5/25/2012 MOTOR OFFICER SAFETY PRESENTATION Developed by the Not-for-profit EMERGING GROWTH INSTITUTE • First. The purpose of this presentation is absolutely not to suggest that being on a motorcycle and being hurt is the riders fault 1
5/25/2012 • Second… much of the analysis data is thanks to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation study DOT HS 810 982 • 1. Report No. • DOT HS 810 982 • 2. Government Accession No. • 4. Title and Subtitle • Lower-Extremity Injuries in Motorcycle Crashes • Author(s) • Refaat Hanna & Rory Austin • Performing Organization Name and Address • Mathematical Analysis Division, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA. 2
5/25/2012 • I’m here today to talk about facts. It’s a fact,… motorcycles JUST HAPPEN TO provide little if any protection for riders. • The work done by those who train riders certainly can be cited as greatly reducing accidents that result from rider failure to follow safety rules and careless riding habits. • Even so…. The problem with motorcycles is that whether civilians ride them or skilled Motor Officers, most accidents result not FROM motorcycle riders BUT from careless motorists. 3
5/25/2012 • Before you assume I am a motorcycle hater….I have a restored 1947 500 cc Indian Chief. By today’s standards its slow but reliable. Yet….Every time I take it out …which now is hardly ever….I fully expect someone to try and run me over. • 37 to1 That’s the risk that the U.S. Government set for a motorcyclist to be involved in a fatal crash when compared side- by-side to an automobile for every mile that each travels. • Of course, that was in 2006 when only 5,000 fatal cycle crashes took place. Six years later the odds are no better. 4
5/25/2012 • Every single day, as Motor Officers mount their motorcycles and protect and serve, someone somewhere is injured on a motorcycle. • The headlines regularly report these sad records of injury to both civilian and law enforcement officers. • M otor police officer injured in traffic • Police officer injured after bike crash • Police Officer Injured in cycle Accident • Police officer injured in motor accident • Florida Police Officer cycle Accident. • P olice union collects donations for injured 5
5/25/2012 • And just weeks ago… • Florida Sheriff’s Officer Killed after Motorcycle Accident. That was officer Matt Miller. • We all know that w hen compared to cars and trucks, motorcycles are less stable and much less visible. • The enjoyment of riding comes at great risk. 6
5/25/2012 When a motorcycle accident does occur, the rider's rate of injury, or death per accident is easy to see. • When the NHTSA began collecting data, the number of fatal motorcycle crashes exceeded the number of pedestrian deaths for the same calendar year. 7
5/25/2012 • In just one hospital (Mission Hospital) they admitted 176 motorcycle crash victims. 1/3 required an ICU stay from a few hours to 53 days. Over 60 percent of the patients wore helmets. The overall length of stay for all motorcycle crash victims was twice that of others suffering trauma. Hospital charges averaged over $17,000 . Rehabilitation topped $35,000 ….that is if they could be rehabilitated because .. 4 of the 176 died.. • A 65-year-old male who rode motorcycles in his “younger” days, was convinced by his grandson, to take a ride. He was unable to avoid a truck which pulled out in front of him. The resulting crash threw him over 50 feet. He suffered deep abrasions to arms and legs, multiple facial fractures and a head injury. He was brain dead. 8
5/25/2012 • Those are the results. The mindset shows that until now, riders just assumed it was hit or miss. That an accident that would maim or kill them was “JUST Part Of Riding”. THAT HAS TO STOP BEING A “GIVEN”. Here are 2 quotes from riders… • Suffice it to say, there's no debating the fact that you're pretty vulnerable on a motorcycle, more so than you'd be in a car. And if you get in an accident, you're probably more likely to be maimed than you would be in a car. Another says…. 9
5/25/2012 • In my third year of riding I was on an off- ramp on the 401 (one of Canada's largest highways) when the muffler and tailpipe fell off the car in front of me. The pipe went one way, the muffler the other, and I tried to avoid them both. I Tried and failed. • EVERY RIDER KNOWS Motorcycles provide almost no protection. Therefore, even minor motorcycle crashes can cause significant injuries. • Deep abrasions resulting from a fall and skidding on concrete are considered a relatively “minor” injury. RIDERS who have these injuries will attest that they are not minor. 10
5/25/2012 • OK…you might say…..so everyone who rides knows all that…… WHY IS THIS GUY HERE TALKING TO US? • Until now, there has been no way to reduce the result of motorist carelessness when coming in contact with a motorcycle rider. But now there is. 11
5/25/2012 • When the Shuttle Mission ended and over 150,000 engineers and space experts lost their jobs some…. instead of giving up finding work when there was none…. • Some …put their skills learned in getting to the Moon or into space safely…went to work on building a safer way to protect Motor Officers like Seminole County’s Matt Miller. • We went to the Moon and built the International Space Station because of the ability to use analysis in thinking about solving problems. 12
5/25/2012 • They were used to problem solving, • They got together with long time rider Ray Ackley who logged almost 1,000,000 miles over 50 years of riding for his job and enjoyment, • They examined the problem and Came up with a safety solution THAT REALLY WORKS. • Problem solving is of crucial importance in engineering when products or processes fail, so corrective action can be taken to prevent further failures. So THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WAS INDEED SOLVED BY ROCKET SCIENCE. 13
5/25/2012 In professional problem solving terms • They saw the need and moved to a desired goal state. THEY SUMARIZED THE PROBLEM THIS WAY…. • If this were a graduate class I would put on the board how problem solving works and spend a week explaining each term…CLARITY OF PROBLEM…MULTIPLE CAUSES…LARGE NUMBERS OF ITEMS…TIME CONSTRAINTS. DEALING WITH THESE ARE THE KEY WAYS PROBLEM SOLVING TAKES PLACE. 14
5/25/2012 LETS LOOK AT JUST 3 OTHER WORDS THAT ENGINEERS USE because they had only one goal…. CREATE THE SOLUTION. • Failure Mode Effects Analysis WHICH CAN be used to proactively reduce the likelihood of problems occurring. • Forensic engineering is an important technique of failure analysis which involves tracing product defects and flaws. AND Corrective action which can then be taken to prevent further failures. 15
5/25/2012 • THE FACTS THEY DEALT WITH WERE THE EXACT SAME ONES EVERY MOTOR OFFICER KNOWS BY HEART • The design of the motorcycle just does not lend itself to protection of lower extremities. The DOT study clearly confirms that • The design of the motorcycle just does not lend itself to dealing with the impact of contact. No matter where the impact takes place…front…side…rear If it’s a 4500 pound car or a tree or anything else..forget it. 16
5/25/2012 • Motorcycles are an unstable platform simply because they have 2 inline wheels. The road contact with your tire is the only stability you have • And in non technical terms…. If you cannot get out of the way of a careless driver, you are “toast” AND NONE OF THESE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AGE OR RIDER SKILL. • For those of us who are getting on in years….. There is absolutely no evidence that younger, stronger riders can handle a motorcycle more safely than an older, heavier rider in avoiding an accident . … but you have to ask the question…. 17
5/25/2012 • IS THERE A WAY to protect Motor Officers in general any better regardless of age, or body condition? You bet there is. You have to change the mind set and the game plan. • MOTORCYCLE DESIGN USING 3 WHEELS INSTEAD OF 2 WHICH PROTECTS MOTOR OFFICERS FAR BETTER THAN BEFORE PROVIDED THE SIMPLIEST SOLUTION. 18
5/25/2012 • It is not a variation of the old time “TRIKE”. It is a totally new approach to giving Motor Patrol Officers something much safer to ride and to make that 8 hour or more ride in a lot more comfort. • It provides a way to move the force of impact around and away from the rider and make riding far more stable. • 3-wheelers are certainly not new and there have been some in use by Motor Patrol but they are “short” and “stumpy” and simply have an added wheel. 19
5/25/2012 A NEW CONCEPT They needed a new way to protect riders THAT WOULD PROVIDE 360 DEGREE PROTECTION TH THAT’S WHAT THE NEW T TREYCYCLE POLICE CO CONCEPT CAN DELIVER S SAFETY PROTECTION AND RELIABILITY 20
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