BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that use of motorcycle ambulances can help to improve health facility deliveries; however, few studies have explored the motivators for and barriers to their usage. We explored the factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in eastern Uganda. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study conducted among 391 women who d...

This research investigated the impact of motorcycle headlight configurations, rider colors, and age of the drivers (participants) on motorcycle conspicuity in simulated urban and rural environments.

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the risk of motorcycle crash related injuries is associated with the conspicuity of the driver or vehicle. DESIGN Population based case-control study. SETTING Auckland region of New Zealand from February 1993 to February 1996. PARTICIPANTS 463 motorcycle drivers (cases) involved in crashes leading to hospital treatment or death; 1233 motorcycle drivers (co...

The causes of vibration hazards to motorcycle mail deliverers have been considered to be due to the vibrations from the motorcycle, strain on the rider's hands and arms, cold conditions, and duration of the operation and others, and the rider's muscle tone in handling the motorcycle rises as the stability of the motorcycle decreases. In this report, the steering angle and banking of the motorcy...

Although motorcycle crash is one of the most common causes of death and injury, there hasn’t been a standard experiment system to simulate the generation of the resulting motorcycle impact injuries. A unique motor drive unit (MDU) and motorcycle crash simulation unit (MCSU) were developed to establish a short-track and high-accuracy experiment system of motorcycle impact injury. The control har...

Motorcycle riding is a hobby commonly enjoyed by Americans with nearly 8.5 million registered motorcycles in the US [1]. Motorcycle manufacturers have enjoyed consistent increases in sales throughout the first decade of the 21st century [2], an indication that the sport is gaining avid new riders each year. An important consideration as sales increase is the demographics of the riders themselve...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated variables that may contribute to motorcycle conspicuity within a high-fidelity simulated environment. The variables included motorcycle lighting, vehicular daytime running lights (DRLs), and age of the driver of the other vehicle. BACKGROUND Research suggests that decreased levels of conspicuity associated with riding a small two-wheeled vehicle reduce the ab...

Although pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists account for nearly half of those killed in traffic accidents in the world, little is known about the geographical distribution patterns of these vulnerable roadway users. Using spatial scan statistics techniques, the spatiotemporal variations in the mortality of motorcycle users in Argentina were analyzed for the period 2001-2010, as well as the ...

Currently only a few motorcycle simulators exist, few or none of which are used during the development of real vehicles. Indeed, most of the existing simulators can some-how reproduce the behavior of a ‘typical’ motorcycle, as opposed to a ‘specific’ motorcycle or configuration. In this work the motorcycle simulator of the University of Padova is employed to assess its possible usage in the dev...

A study to assess the various gases emitted by motorcycles in a metropolitan State, Uyo, in Nigeria was carried out. Two hundred commercial motorcycles the mostly available means of transport were used for the study drawn from seven motorcycle parks. The gases examined were nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. The overall collection result...