MOTORCYCLISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCED COURSES

MC-FOREARES INSTAELLNING OCH VILJA TILL ATT DELTA I FORTBILDNINGSKURSER

The aim of the present survey is to study motorcyclists' will to participate in extension courses and the influence exterted thereon by participant fees or compensations. A second aim is to see if there is any difference between categories of motorcyclists with regard to sex, age, accident experience, etc. The survey was carried out by means of questionnaires sent to 662 randomly chosen owners of heavy motorcycles, aged 18-25 years. Besides a general description of background data for the studied group such as sex, age, and driving experience etc., on the whole, the results show a positive attitude towards extension courses among motorcyclists. The intention of participating in a future course is high if the course is free of charge or if compensation is offered to the participants. If, on the contrary, the course is subject to a charge the proportion of interested persons rapidly decreases with increasing fee. The kind of compensation most popular with participants is a reduction of the motorcycle insurance. Brake training and training in realising danger and risks in traffic were the items of the course considered to be so important that most of the time should be devoted to those acitivites. Theory of traffic regulations should be given the smallest amount of time on the schedule. Significant differences concerning the wish for further training between different categories of motorcyclists are evident from factors such as subjective driving skill, subjective way of driving, previous participation in extension courses, opinions on the effects of extension courses, participation in motorcycle competitions and incidents with motorcycles.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute

  Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25
  S-11428 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • NOLEN, S
  • GREGERSEN, N-P
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.
• Serial:
  • VTI MEDDELANDE
  • Issue Number: 596
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6049

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Attitudes; Driver experience; Driver improvement programs; Driver training; Driving; Females; Human beings; Knowledge; Motor skills; Motorcyclists; Questionnaires; Retraining
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM