The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has declared that motorcycle fatalities represent the nation's greatest highway traffic safety challenge. This book examines the helmet use of motorcycle riders 21 and older involved in fatal crashes.

Traffic accidents (TAs) represent a significant public health issue and are associated with behavioral factors, vehicles safeties and conditions of the urban spaces. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, road crashes are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. There are many studies showing that children and adolescents may suffer significant and long-lasting psychosocial consequences following TAs. Countless research has been conducted during the last decades aiming to investigate the relationship between driver behavior and road features. This book provides new research on traffic accidents and safety.

What happens to gender at 120mph? Are Harley-Davidsons more masculine than Yamahas? The Gendered Motorcycle answers such questions through a critical examination of motorcycles in film, advertising and television. Whilst bikers and biker cultures have been explored previously, the motorcycle itself has remained largely under-theorised, especially in relation to gender. Esperanza Miyake reveals how representations of motorcycles can produce different gendered bodies, identities, spaces and practices. This interdisciplinary book offers new and critical ways to think about gender and motorcycles, and will interest scholars and students of gender, technology and visual cultures, as well as motorcycle industry practitioners and motorcycle enthusiasts.

Frustrated with the climate of fear in a media- saturated world, Glen Heggstad decided to look for truth on his own terms. Winding his way through Siberia, Mongolia, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa, Heggstad battled extreme temperatures, knee-deep mud, bureaucratic roadblocks and health problems. Filled with unique stories, cultural insight and gritty adventure, his story allows readers to share his vision of a world ungoverned by fear and, like him, embrace each experience.

Take one self-deprecating idiot with a sense of humor and a sense of adventure but no sense of direction, add one thoroughly vindictive GPS and one motorcycle, and you have One Man on a Bike. This is a record of author Richard Georgiou's month-long solo trip from England to Greece and back on his motorbike. With his incredible propensity for disaster, he bumbles through Europe in his own special style attempting to absorb his surroundings while keeping his inner Mr Angry at bay. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he really doesn't. Follow Richard through his 6000-mile, little boy's adventure. You might be laughing with him or (more likely) at him, but by the end of the book you'll understand a little more about what it's like being someone who struggles to reach the dizzy heights of average.