Want to do a biking PhD?

[Horse]

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/find-a-p ... orcyclists

At NTU we have created a range of skill-based and risk-taking assessments that record car drivers’ responses to events that occur in video clips (e.g., hazard perception, amber-light running, etc.). Using this approach, this project will explore the varying contributions of risk and skill to motorcycle collisions. The project may focus on different types of riders (leisure, commuters, gig economy riders) in an attempt to identify risky riders before they have a collision, and to develop interventions to improve riders’ skills and attitudes as required.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to

work with leading experts in transport psychology, both in academia and in applied practice
contribute to the knowledge about predictors of motorcycle crash risk with a strong cognitive-theoretical basis and develop innovative testing and training methods.
Work with stakeholders to ensure that the research has the potential for application in the real world.

[Horse]

Some background reading (not included on the list of references on the linked page)

https://www.trl.co.uk/publications/ppr615

Development of a video measure of hazard perception skill and a group discussion based hazard perception training package for motorcyclists

[Deadpool2]

be awesome to do, but I am too far away

[The Spin Doctor]

"What causes motorcycle collisions? Other road users often report failing to see motorcycles, though it is likely that riders’ behaviour contributes to collisions (especially in single-vehicle collisions)."

Eh? Single vehicle 'collision'?

COLLISION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment
https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › collision
7 days ago — the violent coming together of two or more moving objects

[Rockburner]

"What causes motorcycle collisions? Other road users often report failing to see motorcycles, though it is likely that riders’ behaviour contributes to collisions (especially in single-vehicle collisions)."

Eh? Single vehicle 'collision'?

COLLISION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment
https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › collision
7 days ago — the violent coming together of two or more moving objects

If that's the case, what's it called when a car hits a tree? If it's not a collision, what is it? (apart from "poor obs", natch)

[Horse]

Eh? Single vehicle 'collision'?

COLLISION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
- the violent coming together of two or more moving objects

If that's the case, what's it called when a car hits a tree? If it's not a collision, what is it? (apart from "poor obs", natch)

"Running out of talent"?

NB see the bit in bold Albeit 'RTC' is the common term nowadays.

[Rockburner]

Eh? Single vehicle 'collision'?

COLLISION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
- the violent coming together of two or more moving objects

If that's the case, what's it called when a car hits a tree? If it's not a collision, what is it? (apart from "poor obs", natch)

"Running out of talent"?

NB see the bit in bold Albeit 'RTC' is the common term nowadays.

I'm asking what the english word is for when a moving object strikes a stationary object. If it's not "collision", what is it?

[Count Steer]

If that's the case, what's it called when a car hits a tree? If it's not a collision, what is it? (apart from "poor obs", natch)

"Running out of talent"?

NB see the bit in bold Albeit 'RTC' is the common term nowadays.

I'm asking what the english word is for when a moving object strikes a stationary object. If it's not "collision", what is it?

Catastrophic, rapid deceleration.

[The Spin Doctor]

If that's the case, what's it called when a car hits a tree? If it's not a collision, what is it? (apart from "poor obs", natch)

Don't argue with me, argue with Cambridge University

Personally, I call that a crash. Always have done.

[Horse]

A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

Wikipedia

[Count Steer]

The Big Red Book (Chambers) says collision is the state of being struck together or a violent impact, a crash.

Crash is the shock of two bodies meeting, a collision between vehicles etc.

So, a vehicle can collide with a tree/wall etc.

[The Spin Doctor]

..."moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building."

I'm yet to see a tree, pole or a building move.

And that's why we have to be so careful to define our terms and not assume that everyone understands what we mean, and to craft definitions to say exactly what we mean.

[Horse]

..."moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building."

I'm yet to see a tree, pole or a building move.

Or perhaps it needs a slight rewrite/ punctuation?

A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving object, or stationary obstruction such as a tree, pole or building.