Feds finally move on Crash Causation Study

Bikesafer.com has, from its inception, been a supporter of the section 5511 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the new crash causation study. Yesterday, DOT announced the approval of the study, which will probably take about four years to complete. Approximately 20,000 bikers died while waiting for the study to get to this point, probably more than another 20,000 will die before it's done, and don't even start on the almost one million other casualties.

The work has been granted to the Oklahoma State University Transportation Center and we've spoken to their Dr. Alan Tree before.

This is a giant step forward for motorcycle safety, and we'll be watching progress at OSU very closely. In the meantime, bikesafer.com will continue to try to find what we can about crash causation.

Now we need to update the site again, coming soon.