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Aguilar, M., & Delehanty, H. (2009, April). A social marketing initiative to reduce impaired motorcycle operation (Report No. DOT HS 811 095). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/811095-gyr.pdf

Baer, J. D., Ayotte, K., & Baldi, S. (2010, February). Evaluation of state motorcycle safety programs (Report No. DOT HS 811 269). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/811269

Baer, J. D., Baldi, S., & Cook, A. L. (2005, July). Promising practices in motorcycle rider education and licensing (Report No. DOT HS 809 922). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/­MotorcycleRider/pages/PromisingPractices.pdf

Baer, J. D., Cook, A. L., & Baldi, S. (2005, March). Motorcycle rider education and licensing: A review of programs and practices (Report No. DOT HS 809 852). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury­/pedbimot/motorcycle/McycleRiderWeb/images/Motorcycle%20Rider%20Education%20and%20Licensing.pdf

Baldock, M., Kloeden, C., Lydon, M., Raftery, S., Grigo, J., & Ponte, G. (2012). The use of protective clothing by motorcyclists in Victoria: Evaluation of the Community Policing and Education Program. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACRS National Conference - A Safe System: Expanding the Research: 9-10 August, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2012: 11 p. www.acrs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/46_Baldock-PR-.pdf

Becker, L. R., McKnight, A. S., Nelkin, V. S., & Piper, D. L. (2003, February). Drinking, riding, and prevention: A focus group study (Report No. DOT HS 809 490). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/drinkrideprevent/DrinkRidePrevention.pdf

Boele, M., & de Craen, S. (2014). Evaluation advanced training course for motorcyclists: motorcyclists ride safer after training. www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2014-22E.pdf

Braver, E. R., Kufera, J. A., Volpini, K. D., Lawpoolsri, S., Joyce, J. J., Alexander, M. T., & Ellison-Potter, P. (2007). Persuasion and licensure: A randomized controlled intervention trial to increase licensure rates among Maryland motorcycle owners. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8, 39-46.

Brewer, B. L., Diehl, A.H., Johnson, L.S., Salomone, J.P., Wilson, K.L., Atallah, H.Y., Feliciano, D. V., & Rozycki, G. S. (2013). Choice of motorcycle helmet makes a difference: A prospective observational study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 75, 88-91.

Cavallo, V., & Pinto, M. (2012). Are car daytime running lights detrimental to motorcycle conspicuity? Accident Analysis & Prevention49, 78-85.

Clarke, D. D., Ward, P., Bartle, C., & Truman, W. (2007). The role of motorcyclist and other driver behaviour in two types of serious accident in the UK. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 39, 974-981.

de Rome, L., & Brown, J. (2016). Motorcycle protective clothing: Impact on cognitive performance and mood when worn in hot conditions. Paper presented at the Australasian College of Road Safety 2016 Conference.

de Rome, L., Ivers, R., Fitzharris, M., Du, W., Haworth, N., Heritier, S., & Richardson, D. (2011). Motorcycle protective clothing: Protection from injury or just the weather? Accident Analysis & Prevention, 43, 1893-1900.

de Rome, L., Ivers, R., Fitzharris, M., Haworth, N., Heritier, S., & Richardson, D. (2012). Effectiveness of motorcycle protective clothing: Riders’ health outcomes in the six months following a crash. Injury, 43, 2035-2015.

de Rome, L., Troynikov, O., Taylor, Y., & Brown, J. (2016). Motorcycle protective clothing: Heat discomfort and physiological strain. www.roadsafetytrust.org.au/c/rtt?a=da&did=1004593

Elliott, M. A., Baughan, C. J., & Sexton, B. F. (2007). Errors and violations in relation to motorcyclists’ crash risk. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 39, 491-499.

Fell, J. C., Ramirez, A., McKnight, A. S., Yao, J., & Auld-Owens, A. (2017, April). Changes to Puerto Rico’s motorcycle rider law (Report No. DOT HS 812 397). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2091 Government Accountability Office. (2012). Motorcycle safety increasing Federal funding flexibility and identifying research priorities would help support states’ safety efforts. www.gao.gov/assets/660/650037.pdf

Hanchulak, D., & Robinson, B. (2009, May). Guidelines for motorcycle operator licensing (Report No. DOT HS 811 141). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/811141.pdf

Hedlund, J., Shults, R. A., & Compton, R. (2003). What we know, what we don’t know, and what we need to know about graduated driver licensing. Journal of Safety Research, 34, 107-115.

Hedlund, J., Shults, R. A., & Compton, R. (2006). Graduated driver licensing and teenage driver research in 2006. Journal of Safety Research, 37, 107-121.

Hurt, H. H., Ouellet, J. V., & Thom, D. R. (1981). Motorcycle accident cause factors and identification of countermeasures, Volume 1: Technical report (Report No. DOT HS-05 63). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6450

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (2019). Motorcycle helmet use laws, May 2019. www.iihs.org/topics/motorcycles#helmet-laws

Kardamanidis, K., Martiniuk, A., Stevenson, M.R., & Thistlethwaite, K. (2010). Motorcycle rider training for the prevention of road traffic crashes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD005240. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005240.pub2

Limrick, K.J. & Masten, S. V. (2013). Evaluation of a contact letter to increase licensure among improperly licensed California motorcycle owners (Report No. CAL-DMV-RSS-13-241). California Office of Traffic Safety. www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/uploads/2020/04/s6-241.pdf

Mayhew, D. R., & Simpson, H. M. (2001). Graduated licensing for motorcyclists. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8d30/35fd2713e0a39fc158056254a33d17e99d04.pdf?_ga=2.154761214.75762146.1570474381-1703944869.1510587726

McKnight, A. S., & Becker, L. R. (2007a, August 22). Impaired motorcycle operation, volume II: Riders Helping Riders instructor’s guide (Report No. DOT HS 810 907). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/810907.pdf

McKnight, A. S., & Becker, L. R. (2007b, August 22). Impaired motorcycle operation, volume III: Riders Helping Riders student manual (Report No. DOT HS 810 908). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/810908.pdf

McKnight, A. S., Becker, L. R., & Tippetts, A. S. (2008, August). Impaired motorcycle operation, volume I: Riders Helping Riders evaluation (Report No. DOT HS 811 023). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/811023.pdf

McKnight, A. S., Billheimer, J. W., & Tippetts, S. (2013, January). An examination of Washington state’s vehicle impoundment law for motorcycle endorsements (Report No. DOT HS 811 696). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811696.pdf

Motorcycle Safety Foundation. (2016). State motorcycle rider education programs – 2016. www.msf-usa.org/downloads/Rider-Ed-Programs-CSI-2016.pdf

MSF. (2018). State motorcycle operator licensing - 2018. www.msf-usa.org/downloads/State-Motorcycle-Operator-Licensing-CSI-2018.pdf

­­­National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2019, July). Motorcycle helmet use in 2018 – Overall results. (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 720). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812720

NCSA. (2020, November). Motorcycles: 2018 data (Traffic Safety Facts. Report No. DOT HS 812 979). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812979

National Cooperative Highway Research Program. (2008). Guidance for implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan, volume 22: A guide for addressing collisions involving motorcycles (NCHRP Report 500). Transportation Research Board. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_500v22.pdf

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2000). National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety. (Report No. DOT HS 809 156).

NHTSA. (2003). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration motorcycle safety program (Report No. DOT HS 809 539). https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/motorcycle03/McycleSafetyProgram.pdf

NHTSA. (2006, December). Implementation guide for the National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety (Report No. DOT HS 810 680). www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/implementationguide.pdf

NHTSA. (2007a, April). Summary of novelty helmet performance testing (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 810 752). www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/novelty_helmets_tsf.pdf

NHTSA. (2007b, February). Share the road with motorcycles [Flyer] (Report No. DOT HS 809 713). . https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/ShareTheRoad/images/ShareTheRoadwithMotorcycles.pdf

NHTSA. (2013, June). Prioritized recommendations of the National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety (Report No. DOT HS 811 789). www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811789.pdf

NHTSA. (2014, June). Safety in numbers-Motorcyclists (Report No. DOT HS 812 036). https://one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/Safety1nNum3ers/june2014/motorcycles/SIN_June14_Motorcycle_1.html

NHTSA. (2019). Motorcycle safety 5-year plan (Report No. DOT HS 812 488). [Flyer]. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/13507-motorcycle_safety_plan_050919_v8-tag.pdf

Pour-Rouholamin, M., & Jalayer, M. (2016). Analyzing the severity of motorcycle crashes in North Carolina using highway safety information systems data. ITE Journal, 86(10), 45-49.

Rice, T. M., Troszak, L., Erhardt, T., Trent, R. B., & Zhu, M. (2017). Novelty helmet use and motorcycle rider fatality. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 103, 123-128.

Salmon, D. A. (2008). Reducing motorcycle fatalities through checkpoints and education: The New York State experience. The Police Chief, vol. LXXV, no. 7.

Wells, S., Mullin, B., Norton, R., Langley, J., Connor, J., Lay-Yee, R., & Jackson, R. (2004). Motorcycle rider conspicuity and crash-related injury: case-control study. British Medical Journal, 328, 857.

Williams, A. F., Tefft, B. C., & Grabowski, J. G. (2012). Graduated driver licensing research, 2010-present. Journal of Safety Research, 43, 195-203.

Windwalker Corporation & Highway Safety Services, LLC. (2011, August). Model national standards for entry-level motorcycle rider training (Report No. DOT HS 811 503). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811503.pdf

World Health Organization. (2006). Helmets: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners. www.who.int/roadsafety/projects/manuals/helmet_manual/en/