glos) at BikeSafe Southwest We will be helping at the South West Regional Bikesafe event at Castle Combe Circuit on 2nd June 2012. Please click on the link for full details. Castle Combe Circuit is just outside Chippenham: see Google Maps. ...
- 17/05/12 - Talk - PC Dave Holland - "When the worst happens: finding the causes" Please note that this talk has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. This is most disappointing, but it will be reinstated at some time in the future and the response we’ve received indicates that it should be very well attended. We hope...
- 07/05/12 - RoSPA Stopping Distances - Pedestrian Injury Simulator Approximately two-thirds of all crashes in which people are killed or injured happen on roads with a speed limit of 30mph or less. At 30mph, vehicles are travelling at 44 feet (about 3 car lengths) each second. The Pedestrian Injury Simulator allows yo...
- 02/04/12 – The Spring 2012 Newsletter is here! Check out our latest Newsletter - the Spring 2012 edition (3.2Mb). A lower-resolution version is also available (700kb). You'll also find previous editions and a wealth of news items in the News section. ...
- Chair’s Gripes - May 2011 The question that I have to ask myself when starting to write a piece for a quality magazine like ours is ‘How do I start?’ Well, on this occasion I was staring out the window listening to the chimes of the approaching ice cream van and that made me think...
- How to join the group... If you would like to discuss membership as either a driver or rider, contact the membership secretary, Richard Dixon, by email or telephone (01452 547263). Alternatively complete our Membership Form, and return it to the address shown. ...
Calendar of Events
We hold various events throughout the year. You will be welcomed at most of these, but it is always advisable to speak to someone beforehand just to be sure there are no last minute changes to venues etc.
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Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea
News Items
Read about the latest news on advanced driving and riding from around the world. You will find the latest few posts here. To read more, to find an older item, or to do some research, click on the “News Archive” tab above.
- 16/05/12 - Rider denied compensation for crash with lorry that crossed white line A motorcyclist who collided with an oncoming lorry which had partly crossed over the central white line has been denied compensation. To blame the lorry driver would impose too high a standard on him, according to the Court of Appeal ruling. See ...
- 02/03/12 - RoADAR (RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders) Web site RoSPA has revamped the RoADAR (Advanced Drivers and Riders) Web site which now contains a new members' forum to help reduce road accidents by encouraging an interest in road safety. The RoADAR Web site focuses on driver and rider behaviour and is relevant...
- 02/07/11 - Biker killed while on Police Advanced Course "Benjamin Alexander Tate, 30, of Bakewell Mews, was riding a blue Honda bike when he was involved in a collision with a white camper van and a blue Vauxhall Insignia. The crash happened on the A487 at Pantperthog, near Machynlleth, in mid Wales. The...
- 30/05/11 - Blue Light Aware campaign http://www.bluelightaware.org.uk/ ...