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Date:         Sat, 9 May 1998 12:14:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: DreamCatcher
Subject:      Re: DRLs
Comments: To: Vanagon List <vanagon@vanagon.com>, scott@KONNECTIONS.COM
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Scott McDonell <scott@KONNECTIONS.COM> wrote: Subject: Re: Dorky DRL's..

Clipped... >there has been statistically proven, more motorcycle deaths, since the >introduction of those stupid DRL's...

Where can one find these statistics? Thanks.

Scott and the list,

The statistics are available from:

The Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, is a study conducted by the University of Southern California (USC). With funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researcher Harry Hurt investigated almost every aspect of 900 motorcycle accidents in the Los Angeles area. Additionally, Hurt and his staff analyzed 3,600 motorcycle traffic accident reports in the same geographic area.

Reprinted here for your information and use are the findings. The final report is several hundred pages. If you would like to order this document, the order information is:

Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures Volume 1: Technical Report, Hurt, H.H., Ouellet, J.V. and Thom, D.R. Traffic Safety Center, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 90007 Contract No. DOT HS-5-01160 January 1981 (Final Report)

This document is available through:

The National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161

And now you know as much as I know... though I have read the summary.

Search on "Hurt Report" using the search engine of your choice.

Jim Arnott Union, OR '83.5 Vanagon '77 ASI Riviera II '84 Honda VF1000F


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