Originally Posted by Pepsi

As a bike cop I also worked as a Bike Safe assessor operating mainly in the Merseyside area but committing to the wider national program. It really is a great opportunity to pick up a few tips and for me, when I was giving the initial opening lecture, to a two day course-group, I would open with the fact we ALL are still learning and that included me and my colleagues. There had been many a time that the public offered up little gems that I and the lads have used or worked with.

You can ask all sorts of questions and have them answered there and then or researched professionally for you with a definitive answer that most certainly hasn't come 'from a mate down the pub'

It's a real barrier breaking experience and many, like Gas-Up, go on to to further training which can only be a good thing.

Here's a pic from the 3 day Sheffield event. You'd be surprised what we turn up on..!

http://www.bikesafe.co.uk/