Think once, think twice, think bike

It is the most dangerous of all forms of road transport. But now, in response to congested roads, the government is starting a drive to make motorcycling a mainstream mode of getting about. What can be done to reduce the casualty figures? Simon Threadgold finds out

A motorcycle and a car raced each other recently on a country lane, until the biker ran out of road and hit a signpost. The result was a catalogue of injuries: fractured collar-bone, three cracked