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In 2005, Congress passed the [[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]] (SAFETEA-LU) law (2005-2009) mandating a new motorcycle crash study<ref name="OK"/> and budgeted $2.8 million for the study, providing that motorcyclists, manufacturers, and other motorcycle related organizations would match that amount.<ref name="2stroke"/> The [[American Motorcycle Association|AMA]] committed $100,000 to the study, and continues to raise awareness and raise funds, and the [[Motorcycle Safety Foundation]] pledged $2.8 million — with several conditions, including a provision that at least 900 cases would be studied.<ref name="LAT3"/> At the time, the funding was still about $2 million short.<ref name="LAT1"/> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] originally had recommended a scope of 900 to 1,200 case studies.<ref name="LAT2009"/> | In 2005, Congress passed the [[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]] (SAFETEA-LU) law (2005-2009) mandating a new motorcycle crash study<ref name="OK"/> and budgeted $2.8 million for the study, providing that motorcyclists, manufacturers, and other motorcycle related organizations would match that amount.<ref name="2stroke"/> The [[American Motorcycle Association|AMA]] committed $100,000 to the study, and continues to raise awareness and raise funds, and the [[Motorcycle Safety Foundation]] pledged $2.8 million — with several conditions, including a provision that at least 900 cases would be studied.<ref name="LAT3"/> At the time, the funding was still about $2 million short.<ref name="LAT1"/> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] originally had recommended a scope of 900 to 1,200 case studies.<ref name="LAT2009"/> | ||
In 2009, the | In 2009, the Federal Highway Administration and Oklahoma State University's Oklahoma Transportation Center began conducting an 'abbreviated' Motorcycle Crash Causation Study with 300 case studies<ref name="LAT2009">{{cite web | ||
| title = Why the surge in motorcycle deaths? Federally funded L.A. study seeks answers | | title = Why the surge in motorcycle deaths? Federally funded L.A. study seeks answers | ||
| publisher = The LA Times, October 14, 2009 | | publisher = The LA Times, October 14, 2009 | ||