VIDEO: Convoy of bikes and scooters heads up A338 Spur Road in memory of Jade Clark (From Thisisdorset)

Ride Safe!

50 cc motorcycles are allowed by law on a dual carriageway!!
this poor young girl was killed by a hit & run driver!!
if as scooterist & bikers we can show support to the family for their tragic loss and to keep the media & the public alert that the vehicle needs to be found then we will!!!
our thoughts have been with the family at all times. and with the support of both dorset & hampshire police the rideout was well organised & supervisor ed with over 500 2 wheeled bikes in attendance

Now I'm all for finding true guilty culprits, of Jade and Christina Edkins alike. But this depressing Daily Mail style hype up journalism is truly NOT (sensational headlines)

To all those critics out there making inappropriate and needless comments.....I ,along with many other friends who ride scooters where in attendance today and I just feel we should make quite clear that this is not and never was a witch hurt or a group of vigilantes. We all came together along with many other two wheeled rides to show respect to a young girl who lost her life. Finding the driver of said car will not bring Jade back but it may shed light on how and why and may give the family some sort of final peace and maybe the sight of 500 bikes etc making their way down the road where it happened may jog someone's memory or conscience. Please don't criticise what we have tried to achieve today,at least we did something.........

Shanny42 wrote:
To all those critics out there making inappropriate and needless comments.....I ,along with many other friends who ride scooters where in attendance today and I just feel we should make quite clear that this is not and never was a witch hurt or a group of vigilantes. We all came together along with many other two wheeled rides to show respect to a young girl who lost her life. Finding the driver of said car will not bring Jade back but it may shed light on how and why and may give the family some sort of final peace and maybe the sight of 500 bikes etc making their way down the road where it happened may jog someone's memory or conscience. Please don't criticise what we have tried to achieve today,at least we did something.........

well said x

Its not her fault she was restricted to 30 mph, that is the law! Are tractors asking for trouble? Its down to car drivers to spot potential hazzards on the roads. Now lets all WAKE UP when driving our bubbles along at speed to whats going on around us. Re. This volvo? Anyone keeping quiet about this maggot should be prosecuted as well. Lets see some names soon....p.s bmth echo- good work!

RIP. Would have loved to have been able to join everyone!

The ride was not a "rally". It was an event to support Jade's family, to raise awareness of the risks to young riders, and, coincidentally, to raise money for the family's chosen charity. No greater risk was created than would have been the case if a group of young riders on restricted 50cc machines had been out on the road on their own. I was there, and can tell you that the event was a success in all three areas mentioned above. It was conducted in a safe, respectful manner, with the full cooperation and support of the Hampshire and Dorset Constabularies. Well done to all who attended.

ekimnoslen wrote:

suzigirl wrote:
and the result of this ride out is?

Good point. Very sad indeed for the family but, with no disrespect, is this not turning into something of a circus?

The only way to stop this from happening again is to stand up and be counted, the road that Jade Clark was killed on is in need of serious debate, the road is dangerous and idiotic drivers make it even more dangerous, Jade Clarks name should not be forgotten.

Honestly can't believe how some people comment just to saying something nasty and needless, a the end of the day if people want to get together to honour the life of a young girl needlessly taken way too soon, then they should be allowed to do that without judgement or critisism, I dont drive a motorcycle or I would have joined in to pay my respect, I wont allow my daughter a bike for this reason, because as safe as she is and poor Jade probably was, I drive a car and see the ammount of bad car drivers on a daily basis, just like in this thread people with no respect for other people. enough said. R:I:P Jade and thoughts and best wishes to all your family may they get some sort of peace and comfort from the support shown to them on saturday the true good spirit of some amazing people, humanity at it's best xx

John@MAG wrote:
The ride was not a "rally". It was an event to support Jade's family, to raise awareness of the risks to young riders, and, coincidentally, to raise money for the family's chosen charity. No greater risk was created than would have been the case if a group of young riders on restricted 50cc machines had been out on the road on their own. I was there, and can tell you that the event was a success in all three areas mentioned above. It was conducted in a safe, respectful manner, with the full cooperation and support of the Hampshire and Dorset Constabularies. Well done to all who attended.

Well done to you and everyone that took part.Please disregard the negativity shown by some who like to turn things around to their own agenda,i am sure the majority of the community everywhere are behind you 100%

Agree about wearing hi viz clothing, I never ride my scooter without it, just would not feel safe, but suppose at my age I do not worry about what I look like, so young riders, please be safe, Also ref the C B T, my granddaughter went off to do hers a couple years ago, only for us to get a call to say she was in tears as could not achieve the criteria for sight, bit of a shock,not a clue she was having problems but emergency appt at opticians, pair of glasses within a week and re took the lesson and she passed, she actually hated riding her 'ped' never felt safe on the A31 west of Wimborne, now a proud car owner but shows respect for bikes, I beg everyone to think bike!!!!

a few years back I decided to get back into biking, I took the CBT training, and rode a derestricted 50cc two stroke bike. I rode it up the carriageway on a windy day, and it is terrifying when you have so little power, I could only hit 40 mph against the wind, and having to look at all the traffic around me at the same time, I dread to think how it would be to have a restricted moped that hit 31 mph flat out. On such an open rode a bike with that amount of power would be lucky to hold 25mph. I'm all for allowing 16 year old's on the road but the law says they can only have a 50 kph moped yet they're allowed on the carriageway with l plates, whilst cars at holding 50 mph coming up behind them, I can't count how many times I've seen these little mopeds struggling along main roads. The law on restriction should be lifted, 30 mph is a dangerously low speed, and the time it takes to get there is dangerous. 125cc should be the minimum size engine for main road use and even some of those are under powered for open roads like this.

muscliffman wrote:

suzigirl wrote:
and the result of this ride out is?

Thanks for expressing my thoughts.

No offence to anyone in these awful circumstances. But I am sure there are actually a lot of us out here who are wondering this, particularly as the 'rally' simply created risks on this same road.

What risks? With a police escort this well organised event couldn't be missed and posed much less of a risk than a rep-mobile hammering up the 338 at warp factor 7.

suzigirl wrote:

nosuchluck54 wrote:

suzigirl wrote: and the result of this ride out is?

A stupid and insensitive remark coming from a motorcyclist i believe, no hint of jealousy i suppose

yes I am a motorcyclist and ride "proper" sportsbikes - jealous of what may I ask - that must be the most stupid comment I have ever seen! I think the ride out was just an excuse for a jolly myself!

When does a two-wheeled motor vehicle become "Proper"? You didn't see people of all two- and three-wheeled persuasions joining together to show support for a vibrant young woman who was just beginning to realise her potential. A jolly? so it should have been, why does it have to be melancholic?

miniminime wrote:

Shanny42 wrote:
To all those critics out there making inappropriate and needless comments.....I ,along with many other friends who ride scooters where in attendance today and I just feel we should make quite clear that this is not and never was a witch hurt or a group of vigilantes. We all came together along with many other two wheeled rides to show respect to a young girl who lost her life. Finding the driver of said car will not bring Jade back but it may shed light on how and why and may give the family some sort of final peace and maybe the sight of 500 bikes etc making their way down the road where it happened may jog someone's memory or conscience. Please don't criticise what we have tried to achieve today,at least we did something.........

Umm, correct me if I'm wrong but the accident didn't happen on the spur road but at Ashley Heath

I'll correct you, tinytinymind, it happened between Ringwood and Ashley Heath. Now stop quibbling about exactly where it happened and get a grip.

ashleycross wrote:
To me the sight of these riders of whom only the police are wearing high visibility clothing is very disrespectful to the memory of a child who has died recently whilst riding a scooter.
It's not big and it's not clever guys to ride at under 30mph on a dual carriageway in dark clothing.
Please, the adults amongst you, think about the example you're setting to children, and stop taking the mickey out of scooter riders who use hi viz.

your entitled to your opinion which by the way is meaningless. dont quite know where you get the idea that anyone was taking the mickey out of scooter riders at all. All those on scooters rode at the head of the convoy!! This ride was to pay respect to a 16yr old girl that died on 2 wheels and all those that turned up wanted to show that thoughts are with her family.

muscliffman wrote:

suzigirl wrote:
and the result of this ride out is?

Thanks for expressing my thoughts.

No offence to anyone in these awful circumstances. But I am sure there are actually a lot of us out here who are wondering this, particularly as the 'rally' simply created risks on this same road.

firstly it was a ride not a rally. secondly it was safely marshalled with police escorts and presented no risks to anyone. And finally the result of this ride is that we as the biking community showed our respect to and thoughts are with the family of this poor girl who tragically lost her life. i was honoured to be a part of it!

suzigirl wrote:

stormhuntr wrote:
Honestly can't believe how some people comment just to saying something nasty and needless, a the end of the day if people want to get together to honour the life of a young girl needlessly taken way too soon, then they should be allowed to do that without judgement or critisism, I dont drive a motorcycle or I would have joined in to pay my respect, I wont allow my daughter a bike for this reason, because as safe as she is and poor Jade probably was, I drive a car and see the ammount of bad car drivers on a daily basis, just like in this thread people with no respect for other people. enough said. R:I:P Jade and thoughts and best wishes to all your family may they get some sort of peace and comfort from the support shown to them on saturday the true good spirit of some amazing people, humanity at it's best xx

Yes unfortunately there are some "nasty" people about. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion - I have personal experience in losing a child in an RTC and know what Jade's mother is going through. I was in total shock for at least two weeks and just feel there is a lot of pressure on Jade's mother and she may not know what she is doing at present so I feel that all this media attention/ride outs etc may have a detrimental affect on her in the future. Whether or not they find the driver of the Volvo and the road layout etc changes she has still lost her daughter and that will never change.

I'm really sorry to hear that you lost a child in an RTA, thoughts with you I couldn't even begin to imagine what you and Jades mother went through.

I know nothing will change the fact that Jades gone and her parents are still ging throu alot of different emotios right now but from what I hear jades mum and dad were there at this ride out, som peoplehandle grief in difeferent ways, maybe this has helped them come to terms with t (allhough I could never think you could really come to terms with somethin like that) .. I remember when I lost my mum my mind was in ahaze for weeks so I understand what your saying. but I still feal that alot of people arent thinking beor they post of what the consequences will be on jades parents if they see it (all comes down to derren brown mob mentality you see it all over the internet) some people should really tink wether or not they need to post, is it going to help if I say this yano xx

I am absolutely amazed at the negative remarks here! How can anything that shows respect and highlights an obvious danger be a negative!! Even if it was a "rally" or a "jolly" ...... so what? It was done for a reason. What are the rest of us doing to highlight this tragic event? And as for the "proper" sportsbike moron!!!!! I am embarrassed to say that I (like you) am a "proper" sportsbike person and we all had to start somewhere, I started on a 50cc Honda. Whats to say that poor Jade wouldn't have become a "proper" sportsbike rider had her life not been cut so tragically short? Or at least have become a better driver because of her experiences as a scooter rider? We all share the road together, some share it more selfishly than others, this was a show of solidarity by those that share it equally (out in the open and on limited amount of wheels) while the rest of us stayed in the warm and pretended that these accidents don't happen to us.

graham241060 wrote:
I am absolutely amazed at the negative remarks here! How can anything that shows respect and highlights an obvious danger be a negative!! Even if it was a "rally" or a "jolly" ...... so what? It was done for a reason. What are the rest of us doing to highlight this tragic event? And as for the "proper" sportsbike moron!!!!! I am embarrassed to say that I (like you) am a "proper" sportsbike person and we all had to start somewhere, I started on a 50cc Honda. Whats to say that poor Jade wouldn't have become a "proper" sportsbike rider had her life not been cut so tragically short? Or at least have become a better driver because of her experiences as a scooter rider? We all share the road together, some share it more selfishly than others, this was a show of solidarity by those that share it equally (out in the open and on limited amount of wheels) while the rest of us stayed in the warm and pretended that these accidents don't happen to us.

In total agreement, unfortunately what some of the comments highlight is the selfish and sometimes hypocritical attitude of our fellow road users.Many times when tragic events are reported some people find the need to make inappropriate comments that quite often hides an agenda with no thought towards the family and friends of the person/s concerned.I personally applaud all those that showed their respect in different ways and as previously stated i believe the majority of us support them 100%

It does make you wonder when reading some of the comments if the people are worse for drink or completely unstable either way a little bit frightening if they are allowed out unaccompanied