{"id":332,"date":"2021-03-23T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:35:29","slug":"mike-abbott-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/programme\/mike-abbott-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-332\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-332-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-332-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-332-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-332-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">'Loss of Control' causes on a PTW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The presentation covers the likely causes of 'loss of control' whilst riding a PTW and how they can be avoided. This is a stated contributory factor in 10% of RTCs, with poor control a likely factor in many others.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to avoid hazards if possible is a key skill, particularly for a PTW rider. Modern large capacity PTW's have a power to weight ratio approaching that of a Formula One car, but none of the protection, so require a considerable level of skill to ride safely.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">Mike Abbott MBA, Advanced Rider Coaching<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-297 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mike-Abbott-new-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mike-Abbott-new-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mike-Abbott-new-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mike-Abbott-new.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mike Abbott MBA is a RoSPA Advanced Motorcycle Instructor, a DVSA Post Test Trainer, an ACU Level 2 Road Race Coach and former BikeSafe assessor for the Lincs Police.<\/p>\n<p>He is a time-served automotive engineer and test driver (Ford) and has been riding PTW's for over 50 years on three continents, road racing competitively until 2005.<\/p>\n<p>He devised 'SharpRider tm' with Derbys Road Safety Partnership which is now a national scheme innovatively delivering the DVSA Enhanced Rider Scheme, and 'Twang tm' for Safer Roads South Yorkshire for younger riders.<\/p>\n<p>He owns the British Superbike School which is celebrating its 10 anniversary this year, launched with help from Notts CC and the South Yorkshire Police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-332-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presentation covers the likely causes of &#8216;loss of control&#8217; whilst riding a PTW and how they can be avoided. This is a stated contributory factor in 10% of RTCs, with poor control a likely factor in many others. Being able to avoid hazards if possible is a key skill, particularly for a PTW rider. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-notitle.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions\/333"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/ptwevent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}