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Development
and Evolution of Riding Simulator
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Riding
Simulator for Motorcycles Realistically Reproducing Actual Drive
for the First Time in the World.
Given the company philosophy of "Respect for humanity", Honda
has positioned safety as one of the most important assignments
and actively tackled with the spread of driver education and
needless to say also the hardware aspects of vehicles. The development
of riding simulators was started in 1988 for the purpose of
safely experiencing on simulators, critical situations over
the roads to enable drivers to correctly understand the process.
After repeated improvement in subsequent years, mass production
was started in 1996. In 2001, the second-generation simulator
was developed aiming at further spread of safe driving.
Motorcycle safety education has been given mostly through the
courses of practical techniques and lectures. Therefore, a rider
may hesitate at times when facing actual hazardous situations
first time on the roads, after obtaining license without sufficiently
experiencing real traffic environments. The development of riding
simulators was started, setting goals at "having people safely
experience on simulators hazardous situations on the road",
simulating the basic functions of motorcycles, the motions of
"drive", "turn" and "stop" for the "training of skills". With
the revision of motorcycle licensing system in 1996, the simulators
acquired the form authorization as a teaching material for training
purposes and fully utilized and highly evaluated in driving
schools across the country. The goals for low costs, application
to scooters and lightweight and compact size were achieved in
the second-generation model developed in 2001 to help improve
educational functions.
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