Is there a study for if more motorcycle accidents happen during when the rider is riding his motorcycle for everyday normal travel such as traveling to work or do more accidents happen when the rider is riding around for recreational purposes? Which one of these times is it more likely that an accident is due to rider fault?
When your riding it.
#1 by Lover not a Fighter on December 6th, 2009
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Does this help?
http://home1.gte.net/res0ak9f/bike.htm
Good Luck…
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#2 by lance_uppercut618 on December 6th, 2009
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they happen most in intersections.
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#3 by Scott M on December 6th, 2009
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When You least expect it!
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BTDT Twice
#4 by Josh S on December 7th, 2009
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it happens when you get over confident on the motorcycle your riding
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#5 by kickn03 on December 7th, 2009
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motorcycle accidents happen whenever whereever doesnt matter. the most likely time it will be the riders fault is during leasure riding. they are out having fun and maybe try to do something they cant and go too far riding to work is just riding to work but no matter when you ride please be safe and drive for everyone
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#6 by billcarr on December 7th, 2009
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There are 4 factors contributing to fatal motorcycle accidents.
1. The operator is drunk
2. The operator is speeding
3. The operator is under 25
4. The operator is a novice ( less than one year experience).
I will add a 5th from my experience as a fireman, riding thru an intersection.
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#7 by nickah90 on December 7th, 2009
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I a 2inch corn spider crawls in your open face visor! LOL yes it can happen.
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#8 by Motorpsycho on December 7th, 2009
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Out here in SoCal from what I have seen, a lot of bike accidents happen on the weekend. These accidents however are for the most part caused by people who push their limits to try & keep up with their buddies. The Santa Monica Mountains & many other riding spots out here are full of bikes on the weekend. Another scary ingredient is that there are lots of car clubs i.e. Mini Coopers, Corvettes, etc…
Lots of crossing the double yellow going on & it gets ugly.
Other types of accidents that are on the rise is intersection, didn’t see him types of accidents. Now these from what I have seen happen more during the work week. It would be nice to see the statistics comparing weekend vs. weekday get offs.
With the gas prises rising high more & more people are buying bikes, which is fine but a lot of these people aren’t experienced. The inexperienced riders out there can’t change a line quickly or brake to avoid a hazard without locking up & low siding.
Personally I feel more safe riding on the weekend than the weekdays with so many careless drivers out there. I think that it’s time that the DMV tests get more diffcult to pass.
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24 years on 2 wheels:)
#9 by ickysmits on December 7th, 2009
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http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/motorcycle/
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#10 by sweetromanticgirl4u on December 7th, 2009
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I got your answer……most accidents happen when the motorcycle operator does not see a potential hazard. Operation of a bike requires 100% full attention. Check out a pair of sexy legs on the sidewalk with a glance and BOOM!! You just rear ended a car that stopped in front of you. You might be negotiating a curve and either enter it too fast or all of the sudden notice a road hazard in your path you cannot avoid….(sand, oil slick, loose gravel, ice patch, etc.). Whether your screaming thru the woods on a 2 stroke RM 500 or pulling the wheel off the ground at 110 mph shifting from 3rd to 4th on a ZX-11…..the answer is the same…..an accident may happen at anytime without warning. It’s not always the operators fault….a deer can jump out in front of you at 60 mph and its gonna hurt!! Same thing with a dog or other free running varmint. I rode bikes for 20 years, started on street bikes, graduated to dirt bikes….i had to give it up. Too many close calls and a few injuries and scars i will have for life. Bikes are a blast!! But, i’ll never ride one again. I’m lucky to be still walking….50,000 miles of fun under my belt. But my injuries were cracked ribs, skin peeled off under layers of protective clothes and gloves (road rash), a separated shoulder, and 55 stiches to re- attach my left ear after i hit a barbed wire fence i didnt see at less than 10 mph…..along with a few other scars. Talk to a few Harley riders who have knee caps or partial leg replacements that got hit when a car or truck driver made a mistake. Thru no fault of their own, they got permanently damaged for life. No matter how high gas prices go….i will always drive a "cage". Might even be a Geo Metro or Ford Festiva…..i dont care….a cage is where its at long term. Good Luck!!
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In the car biz all my life……..and owned and enjoyed about 10 different bikes
#11 by 40something on December 7th, 2009
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Read the Hurt report. It’s old, but for the most part, accidents still happen the same way. The most common accident is not the fault of the motorcyclist. Usually, a car turns left in front of a motorcycle going straight through an intersection.
Increasing frontal visibility as much as possible can help. Wear bright colors, and use a headlight modulator. Statistics show it is much more dangerous to ride at night.
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http://www.clarity.net/~adam/hurt-report.html
#12 by Tinker on December 7th, 2009
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You want them to ask, What were you doing when you had a nearly fatal accident, your right boot is over their and your foot seems to be in it, so how did you screw up?
The last time such a study was done was the HURT report, 25 years back. Then the problem was being SEEN, instead of hurt.
The problem now seems to to a matter of training, some one stupidly opens a door, and the rider rides right into it, never attempts to evade
or do ANYTHING. "Failed OPEN", i.e, FROZE. Training on this sort of thing needs to be repeated, and repeated until it is automatic as looking at your watch, pure alpha wave response push on the handle bars on the side nearest the obstruction, and push on the other side to get back in your lane. It ought to be as simple as breathing. And these are the younger kids, their responses have never become AUTOMATIC.
A smaller part of the accidents are from DRIVERS Failing Open, ie mindlessly plowing into a motorcylcist by continuing to turn across his path. RESULT: DOA. they are distracted by the cell phone in their hand and they change lanes to an apparently empty spot in the lane without signaling and without looking to see if the lane is EMPTY, far to often its not. Result: DOA,
This response needs to become automatic too, and to do it YOU NEED A HUMONGOUS HORN. Most scooter and small motorcycles, sound like a hamster fart in a hurricane, so the drivers never hear it. With the proper after market hoen the horn is upgraded and you can stop a driver from half a block away. because it SOUNDS like a Semi, and all Car drivers are afraid of death (but not afraid of killing, funnily enough.
Sorry Mate, I Did Not See You (SMIDSY) is code for Sorry Squid, I did not give a flip about running over your head. It did not concern me at all.
If you want a study on this it would have to be a ratio of all miles traveled to the the miles traveled just for fun. And the ratio of miles traveled to work or other activities, and no one else has done a follow up to the Hurt Study in 1980, never mind a new one. and then you could see if more accidents happend than percentage of miles devoted to fun.
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#13 by Biker for Life on December 7th, 2009
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When your riding it.
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#14 by smartblond48 on December 7th, 2009
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At the very same instant that you stop paying attention. Be aware and arrive alive.
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#15 by El B on December 7th, 2009
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it really doesnt matter if it’s the riders fault or not – it’s the rider who gets hurt
- when a car driver is making a left turn – watch out for this, cyclists, and expect it!
- wet pavement
- when speeding (you think you’re going to stop in time for a deer at night, if you’re going 80 mph? scan BOTH sides of road for deer, at night – hit one, you’re dead or a vegetable)
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