Austria - The research groups “Vehicle Dynamics” at TU-Wien (Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics - Vienna University of Technology) and “Transportation Infrastructure Technologies” at AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) have advanced their research co-operation in the field of vehicle (motorcycle) accident research. Part of the previous research and experimental work focused on the interaction between motorcycle riders and their motorcycle with the use of an instrumented motorcycle. A Honda CB 500 was used, which was able to measure the dynamics of brake reaction … [Read more...]
The Art of Dialogue and Motorcycling
Norway - In June 2008, over 100 motorcycling specialists met in the mountain town of Lillehammer, Norway to thrash out solutions to improve the “safety” of motorcyclists. The workshop was organised by the International Transport Forum/OECD with the objective of “bringing together the different stakeholders involved in motorcycling safety in order to identify the real problems of motorcycling safety (vs. the perceived problems), discuss practical solutions to these problems and propose a set of measures to improve the safety of motorcyclists”. The extraordinary … [Read more...]
