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Test your visual perception skills with the Road Sign Test and the Collision Traps Test. In both tests, an image is flashed for a split second followed by a multiple-choice question about the image. The tests not only help you identify common road signs and typical traffic collision traps, but also demonstrate how quickly your eyes and mind can work together.
Test yourself with this 48-question quiz on the basics of motorcycling. These questions were drawn from the Basic RiderCourse classroom session and handbook.
Safe riding is a skill of the eyes and mind as much as it is a skill of the hands and feet. It’s important that riders have well-developed perceptive skills. Having good perception means to “see and understand accurately.” Our eyes see but our mind interprets, and sometimes we can be fooled into perceiving something that’s not there or missing something that is; and that can be disastrous when evaluating risk factors in traffic. The MSF RiderCourse uses the strategy of Search, Evaluate, Execute (S.E.E.) to describe the decision-making process that should be used while riding. Our eyes do the searching and our brain does the evaluating. But do we perceive accurately?
Take a look at these visual workouts to discover how our eyes can sometimes trick us… Click to view.
October 16, 2013 (Special Presentation)
“The Evolution and Underpinnings of MSF’s Basic RiderCourse, a Learn-To-Ride Curriculum for Novices”
By
Raymond J. Ochs
October 16, 2013 (Session 1)
“E-call for power two wheeler (PWT) – System or Institution for the Future”
By
Matthias Mörbe
“Can Experienced Riders Benefit from an Autonomous Emergency Braking System?”
By
Giovanni Savino, Marco Pierini, Matteo Rizzi and Richard Frampton and Jason Thompson
“Incorporating ITS to Improve Motorcycle and Rider Safety into State Motorcycle Safety Plans”
By
Patricia Turner and Laura Higgins
Methodologies for Estimating Motorcycle VMT
By
Patricia Turner, Dan Middleton and Robert Scopatz
October 16, 2013 (Session 2)
“Visual Scanning of Motorcycle Riders: A Preliminary Look”
By
Terry Smith, Steve Garets, Jessica Cicchino and Tia Tucker
October 17, 2013 (Session 1)
“Using Multiple Datasets to Identify and Evaluate Motorcycle Safety Issues”
By
Cynthia Burch and Timothy Kerns
“Injury Severity and Causation Factors of Motorcyclists in Traffic Accidents in Comparing Drivers of Motorcycle and All Kinds of Motorized Two-wheelers”
By
D. Otte, M. Jänsch, B.Wiese
“Comparison of Moped, Scooter and Motorcycle Crashes: Implications for Rider Training and Education”
By
Ross Blackman and Narelle Haworth
“A preliminary look at safety critical events from the motorcyclists’ perspective”
By
Sherry Williams and Jim Heideman
October 17, 2013 (Session 2)
“A Description Of Motorcycle Crash Injuries And Helmet Use In A Sample Of Maryland Trauma Patients”
By
Timothy Kerns and Cynthia Burch
“Helmets and Neck Injuries in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes”
By
David Thom, James Ouellet, Terry Smith and Hugh Hurt, Jr.
General Documents
“MAIDS:
In-Depth Investigation
of Motorcycle Accidents”
and
“Presenter Biographies”
Crash Causation
“How the Timing of Motorcycle Accident Investigation Affects Sampling and Data Outcome”
By
James V. Ouellet
Rider Characteristics
“Contemporary Attitudes Toward Motorcycle Riding Safety and Riding Risk Factors – Part 1”
By
Robert J. Rowe
“Development and Testing of Self-Assessment Tests for Increasing Motorcycle Safety for Aging Motor Cyclists”
By
David Chen and Shari McMahan
Braking & Posture
“Performance Evaluation for Various Braking Systems of Street Motorcycles”
By
Jean-Pierre Belmonte
“Task Analysis for Intensive Braking of a Motorcycle in a Straight Line”
By
Narelle Haworth and Christine Mulvihill
“A Three Dimensional Analysis of Riding Posture on Three Different Styles of Motorcycle”
By
Terry Smith, John Zellner and Nicholas M. Rogers
Braking & Conspicuity
“A Comparison of Stopping Distance Performance for Motorcycles Equipped with ABS, CBS and Conventional Hydraulic Brake Systems”
By
Donovan Green
“Motorcycle Conspicuity and the Effects of Motor Vehicle Fleet Daytime Running Lights (DRLs)”
By
Stephanie Binder, Michael Perel, John Pierowicz, Valerie Gawron, and Glenn Wilson
Rider Responses
“Rider Training and Collision Avoidance in Thailand and Los Angeles Motorcycle Crashes”
By
James V. Ouellet and Vira Kasantikul
“Do I Brake or Do I Swerve – Motorcyclist Crash Avoidance Maneuvering”
By
Karl F. Shuman, Stein E. Husher, Michael S. Varat, and Christopher D. Armstrong
“A Comparison of Hazard Perception and Responding in Car Drivers and Motorcyclists”
By
Narelle Haworth and Christine Mulvihill
Government & Other Strategic Initiatives
“IHIE Guidelines for Motorcycling – Improving safety through engineering and integration”
By
Anthony Sharp
Community Rider Interaction
“CycleSafe: Taming the Road Safety Rally: Using Community Collaboration to Promote Motorcycle Safety”
By
JanMarie Lambert
“Motorcycle Rider Mentor Program A Low Tech, Targeted Approach to Reducing Motorcycle Accident Causal Factors”
By
Dick Garrett
“Group Work and Problem Based Learning in Experienced Rider Training”
By
Risto Kaivola and Antti Kortesuo
Licensing
“Can Unlicensed Motorcycle Owners Be Persuaded to Obtain a License?”
By
Elisa Braver, Joseph Kufera, Karen Volpini, Melvin Alexander, John Joyce and Patricia Ellison-Potter
Operational Aspects & Continual Improvement of Rider Training Programs
“Competencies and Abilities of Motorcycle Safety Foundation Certified RiderCoach Trainers”
By
Raymond J. Ochs
Protective Gear
“Comparison Tests of Motorcycle Helmets Qualified to International Standards”
By
David R. Thom
“Motorcycle Helmet Effect on a Per-Crash Basis in the Thailand and Hurt Studies”
By
James V. Ouellet and Vira Kasantikul
“Helmet Optimisation Based on Head-Helmet Modeling”
By
Willinger, Deck and Baumgartner
Focus On Alcohol
“Contemporary Attitudes Toward Motorcycle Riding Safety and Riding Risk Factors – Part 2”
By
Robert J. Rowe
“Drinking, Riding, and Prevention: A Focus Group Study”
By
Les Becker, Scott McKnight, Valerie Nelkin, and Douglas Piper
“Riders Helping Riders: An Alcohol Peer Intervention Program for Motorcyclists”
By
Scott McKnight, Les Becker and Robert Hohn
“Methodology for Determining Motorcycle Operator Crash Risk and Alcohol Impairment”
By
Robert Voas, Scott McKnight, David Thom, Hugh Hurt Jr, John Zellner and Marvin Levy
“The Effect of Blood Alcohol Concentration on Motorcycle Crash Characteristics”
By
James Ouellet and Vira Kasantikul
Poster Presentations
“Traumatic Brain Injury Associated With Motorcycle Crashes in Wisconsin, 1991-1997”
By
Wayne Bigelow
“What Motorcycle Riders Themselves Do To Improve Motorcycle Safety”
By
Achilles Damen & John Chatterton-Ross
“The Effects of Mandatory Rider Training and Licensing Incentives on Motorcycle Rider Training Enrolment – A Canadian Perspective”
By
Raynald Marchand and Colleen McKee
“Autopsy Study of Motorcyclist Fatalities: The Effect of the 1992 Maryland Helmet Use Law”
By
Kimberly Mitchell, Joseph Kufera, Michael Ballesteros, John Smialek and Patricia Dischinger
“Criteria for Program Evaluation in State Motorcycle Safety Programs: State Administrator Perspectives”
By
Raymond Ochs
“Development of an On-Scene In-Depth Motorcycle Accident Investigation Research Program in Thailand Using the Hurt Study as a Model”
By
Terry Smith
“Impaired Motorcycle Riding: What Motorcyclists Think About Alcohol and Motorcycling”
By
Joey Syner and Maria Vegega
“The Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Association (FEMA): Final Report of the Motorcyclists & Crash Barriers Project”
By
Eric Thiollier
“The Motorcycle-Alcohol Crash Problem in Florida: Identification of Characteristics and Countermeasures”
By
Patricia Turner