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Last weekend an ex-police-trainer advanced riding training guy did a couple hour talk for local riders. It was on the back of all the recent crashes and fatalities in and around Swindon. Very interesting stuff.
He skimmed over a lot of stuff because it was a very brief, cramming 3 days into 2 hours. Vanishing points, early/late apex and road vs race line, positioning, IAM vs other training, overtaking and how and when especially on bends etc.
Points hammered home - don’t overtake on junctions, don’t bother speeding in 30/40/50 limits, read the road well ahead to reduce anxiety but don’t forget to scan the ground in front as well.
Similar to the Biker Down talk, discussing looming and other phenomena… a lot is second nature but you need to make it conscious.
Since the talk, on roads I know well, I was looking at all the stuff to read the terrain and topo to give me clues on road shape and such.
Tl:dr - yes. Advanced training.