THINK! Motorcycle Safety Video Clips

[@Ikespoor]

Great vid. Always remember: when you're on a bike assume that you're the only person on the road who knows what they're doing and everyone else just got their lisence yesterday. Ride accordingly. This mindset has saved me from getting dumped in a ditch or wrapped around a pole more than once.

[@amyk9813]

Do you wear earplugs?

[@transonicbuoy1]

Great safety vids, credit to the UK Govt for making them. There's nothing like this here in Japan - drivers here are very indecisive, see you coming, wait, and then poull out right in front of bike, at last minute.

[@paigelefevre5230]

THATS HOW I DRIVE LOL

[@DW94576]

​@@paigelefevre5230STOP DRIVING LIKE THAT OR GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEONE ASSHOLE

[@coolspot89]

This ad is the same as my accident i had 4 years ago and has screwed me for life. I struggle to to sustain a run wake with paain in my joints when i had the impact with the car all because the driver didn't look before pulling out . in her exact word "sorry i just didn't look"

[@darthkahn45]

In true 'Think!' fashion it should have ended with a crash and the camera slowly panned over to a sign that reads 'oop sorry, forgot about that one'

[@billj3cub]

That was a great video. Required viewing for all new riders. I live in Portland Oregon, West coast of the USA and everything is exactly the same, rainy weather and all. Well, except our roads are wider and we drive on the wrong side. :O)

[@WannabeGuitarLegend]

Last one's definitely the best, most helpful I think. And to everyone arguing over whether it's usually the car or bikes fault, I think it usually is the cars fault, but the biker can easily prevent it, all you need to do if you see a car getting ready to come out of a T junction is slow down in case they don't see you, and the chances are that'll be enough. I heard one guy (steelhorseclub on here) say a good way to think of it is just to assume that everyone is out to kill you, and I agree!

[@ultrakool]

yeah, i don't startle easy but that one made me flinch. good special effects

[@speakfreeley4473]

The one at 0:52 is effectively an update on the two 'Think Bike" PIFs with Edward Judd & Jimmy Hill.

[@Words-of-encouragement.-.]

What is a "PIF"? It makes me think of what we say in the U.S. "PSA" which means "Public Service Announcement".

[@speakfreeley4473]

@@Words-of-encouragement.-. In the UK it's a 'Public Information Film'.

[@BigUriel]

Sure they do, and some do blame car drivers no matter what, but many bikers will admit when they're wrong, even if the were breaking makes no sense for a bike. The big problem is that the code is made thinking about cars almost exclusively. Why wouldn't a bike be allowed to overtake on bends if it's slim enough to do so without going into the opposite lane? Why wouldn't a bike be allowed to lane split or ride the shoulder?

[@MrSupercar55]

Why would you want to ride a motorcycle on the hard shoulder? If the traffic is bad, a motorcycle can slip right through the gaps and disappear to the front of the queue, unless it's a Honda Gold Wing! 😂😂😂

[@ThomasWilliamFrodsham]

nice video! will watch again

[@learn2rideVIDEOS]

MANY riders are safe, systematic, smooth and present NO danger to other road users- yet many drivers STILL treat motorcyclists- not as the vulnerable road users they are- but with contempt.. you seem like a reasonable chap and would it be fair of me to tar you with the same brush as such stereotypes as the school run-mums, white van man, salesman in a hurry, boy racer, red-light runner, mobile phone user, uninsured driver etc? of course not! you cannot lump ALL bikers into one category!

[@drasonmeerrkat2617]

This advert scared me to death

[@McShave]

Holy crap, I am imagining this, or is this a young Martin Freeman? Naw it is!

[@aluisious]

We need "Back off the revs!" signs on a lot of roads in California. The second ad was pretty shocking. Damn, I'd be triple checking too if I saw that.

[@thisguy9458]

yeah… shame the ads don’t work here, old crone slammed into my side when I was on a roundabout and her excuse was that she didn’t see me and that it was my fault for being on a motorbike even though I had right of way. Fuck mini drivers I’ve almost been killed by 4 just at the start of this year.

[@haydengault2568]

Great video

[@zombiauskis]

It doesnt meter how you drive!After you crash your bike all you hear" O that bike was flying" Even if you had drivin at speed limit! Only the bike enthusiast understands that!

[@learn2rideVIDEOS]

thank you! but surely that is like asking, "how long is a piece of string?" perhaps i could ask in return why so many car drivers feel the need/think it is acceptable to use a mobile phone/fiddle with a satnav/text whilst driving/argue with a passenger/drive with one hand out the window etc.? or why lorry drivers do this? cyclists that?tractor drivers etc etc.. the only one accountable is the vehicle driver BUT as i said before, REGARDLESS of who is at fault the biker will come off worst

[@COIcultist]

Years ago I was on a large roundabout and some young guys in a car 1/2 way pulled out I made a controlled stop and went into a massive meltdown. I explained how it was that "people are amazingly resilient and you can beat them beyond what you can imagine, and they will walk away unharmed. The next day you will barely tap them, and they will be brown bread (dead). You will fucking kill someone." How it was that it was a wet day and it was a greasy roundabout and my responses were limited. I was only on a 125 and the place where I had this meltdown was a shit area. Yet I suddenly realised these lads were listening to me and were a bit reticent. Always believe in hope. Still the strangest vehicle to vehicle incident I've ever had. BTW I'm no man mountain or able to intimidate people.

[@stephenrozario5742]

EXCELLENT AND FANTASTIC VIDEO 📹 FOR MOTORCYCLISTS

[@Thechist781]

That would be a day of commute. Certain soldier said it is more dangerous riding his motorbike than being deployed in a combat zone..

[@snowballsalaska]

There is an "American" version of this ad. ABATE of Alaska has used it but I don't know who made it.

[@Smellthegrass]

I wish I had both campaigns in my country, Spain.

[@Strathclydegamer]

Very effective ad, if only it was used more often. I'm 18 and i've been SMIDSY'd a few times (Sorry mate I didn't see you) Good thing I was going just under the limit each time, gave me enought time to spot the gits.

[@thepowersportschanne]

Motorcycle safety starts with the riders first and always!

[@GuitarMasterGraeme]

Yeah i understand you and i cant argue with that. Its those that give us a bad reputation.

[@inkmonster0u812]

This happens to me every friggen day i ride to work, evan though i ride the speed limet or under someone is always in a big hurry.

[@Goldenrod636]

Why would you look at one side twice but the other side once?

[@A65Bill]

You look twice to confirm that the nearer danger zone is still clear

[@tomtomh5]

the same happened to me "sorry i was looking at the satnav" and i wrote my first bike off, after 2 weeks of being road legal.

[@terminatorverse2076]

I love the homeless man hold up help sighn that instead warns motorists.

[@COIcultist]

Hitch hiker?

[@tktalk6900]

the second one is cheeky there isn't a bike coming in the first clip

[@GuitarMasterGraeme]

lol thats like me telling you that you should be anticipating a bike coming.

[@dybcio14]

That's great camanion. Should be promote on Poland too. Polish drivers didn't respect bikers. They make a lot of crashes, becouse they don't think about peopels on bikes.

[@mctom999]

Nice Video

[@joaotiagoduarte]

very nice

[@mikkifly]

is the voice tim from the office,martin freeman

[@buzzkill9991]

I think this voice sounds like Chris gascoyne aka Peter Barlow from coronation street I think it is him voicing this advert

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

3:22 Ugh he's a right baldy

[@manofsanantonio]

I wish people driving (think) about driving;here in usa, they just say they didnt see the motorcycle,mosty cause of inatteion and careless(even dont care -less).

[@WannabeGuitarLegend]

Well said

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

3:23 Jasper Carrot's son

[@steve00alt70]

There is zero tv adverts that show the benefits of motorcycling in the uk, it reinforces society's mind and parents that they are fatally dangerous (any transport can be). Yet they dont show bicycles in this way which is far more dangerous than motorcycles. Motorcycles can be fun, mentally rewarding, more convienient form of transport, but ofcourse uk dont want to show that side.

[@GuitarMasterGraeme]

That makes sence, where do you get your facts? :P

[@rodneymarsh6031]

Because if you are pulling out, to turn right at a junction, after looking right then left, if you don't look right again before pulling out YOU too may kill a motorcyclist!

[@COIcultist]

Or be hit by anything. It is the standard T-junction emerging vehicle process of observation.

[@learn2rideVIDEOS]

@ the bobandroundyshow- troll on youtube, make fun of those who actually know what they are talking about and then close your account..wow! what a wonderful contribution to road safety LOL!

[@BigUriel]

And car drivers don't? Cars drive over the legal limit just as often as bikes, and unless they're just cruising around (which most people usually aren't) overtake whenever they can just like bikes, the only difference is that cars just don't get as many chances to overtake because they're so wide and slow.

[@tomatzu]

The last PIF was excellent. The amount of times the biker could've died. It does make you wonder.

[@peternovac94]

HOLY...

[@SEATracers]

He also "drives" planes :D

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

3:23 A gay spunked on his shoulder

[@snowball1988]

was it just me or was anyone else expecting the person in the 2nd ad to get hit/die? i assumed they would like the other one as a car driver motorcyclists appear out of nowhere and weave in and out of traffic and dont seem to obey speed limits, they bring problems on themselves imo

[@jamesjesus1828]

They shouldn't use these videos on American driving classes, it's confusing to see them in the left lane.

[@timtom1320]

no.

[@dennymambo]

I would like to see a version of this accident where the rider gets up...and beats the 'tard car driver to death with a crescent spanner he had wisely stashed somewhere :D Television at its finest hahah

[@vitorock27]

este video apesta!!! en la primera escena el tipo se detiene muy adelante, casi en la mitad de la autopista. todo el mundo sabe que por muy precavido que seas, un automovil o una motocicleta puede impactar gravemente tu vehiculo

[@jaredthomas7993]

BRRRRRH

[@Robert-Downey-Syndrome]

Bullshit. The bike clearly wasn't there the first time he looked.

[@danielfaria4949]

Sadness is they look at you and drive in front of you waiting you stop!

[@RedX199115]

thats a nice way to get owned!, thats because i hate to drive bikes!

[@GuitarMasterGraeme]

Cool.. no i do not disagree with that fact... there are some serious nobs out there that make us all look bad but i think its a bit ignorant to believe that all bikers are like this =/ i for one.. am not, I just like you anticipate all eventualities. but when there is a collision it doesn't matter who you blame... in the end 9-10 times it will be fault on the car driver. In some cases it is the bikers fault for going to fast or for just being a complete twat. I see where your coming from.

[@stinkomalinko]

Ironically, most motorcycle accidents are the cyclists fault.