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 A New Zealand study supported the Hurt Report's call for increased rider conspicuity, claiming high-visibility clothing, white or light colored helmets, and daytime headlights may reduce motorcycle injuries and death. The study found that wearing reflective or fluorescent clothing reduced the risk of a crash injury by 37%, a white helmet by 24%, and riding with headlights on by 27%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7444/857|date=April 10, 2004|publisher=BMJ|title=Motorcycle rider conspicuity and crash related injury: case-control study |accessdate=2007-06-26|author=Susan Wells et al.}} [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7444/857 Abstract], [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7444/0-b Quick summary]</ref>
-However, the MAIDS report did not back up the claims that helmet color makes any difference in accident frequency, and that in fact motorcycles painted white were actually over-represented in the accident sample compared to the exposure data.<ref>{{Citation |title=MAIDS (Motorcycle Accidents In Depth Study) Final Report 2.0 | date=April 2009 |url=http://www.maids-study.eu/ |publisher=ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers|chapter=Table 5.5: Predominating PTW colour |page=47 }}</ref>  While recognizing how much riders need to be seen, the MAIDS report documented that riders' clothing usually fails to do so, saying that "in 65.3% of all cases, the clothing made no contribution to the conspicuity of the rider or the PTW [powered two-wheeler, i.e. motorcycle]. There were very few cases found in which the bright clothing of the PTW rider enhanced the PTW’s overall conspicuity (46 cases).There were more cases in which the use of dark clothing decreased the conspicuity of the rider and the PTW (120 cases)." The MAIDS report was unable to recommend specific items of clothing or colors to make riders better seen.<ref>{{Citation |title=MAIDS (Motorcycle Accidents In Depth Study) Final Report 2.0 | date=April 2009 |url=http://www.maids-study.eu/ |publisher=ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers|page=100}}</ref>
+However, the MAIDS report did not back up the claims that helmet color makes any difference in accident frequency, and that in fact motorcycles painted white were actually over-represented in the accident sample compared to the exposure data.<ref>{{Citation |title=MAIDS (Motorcycle Accidents In Depth Study) Final Report 2.0 | date=April 2009 |url=http://www.maids-study.eu/ |publisher=ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers|chapter=Table 5.5: Predominating PTW color |page=47 }}</ref>  While recognizing how much riders need to be seen, the MAIDS report documented that riders' clothing usually fails to do so, saying that "in 65.3% of all cases, the clothing made no contribution to the conspicuity of the rider or the PTW [powered two-wheeler, i.e. motorcycle]. There were very few cases found in which the bright clothing of the PTW rider enhanced the PTW’s overall conspicuity (46 cases).There were more cases in which the use of dark clothing decreased the conspicuity of the rider and the PTW (120 cases)." The MAIDS report was unable to recommend specific items of clothing or colors to make riders better seen.<ref>{{Citation |title=MAIDS (Motorcycle Accidents In Depth Study) Final Report 2.0 | date=April 2009 |url=http://www.maids-study.eu/ |publisher=ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers|page=100}}</ref>
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