An investigation of motorcycle rider use of and attitudes to high visibility gear

[wsm.highvisresearch]

AN INVESTIGATION OF MOTORCYCLE RIDER USE OF AND ATTITUDES TO HIGH VISIBILITY GEAR INFORMATION
Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago

As part of this project we are distributing a short electronic survey.
Please first read the information regarding the project found below.
The survey may be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZJMLCVN


Information for Study Participants
Thank you for showing an interest in this project. Please read this information carefully before deciding whether or not to participate. If you decide to participate we thank you. If you decide not to take part there will be no disadvantage to you and we thank you for considering our request.

What is the Aim of the Project?
The aim is to investigate the current use of and attitudes towards high visibility gear in New Zealand motorcycle riders.

Questions we hope to answer include:
1. What do NZ motorcyclists wear when riding- in particular in terms of high visibility clothing?
2. What are the attitudes of motorcyclists to wearing high visibility clothing?
3. What of the major barriers to the wearing of high visibility clothing, and what can be done to improve this?

What Type of Participants are being sought?

We are looking for motorcycle users (including both motorbike and scooters) to participate. Anybody currently riding a motorcycle in NZ can be included in this study.

What will Participants be Asked to Do?

Should you agree to take part in this project, you will be asked to answer a short survey, taking no longer than 3 minutes.
Please be aware that you may decide not to take part in the project without any disadvantage to yourself of any kind.

What Data or Information will be Collected and What Use will be Made of it?
Your survey, along with the others that participate in this study will all be made anonymous. The data will be collated together to identify the main trends which will then be summarised and written up as a report, and will be available in the University of Otago Library (Wellington, New Zealand).

Completed surveys and associated material will be securely stored (in locked filing cabinets or password protected computers as appropriate) in such a way that only the researchers will be able to gain access to it.

What if Participants have any Questions?
If you have any questions about our project, either now or in the future, please feel free to contact either:-

Sophie Bridge
Department of Public Health
Email Address: wsm.highvisresearch@gmail.com

Dr Richard Jaine
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
Phone 04 918 6155
Email: richard.jaine@otago.ac.nz

This study has been approved by the Department stated above. If you have any concerns about the ethical conduct of the research you may contact the Committee through the Human Ethics Committee Administrator (ph 03 479-8256). Any issues you raise will be treated in confidence and investigated and you will be informed of the outcome.

[scumdog]

I reckon I'll have a crack at this.

[Madness]

Last question; "It's gay."

[Katman]

My most effective item of high visibility gear?

My eyes.

[willytheekid]

Survey completed

Cheers for sharing this with us wsm.highvisresearch

[Oakie]

Done diddly done. Didn't hurt a bit.

[Subike]

Done,
Good to see they came here
Pity only 50% will give the honest answer,
We all know how good KB'rs are at telling bullshit
especially me

[flyingcrocodile46]

I feel cheated. I didn't win a prize

PS Black on black with FA reflective, happy to look at more reflective materials as part of an off the shelf solution when I next upgrade.

[BMWST?]

pity they miss a complete age range...50-60 ,and who says there are benefits?

[vifferman]

Not well constructed; one of the errors was my age group was missing - should've been between "40-50" and ">60". I had to lie a bit...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Rach and I were driving home in our quite noisey and very bright red Commodore ute the other day.

Some old fucking bat all of a sudden did a quick lane change and near side swipped us.

If only our ute was high vis instead of loud and red it wouldn't have happened.

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[300weatherby]

I reckon I'll have a crack at this.

95% of Chch drivers are blind valium soaked retards, you could have a flashing light on your head and it will NOT make any difference.

Chritchurch drivers are the worst in NZ on so many levels, and most of you think it is every one else,- riding my road bike in this town is terrifying and drives me to angry paranioa, then I get to spend lots of time in traffic cause of my job.

1- The least ability to look and actually see.
2- The poorest descision making anywhere after having "looked"
3- The slowest and least decisive action taking anywhere, after having made a decision.

And some uni academic wants people to buy into a study on dayglo vests? So the victims of vehicular attack wear stupid bright vests that make no difference, rather than the "justice" system punish, Adequately! the retards that commit the crime, in order that other vehicularly retarded morons recognise possible consequence and maybe, just maybe try to improve ? good grief

[BigAl]

I feel cheated. I didn't win a prize .

Your set of steak knives will be in the post

[Tigadee]

When orange or yellow is the new black, everyone will be wearing hi-vis!

[sinfull]

Fuck off !