{"id":517690,"date":"2010-04-06T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=42651"},"modified":"2010-04-06T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:30:47","slug":"iihs-abs-on-motorcycles-reduces-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/517690","title":{"rendered":"IIHS: ABS On Motorcycles Reduces Fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-Zv3Sacl7JQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-Zv3Sacl7JQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just published a study showing that bikes equipped with ABS are 37% less likely to be involved in fatal crashes, and have 22% fewer claims for damage than non-ABS equipped motorcycles.  Why?  Because new or returning riders generally aren\u2019t proficient at accident avoidance, and ABS helps to compensate for this.  The most common new rider mistake in a panic stop is locking the rear brakes while avoiding the front brakes altogether. This is a bad move for several reasons: first, under braking or deceleration, a motorcycle shifts weight from the rear wheel to the front, reducing the traction available at the rear tire.  Second, when the rear tire starts to slide, retaining directional control for novice riders is nearly impossible.  By preventing wheel lockup, motorcycle ABS generally allows riders to retain control, especially in sudden, panic-inducing situations.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-42651\"><\/span>ABS on bikes isn\u2019t infallible, and stomping the binders while at an extreme lean angle in a corner will still result in a low side crash.  I\u2019ve had two ABS equipped bikes, and I\u2019ve got to say that I\u2019m personally not a fan.  ABS makes the braking systems harder to maintain and bleed, and gets costly when parts do fail.  It\u2019s not a substitute for proper rider training, as it won\u2019t save your bacon in every case.  If it were up to me, I\u2019d suggest you spend the money saved on ABS brakes on a few track days; you\u2019ll learn riding skills that will help in every situation, not just a few.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iihs.org\/news\/rss\/pr033110.html\">IIHS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ra41xAZGkeppy54lXxseVYdoYx4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ra41xAZGkeppy54lXxseVYdoYx4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ra41xAZGkeppy54lXxseVYdoYx4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ra41xAZGkeppy54lXxseVYdoYx4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just published a study showing that bikes equipped with ABS are 37% less likely to be involved in fatal crashes, and have 22% fewer claims for damage than non-ABS equipped motorcycles. Why? Because new or returning riders generally aren\u2019t proficient at accident avoidance, and ABS helps to compensate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}