“Driving a motorcycle at speed, everyone knows how to do it”, welcomes Michel, the “motorcycle gentleman” of the Pas-de-Calais prefecture. One way to make us understand that, although we are on the emblematic circuit of Croix-en-Terni, he is more interested in the ease of bikers on their gear. That’s how twenty-two bikers stumbled on a road test, answered forty questions about road safety and got on their bike for a test of maneuverability.
“Behind a heavy weight, there are fifty invisible positions for the driver.”
These amateur riders have all won their qualification at one of the seventeen events organized this year through the department with insurer MACIF. The winner of this Teresina final (the third of the name) won a ticket for the national trophy at the motorcycle police school. But beyond any competition, the goal of the prefecture is clear: continue to raise the awareness of the bikers, be more careful even they wear the reflective vest, particularly exposed on the roads in case of accident.
The participants were thus entitled to demonstrations of airbag safety vest, still too little used. They were also able to board a school truck on loan from Bray-la-Bossier Public Works High School. “Behind the heavy weight, there are fifty invisible positions for the driver, explains Michel Lagash. We want to make bikers aware of these blind spots. And the danger they represent in case of irregular overtaking.