Safety Report - We are reading through the - "Riding in a safe system – workshop on safety for powered-two-wheelers - Final report from a workshop held on 9–23 June, 2021" The report was published in December 2021 and as one of us were involved independently in part of the workshops, we presumed that we would have been informed. It appears that this report is intended to not see the light of day. In spite of asking various participants on numerous occasions, the response was silence. Finally, we found out today that it had been published 6 months ago! The final … [Read more...]
CRASH Helmets – MotoCAP
Australia - CRASH helmet ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website CRASH safety ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website, providing safety ratings for motorcycle helmets, including 30 newly released ratings. MotoCAP - the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program gives clothing separate star ratings for protection and comfort. The protection rating considers performance in abrasion resistance, seam strength and impact protection. The comfort rating is based on how comfortable the clothing is when worn in the Australian climate. Further information … [Read more...]
WHO Would Have Thought
WHO Would Have Thought - motorcyclists are not vulnerable road users. On October 6th 2020, the IfZ conference was held online. Normally this conference is held every two years in Cologne (Germany) together with the INTERMOT motorcycle show. After the prelude and introduction, the conference commenced with a "Round Table" moderated by Antonio Perlot, General Secretary of ACEM. The participants included industry and rider organisation representatives. However the real star of the show was Nhan Tran from the World Health Organisation (WHO). He was absolutely brilliant in … [Read more...]
Clutter of Road Safety Reports
As motorcyclists, we are regularly blighted with the opinions of "Road Safety Experts". In general these "experts" are from academia, civil service, government agencies and so forth. Overwhelmingly, only a small minority have ever had the joy of actually riding a motorcycle. YET! they have opinions about motorcycle safety. The latest document to join this long list of badly researched, short on evidence and lacking in knowledge, is from the World Bank. At Motorcycle Minds, we are privileged in that we are not obliged or beholden to anybody. Thus our opinions are … [Read more...]
Vision Zero – Beating The Drum
Sweden – For many years – since 2013 as Right To Ride - we have been beating the drum about the concept of Vision Zero and that we as motorcyclists must claim Vision Zero as our own and redefine it so that it is positive for motorcyclists. Potted History For motorcyclists the suggestion of a vision of zero fatalities, “Vision Zero” harks back to 1997. Sweden’s, Claes Tingvall, one of the authors of the 1999 Vision Zero road safety document, stated back then that, “Motorcycles are incompatible with Vision Zero… It will never work to combine motorcycles with our … [Read more...]
The Dynamics Of Motorcycle Crashes
The analysis of a global survey of 1578 motorcyclists who responded from 30 countries in Europe, the USA, Asia, Australia and South America and in eight languages in 2019 has been published in a comprehensive report. Riders of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds who had been involved in a collision over the last ten years were invited to take part in the survey which looked at the dynamics of motorcycle crashes. The riders who replied to the survey came from a varied age range, motorcycling experience, as well as depth of skills and training. The new research … [Read more...]
Thank You MEHRSi
Germany – For us at Motorcycle Minds one of the pieces or systems of road infrastructure that we have reported on and have been involved from a rider’s perspective are Vehicle Restraint Systems – Crash Barriers – in all their forms and in solutions to protect riders with the installation of Motorcycle Protection Systems (MPS) to original barrier systems. Over the years we have seen road infrastructure authorities struggle to accept the “danger” that road side and central reservation barriers present to riders including their placement and types of barrier systems. This … [Read more...]
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