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===Safety=== According to the [[Hurt Report]], most motorcycle riders in the United States would over-brake and skid the rear wheel and under-brake the front when trying hard to avoid a collision. The ability to countersteer and swerve was essentially absent with many motorcycle operators.<ref name="Hurt">{{Cite tech report |author=Hugh H. Hurt |author2=Ouellet, J.V. |author3=Thom, D.R. |title=Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, Volume 1: Technical Report |location=Washington DC |publisher=US Department of Transportation |date=January 1981|url=http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/NHTSA/013695.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823225106/http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/NHTSA/013695.pdf|archive-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> The often small amount of initial countersteering input required to get the bike to lean, which may be as little as 0.125 seconds, keeps many riders unaware of the concept.<ref>National Public Services Research Institute, "Photographic Analysis of Motorcycle Operator Control Responses", 1976 [http://pubsindex.trb.org/document/view/default.asp?lbid=52837]</ref>
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