Sunday, September 25, 2005
Managing Risks
I happen to read an article entitled Motorcycle Risk Management. I wanna share it in order to enlighten other riders or would-be riders on howw they can manage the risks which are very evident attached to any vehicle.
Let's face it, we are dealing with machines. Machines that are controlled. If we lose our control during the most crucial point, we lose our chance to correct it. it can either cause damage or injury to our disadvantage.
To avoid these unfortunate happenings here is what the aforesaid article tackled about:
There are few steps to consider in risk management. These steps are:
1. Acknowledging the existence of risk. The fist step is to admit that there is a risk in riding. By this reason, the rider rides accordingly because risk to people and property may be at stake.
2. Risk Assessment. This is a learnt skill. Those who are newbies are somewhat groping when it comes to assessment skills. Thus, they must exert more effort and take advantage of time to increase their skill. The lack of protective gears while riding is a clear manifestation that the rider has poor risk assessment skills.
3. Risk Recognition. One cannot manage risks if he does not recognize them. There are two forms of risks – the subjective and the objective. The subjective risk is that which is inherent in a rider's attitude. Objective risk, on the other hand, is created by environmental, vehicular and roading conditions.
Let's face it, we are dealing with machines. Machines that are controlled. If we lose our control during the most crucial point, we lose our chance to correct it. it can either cause damage or injury to our disadvantage.
To avoid these unfortunate happenings here is what the aforesaid article tackled about:
There are few steps to consider in risk management. These steps are:
1. Acknowledging the existence of risk. The fist step is to admit that there is a risk in riding. By this reason, the rider rides accordingly because risk to people and property may be at stake.
2. Risk Assessment. This is a learnt skill. Those who are newbies are somewhat groping when it comes to assessment skills. Thus, they must exert more effort and take advantage of time to increase their skill. The lack of protective gears while riding is a clear manifestation that the rider has poor risk assessment skills.
3. Risk Recognition. One cannot manage risks if he does not recognize them. There are two forms of risks – the subjective and the objective. The subjective risk is that which is inherent in a rider's attitude. Objective risk, on the other hand, is created by environmental, vehicular and roading conditions.
# posted by j0hn @ 2:47 AM 
