Y Beicwyr Bregus Y Byd ar Bedwar

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-While the number of accidents

-on our roads is decreasing...

-..the number of bikers killed

-or badly injured is on the increase.

-Tonight, we're on the road

-with the police.

-There's a time to go

-and a time to hold back.

-A few overtakes there

-shouldn't have happened.

-This year, North Wales Police

-released this footage...

-..of motorbikes doing 140mph.

-Are some bikers to blame

-for the accidents?

-Some bikes come past...

-..and it's a wonder

-that they can turn the corner.

-Some of them are a disgrace.

-Or should other drivers

-be more alert?

-Car drivers

-should ride a motorbike...

-..before they get a licence

-to drive a car.

-That's where

-a lot of the trouble lies.

-Tonight, we talk to relatives

-of vulnerable bikers.

-I said, "Is he alive or dead?"

-And...

-..I knew in my heart...

-..that I was going to hear...

-..the worst news

-you can hear as a parent...

-..as a mother.

-It's a Sunday afternoon, and I'm

-on patrol with North Wales Police.

-Solid whites,

-the middle and the back riders.

-Gerallt Williams is travelling

-in an unmarked car on the A5.

-Two motorbikes have just crossed

-the solid central white line.

-They were going quite fast as well.

-They were going quite fast as well.

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-Yes.

-Well over 30mph.

-The shift is part

-of Operation Darwen...

-..a Wales-wide campaign to cut the

-number of bikers killed or injured.

-SIREN

-This time, he's following

-a group of German bikers.

-Are you all alright with English?

-No, he can't...

-No, he can't...

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-OK.

-The reason I've stopped you,

-the first one...

-..you're just going

-a bit quick, OK?

-You can't cross solid white lines.

-You've crossed one,

-and you have as well.

-We crossed the line?

-We crossed the line?

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-Yes.

-HE SPEAKS GERMAN

-One of the aims of the job

-is to educate.

-This time, it's a word of advice...

-..rather than a fine

-and penalty points.

-I had a word with all three

-to explain why I stopped them...

-..just to point out

-what they had done...

-..and the potential dangers

-of crossing the white lines.

-We don't want them doing that...

-..or breaking the 30mph limit

-in Capel Curig.

-Just point it out to them

-and send them on their way.

-Hopefully, they'll take note.

-Motorbikes make up about 1%

-of all the traffic on Welsh roads.

-But although their numbers

-may be comparatively small...

-..almost 25% of those killed

-or seriously injured on our roads...

-..are riding motorbikes.

-Three years ago, Clare Calveley's

-life was shattered...

-..when her brother Ben

-was killed on his motorbike.

-Every week, she visits the site

-of the accident on Anglesey.

-I always bring balloons.

-I don't bring flowers.

-Ben wasn't one for flowers,

-so I bring balloons.

-They remind me of him, really.

-Maybe I'll bring sweets.

-He loved sweets.

-Ben was 19 years old,

-but he had passed his test aged 16.

-He spent a lot of time

-with fellow bikers.

-He went out a lot with friends,

-to Betws-y-Coed on a Sunday.

-He had a lot of friends

-in the biking world.

-He had gone racing at Preston Docks

-since he was quite young...

-..so he had friends that way too.

-On the night of the accident...

-..Ben had been

-to see friends in Llangefni.

-Because the Rali Mon rally was on,

-he had to go home a different way.

-Near Bodffordd, he crashed head-on

-into a 4x4 vehicle.

-They just crashed into each other.

-Why it happened, I don't know.

-No-one knows. We can't say.

-At the inquest, it became clear

-that neither driver was speeding.

-However, witnesses

-and the coroner said...

-..that Ben

-was on the wrong side of the road.

-But his sister

-still finds that hard to believe.

-What I can say

-is that I'm certain...

-..one hundred per cent certain...

-..that all Ben was doing

-was trying to get home.

-On Ben's part,

-I don't think he did anything wrong.

-The accident

-has affected the family.

-Clare's parents' health

-has suffered.

-Her father has just come home

-after undergoing heart surgery.

-Dad's had problems with his heart.

-Basically, he has a broken heart.

-It's not working properly.

-So, yes...

-Back on the A5,

-PC Gerallt Williams...

-..is looking for bikers

-who are driving dangerously.

-How big a problem are motorbikes?

-How big a problem are motorbikes?

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-A lot of them come to North Wales...

-..especially at weekends.

-They come from all over.

-They usually come in groups.

-What we're trying to do

-with Operation Darwen...

-..is getting the message across

-about riding safely.

-Many of the riders are attracted

-by North Wales' winding roads.

-Those roads are busy,

-especially on fine weekends.

-SIREN

-He has spotted a group of bikers

-speeding through Corwen.

-Are you alright?

-OK.

-Why do you think I've stopped you?

-Don't know.

-Don't know.

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-Going a bit over 60?

-The four men are going home

-to Bristol after a weekend in Wales.

-Look at this first, OK.

-This is me coming out of Corwen,

-that village back there.

-What do you think

-these people are thinking?

-The way you're riding now.

-The way you're riding now.

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-Probably not impressed.

-I can only apologise.

-Obviously, I try to keep safe gaps.

-I saw you behind me,

-you put your hand up...

-..then your mate goes flying past.

-We're just by the 60s.

-That's my speed,

-so how much is he doing?

-There's a time to go

-and a time to hold back.

-A few overtakes there

-shouldn't have happened.

-It wasn't safe.

-What if something came

-round the corner at the same speed?

-What I don't want

-is you going round that bend...

-..and things going wrong.

-Two of them get tickets for having

-illegal registration plates...

-..but they get off with a warning

-for their excess speeding.

-Why did you decide

-not to take the matter further?

-I spoke to all four.

-I showed the video to all four,

-just to show why I stopped them.

-I spoke to them, to make them aware

-of what can go wrong...

-..and what can happen on roads

-that are unfamiliar to them.

-Last year in Wales...

-..273 bikers were killed

-or seriously injured on our roads.

-Nine motorcyclists have died in the

-Dyfed Powys Police area this year.

-They aren't all young men.

-Just under a month ago...

-..here on the A40

-between Llandovery and Halfway...

-..two bikers were killed in a crash

-with a van towing a trailer.

-Philip Martin Brimble

-from Bridgend was 47...

-..and Philip Wayne Edwards

-from Merthyr Tydfil was 44.

-Are you coming? Come on.

-Myra Herbert

-lives near Amlwch on Anglesey.

-Every day,

-she takes her son's dog for a walk.

-He was a very kind son.

-If he liked you,

-he'd do anything for you.

-If he didn't,

-he didn't want to know.

-That's what Chris was like.

-Chris Shaw had been interested

-in motorbikes since he was young.

-He lived next door to his mother

-and she often saw him on his Ducati.

-In March 2013,

-he went on the bike to Amlwch.

-I heard that he was coming back

-through Cerrig-man...

-..and that a man had stepped

-from the pavement onto the road.

-Of course, Chris hit him,

-and they were both killed.

-The inquest heard that the bike...

-..had reached speeds

-of between 67 and 80mph.

-The legal limit

-on this stretch of road is 40mph.

-There were cars on the road

-and they said he had passed them.

-He was going too fast.

-If he'd been going more slowly...

-..he could have stopped

-or gone around or something.

-This is his suit. It's very heavy.

-I can't get rid of the suit,

-and these are the boots.

-Chris Shaw was 37.

-The man he hit, George Pugh, was 78.

-According to the coroner,

-Chris Shaw was speeding.

-If he hadn't been,

-both men would be alive today.

-Would he feel guilty

-for causing the other man's death?

-I'm sure he would, yes.

-Yes.

-I don't think he thought...

-..that something like this

-would happen to him...

-..because he could ride a motorbike.

-That's what I tell people.

-It could happen to anyone.

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-Good evening, how are you, ladies?

-Jasmine Wilson is at Devil's Bridge

-to speak to Merched Y Wawr.

-She visits social groups frequently

-to speak about her life, her work...

-..and to promote the message

-of road safety charity Brake.

-I won't say any more.

-I'll just welcome Jasmine.

-Thanks very much.

-On the 22nd of November 2003,

-I lost my son, Aled.

-Aled was 31 years old.

-He lived with his partner,

-they had two small children...

-..a five-year-old daughter

-and his son, Adam was 18 months.

-They lived in Milton Keynes.

-Aled was well liked

-both in the military and back home.

-Aled Wilson

-was a motorbike instructor.

-One Saturday while travelling on the

-V8 Road in Milton Keynes...

-..a car pulled out in front of him.

-Aled was one

-of Jasmine's three sons.

-One of her other sons, Rhydian,

-came to the house to break the news.

-I could see through the glass

-in the door who was there.

-I knew instantly that something big

-had happened.

-He insisted I come in to sit down

-before telling me.

-I remember asking "Aled or Brython?"

-and he said "Aled."

-And I asked "is he still alive?"

-I knew in my heart...

-..that I was going to hear

-the worst possible news...

-..that you can receive

-as a parent...

-..and as a mother.

-The driver of the car was found

-to be driving carelessly.

-He wasn't wearing the spectacles

-he required to drive.

-He was fined and banned from driving

-for two years.

-There's a purpose to bringing

-Brake's message across.

-We want people to be safe

-on the roads.

-We can keep ourselves safe

-and speak to everyone...

-..about what they can do to make

-sure that family members are safe...

-..and that none of us are likely

-to cause an accident.

-It's a Saturday and I'm in an

-unmarked car with PC Leighton Webb.

-We're on the road to Llandovery.

-Recently, we've had

-a lot of complaints...

-..about speed through the town here.

-Today, Dyfed Powys Police have three

-cars and two bikes on patrol.

-It's part of Operation Darwen.

-He's doing 70mph there now.

-We'll follow him through.

-He doesn't want to stop

-the motorbike straight away...

-..he wants to let him travel further

-to assess the way he's driving.

-You can see he's using his brakes in

-the corners which is very dangerous.

-He's still moving quite quickly.

-He's still moving quite quickly.

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-Yes, he's up to 70 mph.

-SIREN

-With a clear road...

-..he finds a suitable spot to stop

-the motorcyclist for a word.

-You obviously didn't see me in the

-unmarked car, did you?

-No.

-Your speeds were above the posted

-speed limits, weren't they?

-Yeah.

-There'll be a record held now on the

-Dyfed Powys Police system...

-..it generates an intel log saying

-I've discussed your speed with you.

-If you are stopped again, there'll

-be no option of this verbal warning.

-Is that what Operation Darwen

-is about?

-Not catching and prosecuting

-everyone but speaking to people.

-I would say advice is more important

-than fines and punishments.

-These days, people tend

-to take that advice on board.

-They do tend to adopt it

-into their style of riding.

-The police work with other emergency

-services and other partners...

-..to raise awareness among

-motorcyclists of road dangers.

-At the Owl's Nest Cafe

-near Llandovery...

-..Carmarthenshire County Council

-organise contact days...

-..with bikers to encourage safe

-practices amongst them.

-I wanted to know how motorcyclists

-react to events like this one.

-Does safety worry you

-when you're out?

-The way I think about it is

-that you have to ride defensively.

-You shouldn't be allowed to drive a

-car until you've driven a motorbike.

-That's where a lot of the worry is.

-They don't look hard enough

-for motorbikes.

-For one 78 year old rider,

-some riders are to blame too.

-Some bikes go past you...

-..and it is astonishing

-that they can turn or make a corner.

-They'll be travelling

-at incredible speeds.

-It's deplorable

-what some of them do.

-According to emergency services

-workers...

-..advanced training can reduce

-the chances of collisions.

-We don't want to preach to

-experienced drivers and riders.

-We just want to pass on the

-knowledge we've gained...

-..from the collisions we've seen.

-According to official figures...

-..16% fewer people are killed

-or injured on Welsh roads...

-..than the comparative figure

-from 10 years ago.

-For motorbikes,

-today's figure is 6% higher.

-The Welsh Government say they're

-committed to improving road safety.

-In particular for motorcyclists

-who are more likely to be injured.

-They say they're looking at measures

-to lower the number of collisions.

-They're also funding schemes

-to reduce deaths.

-At Imperial College in London...

-..a company has won a grant from

-the Welsh Government...

-..to make motorbike helmets

-more effective.

-A Welshman from Monmouthshire

-is behind the new device.

-We've been developing energy

-absorbing materials...

-..that can go in to helmets and

-improve their performance...

-..and improve survivability.

-The company has developed material

-that changes the defence...

-..depending on the shock it

-receives.

-The harder it's hit,

-the bigger the reaction.

-They're hoping to revolutionise

-motorbike helmets.

-This is a standard helmet.

-You have a hard outer shell...

-..energy absorbing foam

-and comfort liner.

-We're adding the armour gel

-components behind the liner.

-You've actually got these energy

-absorbing components in here.

-These absorb energy differently

-depending where you hit them.

-According to the company, the disks

-can minimise the effects...

-..of a hit on a rider's

-brain by between 20%-40%...

-..compared to a helmet

-without the disks.

-We've been working on this

-specifically for motorcycles.

-We're working with

-leading manufacturers...

-..to get those in

-to their helmets now.

-By the end of the year

-or early next year...

-..we should be seeing those

-in the market place.

-The situation in the UK is similar

-to that in Wales.

-According to recent statistics...

-..365 bikers are killed every year

-in the UK.

-That corresponds to one every day.

-Bikers are most likely to be

-in a collision at a junction.

-Three years ago in Norfolk...

-..David Holmes was travelling home

-on his bike when he was killed.

-His mother released these images

-of the accident and his death.

-Her intention was to show

-how fragile motorcyclists are.

-Three years have passed since

-Clare Calveley lost her brother.

-He loved motorbikes and cars.

-This year,

-he would have been 21 years old.

-The family bought this car

-in his memory.

-He never got it

-and he would have loved it.

-We thought we'd get this for him

-so he didn't miss out on anything.

-We're still buying stuff

-for him as if he's still here.

-He was an incredibly nice lad.

-He was ready to help everyone.

-He had this wonderful smile. He

-could break hearts with that smile.

-Every day, every second,

-everything I do, I think of him.

-In Amlwch, Myra Herbert

-visits her son's grave weekly.

-He was a father of five before he

-died and six shortly afterwards.

-His mother has a clear message

-for motorcyclists.

-Don't drive like an idiot

-on the road.

-It'll happen to someone else,

-it happens too often.

-It happens very often on Anglesey.

-We know so many people.

-I'm just saying, be careful

-and watch your speed.

-Aled Wilson's ashes were spread

-near Strata Florida Abbey.

-His mother still campaigns

-for biker safety.

-I don't want someone else to go

-through what we went through.

-Please, please

-make sure you slow down...

-..and you look twice

-to check for a motorbike.

-Then we'll be able

-to lower the numbers...

-..who are killed and injured

-on the roads.

-As the UK prepares to leave the EU,

-we meet people who voted to leave.

-We ask them what they really wanted.

-All of my friends, people I work

-with, they all voted to leave.

-We'd prefer to have control

-of ourselves if we can...

-..and do it from London

-which is closer than Brussels.

-We ask

-what Brexit will mean for Wales.

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