That the authors of the study took the time to write a dictionary specific to motorcycle culture made the article more informative. A break down of age and style would be interesting. Access to the video too of course.
What Virginia Tech learned about how and why we crash our motorcycles
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@Oldbikefixr What do you consider a deer strike? I've logged at least as many miles, yet I've had two fairly severe crashes in the last 3 years; both deer strikes. As I am healing up I'm trying to decide just how much more riding I will be doing and how to mitigate the deer.
What Virginia Tech learned about how and why we crash our motorcycles - RevZilla
Put cameras and data loggers on 100 motorcycles, follow the riders for 366,667 miles, and here's what you learn about crashing.
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I think this is the report that spawned a rather long discussion on this site. Might want to search for it if you are interested. Great discussions.
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What Virginia Tech learned about how and why we crash our motorcycles | Motorcycle Safety
What Virginia Tech learned about how and why we crash our motorcycles What do you learn if you pick 100 riders, put five video cameras and data-logging equipment on their motorcycles and record them for a total of 366,667 miles? Several things, some of which we knew, some surprising...
What's spooky for me is the one serious crash I had 38 years ago , was skidding into the back of a pickup truck. Made myself a list of rules to ride by . One is I'm Invisible, (don't blame the Cage for not seeing me) Two , Am I FIT to ride and is the Bike fit to ride,( sticky front Brake cable and angry at my boss caused the accident) Three, If I "have to" go somewhere I take a cage . Have added a couple recently , at controlled intersections , while waiting for the Green light stay out of the middle of the lane. And Stop and let the left turner go , so the big truck can run over it. Hope this at least helps one person from getting hurt.