Creating Change in Rider Education
A common misperception attached to taking the sometimes-mandatory Basic Rider Course is that graduates have every skill necessary to ride safely on the road. What the basic course does provide is minimal exposure to motorcycle control and an introduction to the perceptual and mental skills necessary to operate a motorcycle on the road. …
Tribe Talk “Open Forum”!
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, for Tribe, Talk Happy Hour! Bring a Friend!
Wednesday’s dialog will center on “Open Forum”
Everyone is invited and accepted in Tribe Talk’s safe and respectful environment.
Bring your thoughts and ideas to share with the group! …
Rider Choices – Rider Tips #72
Escape paths can be narrower for a motorcycle than for a car. By playing What If? a motorcycle can predict where to swerve for the best escape path. Scan consistently and think beyond what is happening at the moment, anticipate bad situations. Use the Search Evaluate Execute (SEE) strategy continuously.
Survive the Ride…
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Revisit of – “The Thinking Rider”
By Dr. Donald L. Green, 22 February, 2022 (a Twos-day)
Riding a motorcycle gives a physical and emotional feeling unlike any other form of transportation and movement, one that “if you have to ask about it, you wouldn’t understand.” The wind pressing against our bodies and smells of the places we ride, a closeness to the road, the world, and other riders create a craving to get out there and do it again. Most of us have clear mental pictures of the internal happiness formed by those extraordinary rides. Our souls are calmed and rejuvenated enough to push through another day of hard work to get back in the saddle to become one with our machines again. …
Tribe Talk “Back to Basics”!
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, for Tribe Talk Happy Hour! Bring a Friend!
Wednesday’s dialog will center on “Getting Back to the Basics”
Everyone is invited and accepted in Tribe Talk’s safe and respectful environment.
Bring your thoughts and ideas to share with the group! …
Rider Choices – Rider Tips #71
Scanning for escape paths helps see areas where we can escape potential hazards before they become traps. The Search Evaluate Execute (SEE) strategy continuously identifies 1. traffic controls, 2. highway users, 3. surface conditions, and 4. possible escape paths.
Survive the Ride…
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Share your Experiences!
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, for Tribe Talk Happy Hour! Bring a Friend!
Wednesday’s dialog will center on “Mentoring and Servant Leaders.”
Everyone is invited and accepted in Tribe Talk’s safe and respectful environment.
Bring your thoughts and ideas to share with the group! …
An update on The Human Element of Riding
Dr. Donald L. Green, 14 February 2022 (updated from 17 January 2020.)
Bernt Speigel (2010) wrote in the preface of his book the Upper Half of the Motorcycle that motorcyclists are “thinking, acting, reacting” organisms with “the unique ability to create, use, and adapt tools, instruments, equipment, and machines in an integrative way as extensions, or components, of [themselves].” It is essential to emphasize the thinking, acting, and reacting statement because it supports the human element’s primary factor in all motorcycle experiences. The Human Element also represents the primary factor in Motorcycle crashes – The Motorcyclist. …
Rider Choices – Rider Tips #70
Knowing what to Scan for helps categorize potential hazards before they become dangerous. The Search Evaluate Execute (SEE) strategy continuously identifies 1. traffic controls, 2. highway users, 3. surface conditions, and 4. possible escape paths.
Survive the Ride…
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Another Incident Report
By Dr. Donald L. Green, 8 February 2022
No kidding, here I am sitting down to read multiple incident reports from the same class, and it strikes me, I have been missing something here. I am probably reading too much into the situation, but I must get this thought out, so here we go. Are you ready? This could go someplace neither of us wants it to. …
