Making motorcycle riding safer around the globe with Richard Hanowski

Richard Hanowski joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations”  to talk about harnessing research to help make motorcycle riding safer in low- and middle-income countries. He shared the difference in riding culture in those areas as opposed to the United States and explained how his team is utilizing some of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s pioneering technology to help increase rider safety.   About Hanowski Hanowski is a senior research scientist and the director of the Division of Freight, Transit, and Heavy Vehicle Safety at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. He has been the principal or co-principal investigator on over $100 million of contract research resulting in more than 300 publications. His research has impacted national transportation policy on issues such as truck driver fatigue and hours-of-service and driver distraction.