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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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 to1That’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.

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• 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.

• Motor 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.
• Police union collects donations for injured

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• And just weeks ago…
• Florida Sheriff’s Officer Killed after Motorcycle
• Accident. That was officer Matt Miller.
• We all know that when compared to cars and

trucks, motorcycles are less stable and much less visible.

• The enjoyment of riding comes at great risk.

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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.

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• 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

• thers 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.

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• Those are the results. The mindset shows

that until now, riders just assumed it was hit

• r 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….

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• 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

• ff 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

• n 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.

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• They were used to problem solving,
• They got together with long time rider Ray

Ackley who logged almost 1,000,000 miles

• ver 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.

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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.

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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.

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• 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.

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• 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
• ut 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….

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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

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• Ray Ackley and those former NASA folks in

Melbourne Florida looked very, very carefully at the disadvantages of motorcycle riding EVEN RIDING BY EXPERTS IN RIDING TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVES THE GOALS WERE

• Safety greatly increased for the rider.
• Comfort for long time riding during the work

shift.

• Stability in a wide range of adverse

conditions.

• Agility in dealing with unexpected concerns
• Additional storage space for traffic support

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• Those clever NASA folks created WHAT THEY

THOUGHT OF AS THE SAME KIND OF TRANSPORT PLATFORM THAT MOVED THINGS TO SPACE… A transport platform that overcomes the risk and provides an answer to the needs… Called the TREYCYCLE POLICE, the patented design has already been approved by Florida and licensed as a “street legal” motorcycle…. but that is only the beginning.

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SO WHY AM I HERE? BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR INPUT

• If those of you IN THIS ROOM and LAW

ENFORCEMENT MOTOR PATROL MEMBERS can identify what is needed to make TREYCYCLE POLICE a “perfect” solution, it may remove much of the risks being a Motor Patrol Officer includes.

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• Like any other design development, input
• f what should be built into it

is the key to success. YOU ARE THE EXPERTS with the

ability needed to help make the vast safety increases this new approach to protecting law enforcement from careless drivers can deliver.

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WE HAVE THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED.

Now we need to have you dictate what needs to be added to make it a perfect solution for MOTOR PATROL officers.

• We distributed a form with

the key questions to tell us what is needed.

• We brought the prototype

and its outside for you to see

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HERE ARE JUST SOME OF WHAT YOU CAN CALL “FORWARD THINKING ALTERNATIVES”

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IT CAN BE CONFIGURED ANY WAY YOU WANT IT TO NOW THAT THE SAFETY DESIGN IS DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND IS READY TO MOVE FROM PROTOTYPE TO THE ROAD.

IT IS ALREADY “STREET LEGAL”, TITLED BY FLORIDA, AND JUST WAITING FOR YOUR INPUT.

• It can hold 1 or 2 officers
• It can hold an officer and a prisoner
• It can hold an officer and a k-9
• It can hold an officer and traffic support
• It can hold an officer and electronics, or

surveillance equipment,

• It can act as a fast moving command unit

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AND… It can be outfitted for tactical use with Kevlar lining, special weapons, crowd control, lighting, and other needs that fall outside those of regular officer abilities.

NO MORE LAYING THE “BIKE” DOWN AND HOPING IT SHIELDS YOU FROM HARM AND… it can be outfitted for beach patrol, rough terrain, Homeland Security, night operations with ITT, FLIR, LS, ATAC 360, NIGHT OPTICS, YUKON, ATN, THERMAL EYE, NCSTAR and

• ther capabilities.

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IT IS TIME TO MAKE BEING A MOTOR PATROL OFFICER SAFER FOR EVERYONE.

• THINK 3 WHEEL MOTOR PATROL AS A SAFETY

ALTERNATIVE TO ADD TO THE CAPABILITY OF 2 WHEELS.

• THINK OF TREYCYCLE POLICE AS CHANGING THE

“GAME PLAN” FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOCK DID.

• THANK ABOUT WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DEPARTMENTS

TO “GET INVOLVED”

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SEE THE WEBSITE AT TREYCYCLEPOLICE.COM FOR MORE DETAILS ON POWER, SUSPENSION, AND OPTIONS AND LET’S START SAVING MOTOR OFFICERS LIVES

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