INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 18-23, 1980. VOLUME 2

Twenty-one papers are compiled from the conference on motorcycle safety. Section 4 encompasses vehicle dynamics and safety systems, including human factors in cycle riding, controllability, stability, braking and vibration of motorcycles, kinematics and loads on riders in frontal crashes, dynamic response of suspension, the role of steering in cornering, and the development of experimental "crash-safe" motorcycles. Three papers in Section 5, concerned with motorcycle education programs, present a new approach to motorcycle public information programs, a publicity program to attract rider training course participants, and an evaluation of a program directed at changing motorcyclists' beliefs about conspicuity. Papers in a sixth section are concerned with the psychology of driving. Topics include the motorcyclist's awareness of riding risks, perception of potential road hazards, and the decision-making process. Other studies pertain to the influence of cyclists' beliefs about helmets and their use, and social role correlates of driving accidents.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Includes HS-029 681--HS-029 701. Volume 1 is HS-029 660; Volume 3 is HS-029 702.
• Corporate Authors:

  Motorcycle Safety Foundation

  780 Elkridge Landing Road
  Linthicum, MD  United States  21090
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 534 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver education; Driver training; Drivers; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389646
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 680
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM