Strategies A1. Provide full paved shoulders to accommodate roadside motorcycle recovery and breakdowns A2. Consider motorcycles in the selection of roadside barriers A3. Identify pavement markings, surface materials, and other treatments that reduce traction for motorcycles and treat or replace with high-traction material A4. Maintain the roadway to minimize surface irregularities and discontinuities A5. Maintain roadway surfaces in work zones to facilitate safe passage of motorcycles A6. Reduce roadway debris – such as gravel, shorn treads, snow and ice control treatments (sand/salt), and that resulting from uncovered loads – from the roadway and roadside A7. Provide advance warning signs to alert motorcyclists of reduced traction and irregular roadway surfaces A8. Incorporate motorcycle safety considerations into routine roadway inspections A9. Provide a mechanism for notifying highway agencies of roadway conditions that present a potential problem to motorcyclists |
B. Reduce the number of motorcycle crashes due to rider impairment B1. Increase motorcyclist awareness of the risks of impaired motorcycle operation B2. Expand existing impairment prevention programs to include motorcycle riders and specific motorcycle events B3. Target law enforcement to specific motorcycle rider impairment behaviors that have been shown to contribute to crashes |
C. Reduce the number of motorcycle crashes due to unlicensed or untrained motorcycle riders C1. Increase awareness of the causes of crashes due to unlicensed or untrained motorcycle riders C2. Ensure that licensing and rider training programs adequately teach and measure skills and behaviors required for crash avoidance C3. Identify and remove barriers to obtaining a motorcycle endorsement |
D. Increase the visibility of motorcyclists D1. Increase the awareness of the benefit of high-visibility clothing D2. Identify and promote rider visibility-enhancement methods and technology |
E. Reduce the severity of motorcycle crashes E1. Increase the use of FMVSS 218 compliant helmets E2. Increase the use of protective clothing |
F. Increase motorcycle rider safety awareness F1. Form strategic alliances with motorcycle user community to foster and promote motorcycle safety F2. Increase awareness of the consequences of aggressive riding, riding while fatigued or impaired, unsafe riding, and poor traffic strategies F3. Educate operators of other vehicles to be more conscious of the presence of motorcyclists |
G. Increase safety enhancements for motorcyclists G1. Include motorcycles in the research, development and deployment of ITS |
H. Improve motorcycle safety research, data and analysis H1. Develop and implement standardized data gathering and reporting for motorcycle crashes H2. Include motorcycle attributes in vehicle exposure data collection programs H3. Develop a set of analysis tools for motorcycle crashes |