Seminar on Head and Neck Biomechanics (PIONEERS & OSCCAR)
On June 30th, 2020 a Biomechanics Seminar was held . It was a videoconference workshop organized by Strasbourg Universitity (Thank you!). This workshop was about modeling, validation and injury criteria and was adressed to [...]
PIONEERS Project appears in the June edition of the RACC magazine
The article is a short brief of PIONEERS Project. RACC magazine is the Journal that RACC sends to 300.000 homes of Spanish drivers and riders. The digital version has an audience of 35,000 readers. [...]
PIONEERS 5th General Assembly (Online meeting)
PIONEERS project is ongoing. Despite the restrictions by COVID-19, the project activity does not stop. The 5th General Assembly of PIONEERS project was held in 13th may 2020 (It was an online meeting) More [...]
Thank you IFSTTAR, welcome Université Gustave Eiffel
IFSTTAR (Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transport de l’Aménagement et des Réseaux) is one of PIONEERS Consortium members. Since January 1, 2020 IFSTTAR has integrated with other entities such as the University [...]
PIONEERS Workshop with ACEM – Project Status
On March 17, 2020, PIONEERS Project organized a videoconference workshop with ACEM atendees. During it, the latest developments in the project were reviewed with the aim of seeking ways of collaboration. Thanks ACEM! [...]
Jorge Viegas’ interview with PIONEERS Project
PIONEERS is proud to present the exclusive interview we have conducted with Jorge Viegas, FIM President. “The performance of safety systems (PPE or OBS), the use of these measures and [...]
Body Regions defined by PIONEERS Project
The main goal of the PIONEERS project is to improve the safety of PTWs by providing an integrated approach to rider protection considering on-rider (personal protective equipment, PPE) and on-board systems. To achieve this [...]
Where do you think there are more impacts?
One of the main topics in our Project are Helmets. PIONEERS project has investigated which helmet areas show more frequently damages / contact points. From the analysis of the available data from France, [...]
PIONEERS project has reached the middle of its lifetime
PIONEERS project started its activity in May 2018. The planned lifetime of the Project is 3 years, so this month we have reached the midle. During these 18 months: PIONEERS Consortium has submited 13 [...]
PIONEERS 4th General Assembly (Brussels)
The 4th General Assembly of PIONEERS project was held in Brussels on 02/03 October 2019. During the first day the leaders of all Work Packages explained the status of each WP. On the second [...]
PIONEERS Project in local press of Salon de Provence
Le Regional and La Provence (Both are local press of Salon de Provence) included two articles in its printed edition about the PIONEERS General Assembly that has held in that beautiful French city. [...]
Pol Espargaró’s interview with PIONEERS Project
"Year by year this part safety meeasures have been considered more and more important, and the experience is also good to understand which is the best material, and you learn to take care about [...]
PIONEERS 3rd General Assembly
The 3rd General Assembly of PIONEERS project was held in Salon de Provence, France on 04/05 June 2019. During these 2 days the leaders of all Work Packages have updated status of each WP. [...]
PIONEERS presentation in ITS Spain
During 1st-3rd of April ITS Spain organized the XIX Spanish Congress of ITS. PIONEERS Project was there and presented a general overview of the project to the audience, that was composed by Spanish authorities, [...]
IRCOBI 2019: Pre-conference workshop by PIONEERS
Conference Europe 2019 - Workshop PTW Protective Innovations of New Equipment for Enhanced Rider Safety: How to improve rider safety developing new Personal Protective Equipment and On-Board Safety Systems, improving the validation and assessment [...]
PIONEERS – Firsts results from our investigation about safety needs and concerns of PTW riders
In the first part of the activity, a literature review of existing information on rider needs was carried out. A survey conducted in Milan in 2016 during the EICMA motorcycle fair was analysed and [...]
PIONEERS 2nd General Assembly
The 2nd General Assembly of PIONEERS project was held in Florence, Italy on 28/29 November 2018. During these 2 days the leaders of all Work Packages have presented the status of each of them. [...]
PIONEERS – Studying the needs of motorcyclists
Collecting information from users (September and October 2018). PIONEERS project has organized some Focus Groups in different countries (France, Italy, Spain and Australia) to understand rider needs. In the picture, one of the sessions helded [...]
PIONEERS 1st General Assembly (Kick-off)
The PIONEERS project was kicked-off in Santa Oliva, Spain on 23/24 May 2018.During the 2 days of meetings, the leaders of the work packages have presented the most relevant aspects of each of them.The pillars [...]
