Difference between revisions of "Motorcycle safety"

In the [[United States]], the [[Motorcycle Safety Foundation]] (MSF) provides a standardized curriculum to the states that, in turn, provide low cost safety training for new and current riders. Two states, Oregon and Idaho, eschew MSF's curriculum in favor of their own. Even with over 1,500 locations in USA, and over 120,000 annual students, MSF only trains about 3% of the owners of 4,000,000 new motorcycles sold for highway use.<ref>[http://www.msf-usa.org/SafeCycling/Safe_Cycling_Suimmer_98.pdf Motorcycle Safety Foundation, Safe Cycling, Summer 1998]</ref> Motorcycle injuries and fatalities among U.S. military personnel has continually risen since the early 2000s.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123053911 DoD campaign to reduce negative motorcycle trend]</ref> Among other United States Department of Defense-initiated programs, the Air National Guard seeks to understand why national safety programs haven't sufficiently reduced mishaps, and how those programs might be modified to cause productive behavioral change.