Eight out of 10 motorcycle crashes result in injury or death compared with 2 out of 10 car crashes.  The more extensive use of anti-lock braking systems (ABS) might be part of the answer to decreasing the number of deaths and injuries related to the surge in motorcycle use.  Motorcycle registrations increased to 7.7 million in 2008, up from 4.3 million in 2000.  The IIHS and the HLDI have determined that ABS are saving lives and reducing injury.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) is affiliated with the IIHS and shares and supports the mission of the IIHS through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.  The following are excerpts from a recent HLDI study.

Stopping a motorcycle is trickier than stopping a car. For one thing, the front and rear wheels typically have separate brake controls. In an emergency, a rider faces a split-second choice to either brake hard, which can lock the wheels and cause an overturn, or hold back on braking and risk running headlong into the emergency. This is
when anti locks can help by reducing brake pressure when they detect impending lockup and then increasing the pressure again when traction is restored. Brake pressure is evaluated multiple times per second, so riders may brake fully without fear of locking up.

damage to motorcycles. Bike models with anti-locks have 22 percent fewer claims for damage per insured vehicle year than the same models without anti-locks.

Bottom - Bottom Line - all things being equal - buy a motorcycle with an anti-lock braking system!

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