ADVANCED MOTORCYCLING. INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS MANUAL

This book discusses every aspect of travelling on two wheels under the following chapter headings: need for advanced riding, thinking ahead, the systematic method, observation, positioning, cornering, braking in wet and dry conditions, gear changing, overtaking, junctions, signals, road-craft in town and country, motorways, economical riding, night riding, seasonal variations, fog, reaction times, accidents, pillion passengers and sidecars, understanding the machine, tyres, clothing, helmets, touring abroad, the advanced test. Appendices contain a list of test routes, application forms for the advanced test and membership of the institute, and British traffic signs. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Limited

  Poulton House, 8 Shepherdess Walk
  London N1,   England 
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 151 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Braking; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Gears; Handling characteristics; Helmets; Highways; Intersections; Motorcyclists; Night; Passengers; Passing; Pavements; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Rural areas; Steering; Tires; Tourists; Traffic crashes; Traffic signs; Urban areas; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Wet pavements
• Old TRIS Terms: Cornering (Vehicle)
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2872: Bend (road); 1874: Braking; 1687: Crash helmet; 1571: Driver training; 1573: Driving test; 3674: Equipment; 2547: Fog; 1342: Headlamp; 9061: Location; 1221: Motorcycle; 1752: Motorcyclist; 2752: Motorway; 9052: Night; 221: Operating costs; 1822: Overtaking; 2247: Reaction (human); 2525: Season; 8526: Textbook; 553: Traffic sign; 1381: Tyre; 8119: United Kingdom; 1646: Vehicle handling; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 6783: Visibility; 3015: Wet road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341861
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0354-08511-5
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM