fatigue and motorcycling

http://www.roadsafety.mccofnsw.org.au/a/50.html

Useful info for riders on how to decide if they are fatigued and what to
do about it. It isn't always obvious....

"Rider survey data shows that large numbers of motorcycles are on the
road across the weekend and that distances covered are often large. The
concentration of single vehicle crashes on Sunday afternoons and
evenings (15%) may indicate fatigue as a factor in those crashes. They
may represent the evening peak-hour for motorcycles on weekend trips."

Zebee

 

After a saturday night on the turps around a rally campfire the 600-800
kilometre ride home can ba a bit tyring.

I generally stop under the shade of a large tree (have a large drink of
water) and sleep for 30 minutes to an hour.

In the worst cases I have occassionally booked into a pub/motel and made it
home on Monday morning.

Boxer

 

snip

Yay, that was me after the SR500 Rally at Bethanga. Stayed Sunday
night at the Bethanga Hotel.

Dinner Bed & Breakfast cost me a huge $25 - I was a sick puppy and the
hotel manager felt sorry for me. Normal price is $37.50.

Kind regards
Dave Milligan

 

"may"??? surely there's a demographic that can be drawn from the crash data?
I'd have thought it more likely to be the Sunday afternoon scratchers rather
than the rallygoers doing the crashing on sunday afternoons. I'd have thought
the rallygoers would be more likely to be crashing on Sunday mornings.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:32:33 +1100

Not if it is fatigue and not hangovers....

What demographic? No one fills in "I'm a scratcher" on the crash forms

and the cops have no idea what kind of bike, not that it matters, as you
can tour on an R1 and hoon on a goldwing.

Zebee

 

Zebee Johnstone wrote:

True, but the amount of luggage scattered around the crash scene would be a
pretty good indicator. And speaking of crashes... now that I have your
attention Zebee... if someone crashes in NSW (single vehicle accident on an
unsealed road) and police attend the accident scene and make an accident
report and several months later issue an on the spot fine for negligent
driving (riding), is it worth taking the matter further or is it simpler to
just cough up the $182 and put it down to experience.. esp from interstate. I
googled up an NSWMCC page on this topic and it did raise questions about this
practice by the police. Are their any case studies?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:18:34 +1100

But not a scientific one. I hoon with panniers, others tour with credit
cards.

I have no idea. I suggest you contact a NSW lawyer, there are some who
advertise in the bike mags and Riding On, the Ulysses mag.

We do know that non-motorcycling police, and even some motorcycling ones
have rider error as default, and take no note of things like road
surface. The NSWMCC is trying to get more training of police who attend
bike crashes. Part of this is things like the fatigue study - they
won't take our word for it they are wrong, they want hard non-partisan
evidence before they will change procedures.

I was lucky when I took a dive that the attending police were both
riders! One of them was looking very hard for the gravel he was sure
had to be responsible.

Zebee

 

What time did breakfast arrive....mid-afternoon?

 

snip

at 9am as I awoke. Was showered and in bed by 1pm the previous day. Up
again at 7.30pm for dinner then slept all night till brekky at 9am on
Monday. Magic.

Kind regards
Dave Milligan

 

It's easy really. BA (Bikers Anon) ride on Sundays. Don't ride
with BA, and you're fine.

G

 

you missed the sarcasm.

ordered dinner early and spent the next 4 hours chasing it up. Club asked
for numbers who would be at pub for dinner.... and pub still only had 1 cook
and 1 server.

 

If you ever have a single vehicle accident ALWAYS say an animal ran in front
of you, they can't do you for neg driving/riding. If you say there was
gravel etc on the road, they'll claim you were riding too fast for the
conditions.

Try Mark Sternberg at Lawstop.Com (maybe .au on the end) - very helpful
biking lawyer