Motorcycling and Leisure Understanding the Recreational PTW Rider

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Synopsis

Despite the fact that there are around 1.2 million powered two wheelers (PTWs) within the United Kingdom, riders are often misconceived as living at the edge of society; however, this is often far from the truth. Riding a PTW is a high-risk activity and those who ride are often perceived as being 'risk junkies', but through an in-depth exploration of this leisure activity, Motorcycling and Leisure explains that riders ride because they enjoy it and do not necessarily enjoy the risk involved. The book presents a range of contemporary research on riders and how they find enjoyment. The book further explores the rider goal of enjoyment and utilises Fuller's task homeostasis theory along with Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow to develop an understanding of the interaction between risk and goals. In conclusion it develops principles of interventions with the aim of guiding intervention design and reducing the number of motorcycle crashes.

Book details

Series:
Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport
Author:
Paul Broughton, Linda Walker
ISBN:
9781351916639
Related ISBNs:
9780754675013, 9781315248639, 9780367385606
Publisher:
CRC Press
Pages:
216
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-07-11
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2009
Copyright by:
Paul Broughton, Linda Walker 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology