Crash course

RNC traffic services member Const. Ken Milks is pursued by RCMP police officer Const. Steve Conrod of the Stephenville Traffic Services while simulating speeding on a city street. 1 width:500px;height:331px RNC traffic services member Const. Ken Milks turns the corner before taking off and crashing his motorcycle. 2 width:500px;height:331px This is the end result of the damage to the 1996 Yamaha RI 1000 CC 5-speed motorcycle that crashed while going 65 kilometres per hour. 3 height:500px;width:332px Instructor Neil Robar (left) makes a visual note of where a speeding motorcycle driver began to brake as other officers document the scene. 4 width:500px;height:331px The upper centre friction mark of the rear tire (below) of the motorcycle determines the validity of the skid mark ratio from the pavement to the tire. 5 height:500px;width:332px

Instructor Albert Baxter of the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Fla., and a retired police officer with the City of Philadelphia Police Department, in Philadelphia, PA., outlines what to look for on various areas of a motorcycle while investigating a motorcycle collision for RNC and RCMP traffic services officers. 6 width:500px;height:331px RCMP officer Cst. Steve Conrod of the Stephenville Traffic Services unit uses a portable radar device to track the speed of a motorcyclist. 7 width:500px;height:331px RCMP officer Cst. Steve Conrod of the Stephenville Traffic Services unit, intercepts a speeding motorcycle driver. 8 width:500px;height:331px Participants in the motorcycle collision investigation training course drag the training motorcycle behind the police vehicle as it was travelling 65 kmh. 9 width:500px;height:331px Motorcycle 10 10 height:500px;width:331px

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