| Many young race bike motorcycle riders will | | | | It is for that reason that I propose virtual-reality |
| attend super bike school so that they can hone | | | | super bike motorcycle simulators. These |
| their skills and become more proficient on the | | | | simulators will have a motorcycle inside of a |
| street. There are too many motorcycle accidents | | | | dome, which will actually be a flat-panel display and |
| from crotch rockets in the United States of | | | | it will have actual scenery and real live simulated |
| America and each year people are killed simply | | | | roads, turns and traffic. It makes sense to teach |
| because they cannot handle the performance of | | | | these young motorcycle racers how to ride on |
| the bike. Eventually if does that make it thru that | | | | the street because that is where most accidents |
| initial learning curve they will become efficient and | | | | will occur. |
| excellent rider, but in the meantime they can be | | | | The best way to capture all the footage needed |
| quite dangerous. | | | | for a race bike virtual-reality motorcycle simulator |
| Super bike classes are generally held on the track; | | | | would be to put a camera on the front of a |
| a racetrack made for high performance | | | | motorcycle and drive it through the streets of |
| motorcycles. This is where they will learn how to | | | | Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles and also through |
| ride the motorcycle and handle all of its | | | | many canyon roads with sharp corners and |
| idiosyncrasies and performance issues. | | | | surprises. |
| Unfortunately, the racetrack is much different | | | | Once the footage is captured it would go to a |
| than the street. On the street there are cars, | | | | digital film room for editing and then it would be |
| which are always out there ready to hit you and | | | | incorporated into a computer system that would |
| on the track everything is moving about the | | | | run the virtual-reality super bike simulator. By |
| same speed and in the same direction. Sure it is a | | | | doing this we could save lives and wouldn’t |
| good place to start but it makes sense to take | | | | it be cool? Consider this in 2006. |
| this to the next level. | | | | |