Woodswoman
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Here's an article of interest about a new motorcycle crash study ...
http://www.revzilla.com/common-trea...ed-about-how-and-why-we-crash-our-motorcycles
... and here is the 20-page study itself.
https://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/msf100_2016/Risk_Factors_From_MSF_100_Study_Paper.pdf
I found it interesting reading. Not having taken statistics in school, I won't comment on whether the data were crunched appropriately.
But the part where it seems we riders may tend to not leave enough following distance between ourselves and other vehicles doesn't surprise me. I have to fight against it all the time in city traffic; it fits with my personal observations.
So does the part indicating that intersections are risky.
And so does the part that concludes that gravel sucks.
http://www.revzilla.com/common-trea...ed-about-how-and-why-we-crash-our-motorcycles
... and here is the 20-page study itself.
https://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/msf100_2016/Risk_Factors_From_MSF_100_Study_Paper.pdf
I found it interesting reading. Not having taken statistics in school, I won't comment on whether the data were crunched appropriately.
But the part where it seems we riders may tend to not leave enough following distance between ourselves and other vehicles doesn't surprise me. I have to fight against it all the time in city traffic; it fits with my personal observations.
So does the part indicating that intersections are risky.
And so does the part that concludes that gravel sucks.