Toulouse: bikers review their driving with the gendarmes
The gendarmes of the departmental road safety squadron of Haute-Garonne offer training “handlebar recovery” to two-wheeler pilots to better manage winter.
The wind, the rain, the dead leaves which transform the road into a risk zone… With the onset of bad weather, the traffic conditions become more difficult for motorcyclists. And if many leave their engines in the garage, others continue to circulate. “With autumn and then winter, you have to adapt your driving”, warns Captain Mickael Bonsens. This motorcyclist heads the departmental road safety squadron of Haute-Garonne, a unit of 113 personnel. Specialists who watch over the roads. Among them 41 motorcyclists experienced in the risks of driving on two wheels whatever the weather conditions.
This year, the EDSR is offering drivers a “little overhaul” before winter. “A recovery of the handlebars,” said the officer. These formations are not new but this time, we decided to offer them before winter by relying on the motorized platoons. “After Villefranche-de-Lauragais and Muret, the students had an appointment on Saturday at Toulouse-Croix-Daurade.
Next Saturday near Saint-Gaudens
Trajectory, braking distance, behavior to adopt, position on the bike … The review is intended to be wide and before a group outing on the winding roads of the sector, particularly wet on Saturday.
“We are in the council and the exchange”, indicated the commander Mickael Bonsens. With the ambition to reduce the risk of accident – 52 dead on the roads of Haute-Garonne at the end of September including 14 bikers.
A final “handlebar recovery” is scheduled for Saturday, November 20 with the motorized peloton of Estancarbon, near Saint-Gaudens. Information and registration by message on [email protected]