This report examines training methods for teaching safe motorcycling hazard perception and responding and examines the potential usefulness of simulation in motorcycle rider training. In this project, the model of incremental transfer learning is used as a framework for learning hazard perception and responding skills. The research suggests that simulators are best used as part of a comprehensive rider education system that includes classroom training and skills practice using real vehicles, with simulators being used to training riders in situations that are too dangerous to practice using a real vehicle. The cost of sufficient access to simulators may prevent this approach from being applied to the general motorcycle rider learner population. However, simulators may be cost-effective for training particular groups, such as individuals with high accident rates or professional riders. In the short-term, simulators may provide a useful tool for conducting research into hazard perception and responding by riders. (Author/publisher)
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