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Consumer Reports Motorcycle Rider
Survey
June 6, 2010 - Consumer
Reports conducted a survey of U.S. motorcycle riders
recently and found that 70% of the respondents "consider
themselves to be experienced riders and have held their
motorcycle license or endorsement for at least five
years".
10% of the respondents said
they had been in an accident within the last five years,
and reported that almost half of those were
single-vehicle crashes, with many of them either running
wide on a curve or sliding out in a turn. This is
consistent with the
Hurt Report information from nearly
40 years ago.
Slightly more than half of the riders responding to
the survey said they had taken a formal riding
instruction course, and about 25% indicated that they do
not always wear a helmet when they ride.
The report also found this information about the
respondents:
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Only half reported
regularly wearing protective boots, and less than
half said they regularly wear gloves.
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About 25% said they
always wear a leather or other protective jacket
when riding.
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Fewer than 10% always
wear protective pants or clothing in high-visibility
colors.
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Three out of five riders
admitted to riding in a short-sleeved shirt, and
about 25% said they rode in shorts.
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More than 33% of all
accidents resulted in a painful road rash and almost
25% involved broken bones.
More information on the survey can be found in the
Consumer Reports Car Blog. Note that the
respondents to this study were not from the general
public but from Consumer Reports readers, so there may
be some bias in the results.
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