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Table 3 Concerns that determine the instructor’s activities
From: Case study of the real contents delivered in French motorcycle schools
Concerns with rider’s | Examples of verbal interventions extracted from the case-study |
|---|---|
Track training | |
Gaze direction | “Look at the markers on the left when you’re turning!” (Session n°2, 75’) |
“Don’t look at the markers in the slalom or you’ll hit them!” (Session n°8, 47′) | |
Posture | “Keep your legs on the tank!” (Session n°1, 54′) |
“Relax the upper body! You’re stiff as a ramrod!”(Session n°4, 29′) | |
Speed | “Accelerate! Accelerate in the slalom!” (Session n°9, 95′) |
“You’re going too fast! Slow down! Your main problem on this course is your speed.” (Session n°17, 29′) | |
Trajectory | “You have to take at each time the outside plot of the door in the low speed exercise!” (Session n°8, 30′) |
“Your trajectory on the bend is incorrect! You need to turn more!” (Session n°17, 87′) | |
Cornering | “You are tilting the motorbike at the right angle here! But you should have stayed longer in that position to succeed” (Session n°10, 54′) |
“As soon as you tilt a little, you restore the balance immediately! You can tilt over, the motorbike won’t fall over!” (Session n°11, 58′) | |
Performance | “You took 21′36 on this normal speed course!” (Session n°17, 102′) |
“You brushed against a marker so you only got a B in the test!” (Session n°18, 41′) | |
Use of motorcycle controls | “You didn’t use the rear brake in your emergency braking maneuver!” (Session n°9, 93′) |
“Declutch! Declutch! Use your clutch more!” (Session n°16, 80′) | |
Road training | |
Route | “Take the second exit on the roundabout.” (Session n°19, 18′) |
“Take the road to the motorway at the next intersection.” (Session n°19, 24′) | |
Signaling | “John you really must indicate when you want to overtake!” (Session n°19, 39′) |
“You do not indicate early enough to show your direction before the roundabout!” (Session n°19, 45′) | |
Visual checks | “You didn’t look at the blind spot on the roundabout! You must look right if no vehicle is overtaking you!” (Session n°19, 59′) |
“Show me clearly that you look right and left at the stop line.” (Session n°19, 86′) | |
Position on road | “If you want to turn left at the next intersection, you must move into the middle of the road!” (Session n°19, 30′) |
“You are badly placed on the roundabout to turn right.” (Session n°19, 67′) | |
Speed | “The speed limit in this area is 30 km/h and you are doing 40, so slow down!” (Session n°19, 47′) |
“You can accelerate to free up the intersection!” (Session n°19, 61′) | |