ifz Expert Conference of International Rank

11th International Motorcycle Conference 2016
3rd –4th October 2016 Cologne

The 11th International Motorcycle Conference took place under the headline ‘Safety – Environment – Future’, covering all aspects related to motorized two wheelers.

The ifz-Conference took place prior to the International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle exhibition INTERMOT Köln and was as usual organized in co-operation with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) from the USA. With contributions from specialists from all over the world regarding the situation of motorized two wheelers the status of current safety research and the comparison of legal conditions was internationally considered.

For scientists, researchers and practitioners from numerous nations this unique meeting offered the ability to analyze and discuss the results of the latest safety research.

The contributions of the conference are available on CD in our Shop as volume 17 of the publication series “Forschungshefte Zweiradsicherheit” (proceeding No. 17) of the ifz.

Cooperation partners of the conference were the Industrie-Verband Motorrad Deutschland e.V. (IVM) and KölnMesse GmbH.

Here you can find the presentations of the 11th International Motorcycle Conference:

An Approach for Automatic Riding Skill Identification – Overview about the Methodology and first Results

Ein Ansatz zur Schätzung der Fahrfertigkeiten – ein Überblick über Methoden und erste Ergebnisse

Nils Magiera, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Fahrzeugtechnik, Germany

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Smart Phone Riding Style Feedback Application

Smartphone-Feedback-Applikation für den Fahrstil

Presenter: Hartmut Kerwien, Institut für angewandte Verkehrspädagogik e.V. (avp), Germany Kay Schulte, Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat (DVR), Germany

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Maneuvering a Dynamic Motorcycle Riding Simulator – Steering, Leaning and Coupling Effects in the Virtual Environment

Manöverumsetzung auf einem dynamischen Motorrad- Fahrsimulator – Lenken, Lehnen und Kopplungseffekte in der virtuellen Umgebung

Raphael Pleß, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Fahrzeugtechnik, Germany

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Brake or Swerve? Or both?

Bremsen oder Ausweichen? Oder sogar beides?

André Vallese

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VIROLO++: In-depth study of bend taking practices, towards evaluation and (re)training tools

VIROLO++: Tiefenstudie über Kurventechniken, Evaluation und (Um-) Schulungsmaßnahmen

Stéphane Espié, IFSTTAR, France

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BMW Motorrad Intelligent Emergency Call. Mode of operation and synergistic effects to BMW cars.

BMW Motorrad intelligenter Notruf. Wirkungsweise und Synergie-Effekte zu PKW.

Michael Heimrath, BMW Motorrad, Germany

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Preliminary Investigation of the Response to Motorcycles of Forward Collision Warning Systems

Vorläufige Untersuchungen von Kollisionswarnsystemen mit Blick auf Motorräder

John Lenkeit, Dynamic Research, Inc., USA

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BMW Motorrad – Side View Assist (SVA)

Arne Purschwitz, BMW Motorrad, Germany

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Motorcycles in connected traffic – a contribution to safety

Vernetzte Motorräder – Ein Beitrag zur Sicherheit

Hennes Fischer, Yamaha Motor Europe N.V., Netherlands

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Motorcycles and traffic filtering

Motorräder und das Durchfahren von Staus

Heike Martensen, Belgian Road Safety Institute (BRSI), Belgium

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A definition of a safe barrier for motorcyclists

Definition einer motorradfreundlichen Schutzplanke

Maria Nordqvist, The Swedish Motorcyclists Association (SMC), Sweden

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Mortality of motorcyclists Brazil from 2000 to 2014

Motorradunfälle in Brasilien von 2000 bis 2014

David Duarte Lima, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil

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Assessing Powered Two Wheelers’ display and control concepts – results from a pilot study

Die Bewertung von Anzeige- und Bedienkonzepten motorisierter Zweiräder – Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie

Sebastian Will, Würzburger Institut für Verkehrswissenschaften (WIVW), Germany

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Latest findings and achievements concerning the use of eye tracking in education and training of motorcycle riders

Neueste Erkenntnisse und Erfolge beim Einsatz von Eye-Tracking in der Motorradausbildung und beim Motorradtraining

Klaus Schwabe, viewpointsystem gmbh, Austria Martin Fellmer, Institut für angewandte Verkehrspädagogik (avp), Germany

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Feasibility of analysing the effects of personal protective equipment using virtual human body models

Machbarkeitsstudie zur Wirksamkeitsanalyse persönlicher Schutzausrüstung mit virtuellen Menschmodellen

Raúl Aranda, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

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Motorcycle helmet effect as a function of crash severity

Motorradhelm – Einfl uss auf die Verletzungsschwere

James V. Ouellet, Motorcycle Accident Analysis, USA

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Factors that Increase and Decrease Motorcyclist Crash Risk

Einflussfaktoren des Motorradunfallrisikos

Tim Buche, Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), USA

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RIDERSCAN, what riders want

RIDERSCAN, was Fahrer wollen

Dolf Willigers, Federation of European Motorcyclists´ Associations (FEMA), Belgium

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Investigations on the behavior of motorcyclists with different driving experience on test-areas and in real road traffic

Untersuchungen zum Verhalten von Motorradfahrern unterschiedlicher Fahrerfahrung auf Testgeländen und im Realverkehr

Tino Staffetius, Fahrzeugsystemdaten GmbH, (FSD), Germany

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First on to Scene: Awareness of hazards by electric motorcycles

Spezifische Gefahren von Elektromotorrädern

Bjarni Freyr Gudmundsson, Future Electric ApS, Denmark

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Evaluation method of the crash safety of traction batteries for electric driven motorcycles

Methode zur Bewertung der Crashsicherheit von Traktionsbatterien elektrisch betriebener Motorräder

Christian Ellersdorfer, Graz University of Technology, Austria

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Design of novel tilting electric four-wheelers

Design eines neuartigen neigbaren elektrischen 4-Rad-Fahrzeugs

Francesco Bucchi, University of Pisa, Italy

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