Scott McDonell <scott@KONNECTIONS.COM> wrote:
Subject: Re: Dorky DRL's..

Clipped...
>there has been statistically proven, more motorcycle deaths,
since the
>introduction of those stupid DRL's...

Where can one find these statistics?  Thanks.

Scott and the list,

The statistics are available from:

The Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of
Countermeasures, is a study conducted by the University of
Southern California (USC). With funds from the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, researcher Harry Hurt investigated
almost every aspect of 900 motorcycle accidents in the Los Angeles
area. Additionally, Hurt and his staff analyzed 3,600 motorcycle
traffic accident reports in the same geographic area.

Reprinted here for your information and use are the findings. The
final report is several hundred pages. If you would like to order
this document, the order information is:

Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of
Countermeasures
Volume 1: Technical Report, Hurt, H.H., Ouellet, J.V. and Thom,
D.R.
Traffic Safety Center, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90007
Contract No. DOT HS-5-01160
January 1981 (Final Report)

This document is available through:

The National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia
22161

And now you know as much as I know... though I have read the
summary.

Search on "Hurt Report" using the search engine of your choice.

Jim Arnott
Union, OR
'83.5 Vanagon
'77 ASI Riviera II
'84 Honda VF1000F