To flip up or to shut down?
17 Apr 2014
Flip up helmets. Beloved of couriers, BMW owners, police riders and smokers. But what is the legal consequence of riding with your helmet flipped up? If you get stopped, pointing out that half the officer’s colleagues in the Met Police ‘Flipped up’ is probably not the best starting point…
Urban myths, speeding and the law
23 Jan 2013
Specialist motoring solicitor and ZZR1400 rider Andrew ‘Chef’ Prendergast demystifies a couple of bits of riding folklore
Riding on a private road – Life’s a beach?
10 Aug 2010
I rode my mate’s 125cc bike through a caravan park where we were staying to go down to the beach. I was wearing the full protective gear of flip flops, shorts and a vest.
Motorcycle Filtering Accident Claim
21 Jul 2010
My son was in an accident where he was filtering down the outside of standing or slow traffic, when a car pulled out of a ‘give way’ junction to cross the central reservation and join the opposite carriageway.
