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Selamat sore Ibu Dinar, Sebelumnya perkenalkan saya Rio Octaviano, dari Road Safety Association, kami bermula dari para pengguna jalan khususnya sepeda motor, dan juga seluruh jenis kendaraan, kini kami berusaha melihatnya dari berbagai sisi. Sadar atau tidak, email keluhan ibu telah banyak beredar di mailing list otomotif, dan pembacanya pun bisa diperkirakan lebih dari ribuan. [...]

Helm Cetok Mansur (bukan nama sebenarnya) sedang berkendara, dan dengan kelihaian yang dianggap cukup untuk melibas jalanan di ibu kota ini, dia memacu kendaraan roda dua nya. Dia mungkin berpikir, teknik berkendaranya jauh lebih baik, terbukti dia tidak pernah celaka fatal selama ini dengan gaya berkendara seperti itu. Tapi, malang tidak bisa dihindarkan, disaat niatnya [...]

Kecepatan dan Jarak Henti Bila pengendara sepeda motor ingin menghentikan kendaraannya, pengendara menarik atau menginjak pedal rem. Tapi kendaraan pastinya tidak akan langsung berhenti namun butuh jarak lebih jauh dari titik pengendara tadi mengerem. Jarak ini disebut jarak berhenti. Jarak berhenti artinya jarak yang dibutuhkan kendaraan untuk berhenti total. (Rumus: Empty distance + Braking distance). [...]

To address the risks of motorcycling, before and after a fall, motorcyclists use personal protective equipment (PPE, or more commonly “motorcycle gear”). Many developed countries now require certain articles of PPE, and manufacturers and governments recommend its extensive use. Functions of PPE Improved Visibility — Although for decades the popular image of the motorcycle rider [...]

Fluorescent clothing, white or light coloured helmets, and daytime headlights may reduce motorcycle injuries and death. Wells and colleagues (p 857) analysed 463 motorcycle drivers admitted to hospital following a road traffic incident and 1233 other drivers (control group) to evaluate how wearing conspicuous attire affected the risk of having an accident. They found that [...]

This site originally started out as being just for cars, but as I also ride motorbikes, I felt I had to include information for the bikers out there too. Here then is the Suspension Bible : Motorcycle edition. Oh – a little note – the reason I switch back and forth between motorbike and motorcycle [...]

Apart from your car’s tyres and seats, the suspension is the prime mechanism that separates your bum (arse for the American) from the road. It also prevents your car from shaking itself to pieces. No matter how smooth you think the road is, it’s a bad, bad place to propel over a ton of metal [...]