Use of Instrumented Motorcycle to Measure the Effectiveness of Malaysian Rider Training: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Summary:A pilot study used an instrumented motorcycle to evaluate riding performances of Malaysian learner riders graduating from rider training and licensing program. 105 participants were asked to ride the instrumented motorcycle along a predefined route (mean 8 KM) in a mixed traffic environment. Period of turn signal activation and deactivation, maneuvering speed and deceleration of participants at unsignalized T junctions were measured as riding performances. Significant differences between male and female riders in responding to oncoming vehicles at the junctions were observed. Significant effects of age were also found in period of turn signal activation and maneuvering speed. Implications for current rider training are discussed.

Use of GPS-Based Action Cameras in a Naturalistic Motorcycle Riding Study

“…The database was based on the similar concept of a police crash database, but with a crash contributing factors as the main theme. Although the majority of earlier naturalistic studies used passenger car as the test vehicle, a considerable literature has grown up in recent years around the theme of naturalistic motorcycle riding data collection (e.g., Dozza & Werneke, 2014;Spyropoulou et al, 2010;Ibrahim et al, 2012;Ibrahim et al, 2018;Ibrahim et al, 2014;Ibrahim & Yusoff, 2011;Ibrahim & Sukardi, 2011;Lemonakis et al, 2014;Vlahogianni et al, 2014). The present study describes the experimental methodology and discusses the analysis of crash-relevant events recorded in a pilot study of a large-scale naturalistic motorcycle riding data collection within the Malaysian traffic environment.…”