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Ruben Torres

Stroud Area Regional Police Department

100 Day Street

East Stroudsburg PA 18301

570-421-6800 ext. 1027

rtorres@sarpd.com

stroudmotor1@gmail.com

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David B // 03/12/2009 at 7:12 pm

Great site! Haven’t had time to check it all out yet, but what I’ve seen so far looks excellent.
Jorge Cerame // 03/23/2009 at 6:24 am

Ruben,
Great web site! I will certainliy tell all the riders I know about it. Thanks for a greate contribution to motorcycling safety.
KT Did // 04/21/2009 at 10:35 pm

Hey Ruben, I like the info here. Thanks!
Bronwyn // 04/24/2009 at 2:06 am

Hello Ruben,Wow I am hook on your info I live in Australia and a few female are all back into riding safely and learning lots about our bikes and reading your information regarding Slow Speed Maneuvers all makes since now I got to have a go wish me luck wish you had a book or a video learning so much already! Thanks Cheers Bronny
rubenandjoann // 04/24/2009 at 7:31 am

Thanks for commenting and we are sure glad the information is helpful, after all, that is our goal. We are planning on incorporating our own video but this is proving to be very challenging. We will get it done, just have to work through a few obstacles.
aidanspa // 05/12/2009 at 5:11 pm

Ruben, what a site! I just stumbled across it today & have invested some time reading your archived posts. Every thread is high value and safety-minded. I am a moderator on All Things Motorcycle (google it), a m/c safety site, and I just posted about your excellent work here under “General Discussion”. Feel free to drop by. Keep up the outstanding work!
Mark Brown // 07/07/2009 at 11:35 pm

Sir,
I would like to inform you that I have been training our motor officers in North Carolina for the past 15 years. We adopted the System about 6 years ago. We concentratemore on curve skills and high speed than we do on cone patterns. We still do cone patterns however we put more weight on the courses that can kill you such as curve negotiation, low speed pursuit, high speed pursuit and advanced pursuit. I went to London back in 2006 and got certified to teacxh BikeSafe here in the US and we have had a great success so far. NHTSA likes it enough to consider taking it nationwide. We believe in the System and its more assesrtive technique of DRIVING. We do not ride our motors, we drive them . This is the mentality that we teach also. I teach this to Law Enforcement and in my private off duty school “MotoMark1″. IF you are riding then you are a passneger and soemone else is in control. The motorcycles we drive are machines and require operators or pilots.
Please feel free to contact me. I really believe in the System and Roadcraft. I also believe the US will have soemthing similar in the future… I beleive in miracles.
Take care and DRIVE safe,
Gibby // 07/12/2009 at 6:44 pm

Amazing website, really good read and really good tips. Any serious motorcyclist should read up on this! Greetings from the Netherlands!
rubenandjoann // 07/12/2009 at 9:27 pm

Gibby, thanks for the kind words, I have personally benefited from the information here and continue to do so daily.
JoAnn // 07/25/2009 at 1:08 pm

Hi from the Ukraine..You have a great website and I miss you very much…can’t wait to get home! Try to post that picture of the Bat man motorcycle from Kiev!

Myth Exposed: “Avoid Using the Front Brakes Because it Will Throw You Over the Handlebars”

Myth: Avoid using the front brakes because it will throw the rider over the handlebars. ***** Comment: In reality, the front brake is responsible for 60 to 70 percent of the bike's stopping power and should be used. In emergency braking situations, the effective center of mass of the bike shifts forward toward the front wheel and tire, which creates a higher adhesion value to the front tire that tends to prevent the front wheel from locking unless the brake torque is extremely high. Another consequence is that the traction force in the rear wheel and tire is reduced, allowing the rear wheel to lock up and slide. With braking action on the front wheel, the rear wheel, even if locked, will not move from side to side and the bike will continue straight. *****

Myths Exposed: “Accelerate Around a Turn to Regain Control”

Myths: Accelerate around a turn to regain control. ***** Comment: The safest way to approach a turn on a curve is to slow down before entering it. Acceleration should be undertaken only near the end of the curve. Rapidly applying the throttle in the turn, when the bike is in a lean could result in the rear tire breaking traction and the bike going into a slide. The same effect may occur with substantial rear-brake application. *****

Myths Exposed: “Speed up when bike Weaves or Wobbles”

Myth: Accelerate to recover from high speed instability (wobble or weave). ***** Comment: In actuality the rider should gently ease off the throttle, place his upper body on the gas tank to effectively change the center of gravity and graduall slow down. Initially accelerating may slow the wobble or weave until the next oscillation occurs, but then the result will be a much more pronounced instability. Hard braking will alter the suspension characteristics and may likewise cause a crash. *****