The use of ATV’s both recreationally and in the workplace (particularly on farms in Australia), continue to be major contributors to fatal and serious injuries both in the USA and Australia. This paper firstly presents the findings from the authors’ 2003 study into ATV safety and potential countermeasures [1], and secondly, some 10 years later, leads into the current major test program being un...

The objective of this paper is to address the safety concerns that parents have when their child riding a two-wheeler. To achieve this, topic includes two units, Helmet Unit (HU) and Motorbike (MU), which communicate with each other via radio frequency. HU equipped sensors measure rider's pulse rate, alcohol content in breath, intensity vibration. rate sensor detects whether rider wearing helme...

The aim of this study was to investigate rider muscle activity in relation to horse movement. Electromyographic (EMG) activity of 12 upper-body muscles was recorded simultaneously with the horse’s footfall timing for six riders, riding the same horse at trot. Data for five strides were analysed for each rider. Rectus abdominis, upper trapezius, middle trapezius, flexor carpi radialis, biceps br...

The increasing popularity of motorcycles in Australia is a significant concern as motorcycle riders represent 15% of all road fatalities and an even greater proportion of serious injuries. This study assessed the psychosocial factors influencing motorcycle riders' intentions to perform both safe and risky riding behaviours. Using an extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB), motorcycle riders ...

Ridesharing can save energy, reduce pollution, and alleviate congestion. Ridesharing systems allow peer-to-peer ride matching through mobile-phone applications. In many systems people have liŠle information about the driver and co-riders. Trust heavily inƒuences the usage of a ridesharing system, however, work in this area is limited. In this paper, we investigate the role of social media in sh...

Using 10 well-trained (VO2peak = 60.6 ml kg-1min-1) college age cyclists and continuous wave Doppler echocardiography, peak acceleration (PkA) and velocity (PkV) of blood flow in the ascending aorta, and the stroke velocity integral (SVI) were assessed to determine if rider position influenced the central haemodynamic responses to graded maximal cycle ergometry. Cyclist position was determined ...

This paper constructed a database of the national representative level of a professional horse-rider by wearing a motion-capture suit attached with 16 inertial sensors under an inertial sensor-based wireless network environment, then made a visual comparative analysis through a few methods (graphical and statistical) on the values of all motion features (elbow angle, knee angle, knee-elbow dist...

Epidemiological studies of injuries at ski resorts have found that jumping generally poses a significantly greater risk of spine and head injuries to patrons. Jumping activities in resorts are now focused in terrain parks over man-made features which provides an opportunity to mitigate injury rates through better engineering design. However, the use of engineering design has been questioned by ...