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Motorcycle crash study
02/11/17 at 11:56:59

Interesting study about mc crashes.
How Virginia Tech studied motorcycle crashes
The VTTI researchers recruited 100 riders from age 21 to 79 in California, Arizona, Florida and Virginia. They outfitted their motorcycles with video cameras showing the rider’s face and forward, rear, left and right views. GPS and data loggers captured other information, such as brake pressure, acceleration, etc.
This is an article that summarizes the interesting points of the study.
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/what-virginia-tech-learned-about-how-an...
And here is the complete report:
https://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/msf100_2016/Risk_Factors_From_MSF_100_Study...

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #1 - 02/11/17 at 14:23:12 Interesting study. The single biggest surprise I got when doing my license training was finding out that a bike has a much longer stopping distance than a car. That might explain why so many of the accidents in the study were bikes hitting cars in rear.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #2 - 02/11/17 at 14:25:59 Here's a really good demo. Both the car and the bike have ABS is in this test! https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/1nhqx3/an_excellent_illustratio...
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5108 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #3 - 02/11/17 at 16:40:04 Stay focused , stay alive !
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #4 - 02/12/17 at 19:52:53 ...and keep your eyes on EVERYTHING!!
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #5 - 02/14/17 at 08:58:59 Thanks engineer. The more we know, the better riders we can be. At least that is the way I see it.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5108 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #6 - 02/14/17 at 12:21:51 It is less painful to steer around a object than it is to panic and skid into a object !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #7 - 02/14/17 at 16:19:15 Kris01 wrote on 02/12/17 at 19:52:53: ...and keep your eyes on EVERYTHING!! I went and found pictures of the compound eyes of a fly, but couldn't get it to post.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #8 - 02/14/17 at 17:40:19 I consciously watch leaves fall, flags wave, etc. If there's ANY movement anywhere, I've got my eyes on it!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5108 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #9 - 02/14/17 at 20:49:47 Yeah but can you steer around it? Good to see everything that moves just don't stay focused for long,don't even focus on a threat , look for a way out bikes don't stop fast and skid a good distance, look to steer thru don't focus on them,look for the way out,don't freak out !
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #10 - 02/15/17 at 00:01:57 Boring repetition, buuuut you have three friends in motorcycling, the big gap in front of you and your two mirrors. Most other things animal, mineral or vegetable are your real or potential enemy.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #11 - 02/15/17 at 15:31:28 Unfortunately, they leave out many factors that would one would attribute to being on a m/c. Most blarantly, size factor. The risks they site are for any vehicle. But once the size factor increases risk decreases.
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piedmontbuckeye Senior Member Offline Go Bucks! Posts: 496 Easley, SC Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #12 - 02/17/17 at 14:04:48 WOW! I wasn't aware of how much I had taken for granted. I always assumed that a bike could stop faster than a car/ I never ride aggressively so I don't tailgate, however, without thinking, I do find myself getting too close sometimes. This new information will definitely help me stay back!
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Motorcycle crash study Reply #13 - 02/18/17 at 00:43:20 I know some experienced riders who just will not accept the idea that a car can pull up quicker than a bike. Even though I showed them the tests. They give a look like "yeah, but I could". It's a very counter-intuitive fact.
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Re: Motorcycle crash study
Reply #14 - 02/18/17 at 07:01:22

Some 30 years ago, I sold both my motorcycles as I had 2 small children. On my 14 mile-to-work commute each day, I would have about 2 close calls a week. I decided to sell as I didn't want the kids to grow up without a Dad. Now, I ride, and I just don't want to be dead!!

So . . . I don't ride aggressively, and now, I will not tailgate so much!

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