CMC has been invited to present at the International Motorcycle Road Safety Conference in Zaragoza, Spain. 
ANESDOR (Spanish Motorcycle Industry Federation) and the Spanish Ministry of Transport (DGT) organized the conference.  Not only technicians, researchers and international organisations shared experiences, also politicians, and traffic planners from various regions, including South America and Asia, presented their contributions to increase motorcycle safety.
CMC showed a connectivity experimental vehicle (Yamaha TMAX base) and a standardized motorcycle target used for testing the performance of ADAS systems on cars. In addition, various production motorcycles and scooters with safety technologies were displayed.
The audience was very interested in CMC activities and progress. In particular, CMC’s wide research activities and the combination of connectivity and ADAS functionalty was appreciated.
Find out more at the conference’s web link: https://motorcycleroadsafety.com/ where also the video live stream is available.

Moving into 2024, the Connected Motorcycle Consortium has entered its third phase nicknamed ‘CMC 3.0’. The focus for the coming three years will be on further research on both accident scenarios and simulation. In addition, standardization and cooperation with other consortia and governments is going to continue.

Looking back on last year, some very interesting studies have been completed and published by CMC:

• Accident Analysis: Extension of Accident Analysis from German data to European level, showing that the overall trends were also applicable to the whole of Europe while also a range of interesting differences were discovered.
• Use Cases: Additional use case descriptions have been made for “Longitudinal traffic” and “Lane change”, with both ADAS and C-ITS technologies in mind.
• Path Prediction: A whitepaper on Path Prediction was published, with important findings about its current state of the art.
• Rider Reaction Time: Scientific studies were performed using a riding simulator setup.
  
  In the coming news items we will pay attention to those; we’ve started below with the studies on Rider Reaction Time.

Rider Reaction Time studies
CMC has conducted two significant studies using dynamic motorcycle riding simulators to explore rider reaction times to various warning types. These studies offer valuable insights for enhancing rider safety and designing more effective future C-ITS applications.
Study setup
Both studies compared reactions in urban and rural settings. These did not include imminent crash warnings, but advisory warnings with 3 seconds between warning onset and the potentially critical situation becoming visible.
RRT I (End of 2022) focused on generic visual warnings on the dashboard. Findings indicate that for about one out of six instances, riders failed to notice the warnings. When warnings were noticed, it took riders about 1 second to look towards the dashboard and about 2 to 2.5 seconds to react physically by reducing throttle or initiating braking. Responses were quicker in urban settings, which were deemed more critical by the riders.

RRT II (End of 2023) expanded the research to include 4 more variations regarding the type of warning signals:

• Visual (Mirror-mounted LEDs)
• Visual (Head-Up Displays)
• Auditory (Warning tones)
• Haptic (Vibrations in wristband)