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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Motorcyclists"”.
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Assessment of the effectiveness of motorcyclists training Program in reducing road accidents in Tanzania (a case of Mwanza)
… focused on assessing the effectiveness of motorcyclists training program in reducing road accidents. With the specific objectives of assessing the motorcyclists training programs curriculum, assessing the competence of staffs providing training to motorcyclists and determining the attitude …
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Factors Associated with Motorcylists' Safety at Access Points along Primary Roads in Malaysia
… road accident fatality victims in Malaysia are motorcyclists, numbering more than 4,000 fatalities per year. The aim of this thesis is to investigate motorcyclists’ road safety problems in general in Malaysia, and narrow down the focus to the most salient road infrastructure related risk …
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Applying the Health Belief Model to Michigan motorcyclist helmet use
… can offer significant injury protection to motorcyclists, yet usage is inconsistent across the United States. In 2012, the state of Michigan switched from a universal helmet law to partial helmet law. Michigan motorcyclists (<em>n</em> = 76) were recruited through two motorcycling events and …
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An Oral History Investigation into Fashion Practices in British Motorcycle Youth Culture in the Period 1945 to 1966
… through the collection of oral histories from motorcyclists active in the period 1945 to 1966. Interdisciplinary in nature, it incorporates and critiques existing subcultural and post-subcultural theories, and brings together unique interview testimony with visual material and material culture …
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Injury Mechanisms in Roadside Motorcycle Collisions
More motorcyclists are fatally injured each year in guardrail crashes than passengers of any other vehicle, while only accounting for three percent of the vehicle fleet. Since motorcyclists account for a high percentage of these fatalities, the goal of zero deaths on the road cannot be achieved …
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Designing polysensory experiences to improve motorcycle safety
Since motorcyclists figure disproportionately in accident statistics, safety feedback devices can be important life saving measures. Motorcycles also face a woefully underdeveloped set of tools to help them navigate the road. This scenario offers a unique set of challenges as well as a rich …
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"We're Just Women Who Like To Ride:" An Ethnographic Journey On A Woman's Motorcycle
… explores how this group of women riders became motorcyclists, details their experiences in motorcycle culture, and argues that a new social movement is evolving within it.
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Dirt Roads and Dual-Sports: Geography and Mobility of the Trans-America Trail
… space, how the characteristics of adventure motorcyclists have created the representation of the TAT, and how the mobility of this route can be described in terms of Cresswell's six politics of mobility––motivation, speed, rhythm, route, experience, and friction. Using a mixed methods …
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Toxicological Findings in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Cape Town: A Pilot Study
… cases (drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists) from Salt River Mortuary in Cape Town, SA. The objectives were to perform drug screening in these cases to preliminary investigate detected substances as well as to evaluate the demographics and circumstances of death of …
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Mobility Without Mayhem: Disciplining Mobile America Through Safety
… targeted forms of mobility, such as hackers and motorcyclists, provide a subjugated archive that often resists the legislation and media representations. This counter-discourse is analyzed as part of a discussion of the politics of mobility."
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‘If you’re a bit of a risk-taker you don’t see the dangers’: Exploring Gender Differences in Leisure Sport Risk-taking
… male and female British skiers, horse riders and motorcyclists, provide analysis of three themes. Belonging, risk and wellbeing are examined phenomenologically through a realist social constructionist lens to determine what and how personal needs are fulfilled through practising their particular …
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Scenario-Based Methodology for Predicting the Safety Benefits of Emerging Advanced Rider Assistance Systems (ARAS)
… decades of progress in automotive safety, motorcyclists continue to experience disproportionately high rates of serious and fatal injuries. The combination of inherent vulnerability, limited physical protection, and exposure to complex traffic environments led the motorcycle fatality rate …
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Context Aware Pre-Crash System for Vehicular ad hoc Networks Using Dynamic Bayesian Model
Tragically, traffic accidents involving drivers, motorcyclists and pedestrians result in thousands of fatalities worldwide each year. For this reason, making improvements to road safety and saving people’s lives is an international priority. In recent years, this aim has been supported by …
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From government-led behaviour change to bottom-up understanding: the transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan.
Taiwan's prevailing motorcycle usage has been widely discussed in relation to urban air quality. As Taiwan's policy-makers seek to reduce mobile pollution sources in cities, the large number of petrol-powered motorcycles within cities have become a major target to be addressed. In addition to …
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Hubungan kematangan emosi dan persepsi risiko kecelakaan dengan aggressive driving pada pengendara motor di UIN Maliki Malang
… 150 students, out of a population of some 150 motorcyclists State Islamic University of Malang who drove more than one year. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique. Methods of data collection using a Likert scale. Analysis of data using multiple linear regression analysis. The …
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Protección Para Motociclistas
Los accidentes de motocicleta pueden ser graves debido a la falta de protección que brindan las motocicletas. Los motociclistas corren un mayor riesgo de sufrir lesiones o morir en accidentes de tráfico. El uso de equipo de protección personal, como cascos, chaquetas, guantes y botas, puede ayudar …
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Bicycle Travel, Injury Risk and Conspicuity. Application of Epidemiological Methods
… was higher than other types of road users except motorcyclists. During a median follow-up of 4.6 years, the participants of the Taupo Bicycle Study experienced 116 crashes that came to the attention of medical personnel or police per 1000 person-years, of which 66 occurred on the road and 10 …