An ergonomic research program on learning of riding a motorcycle in real context: a way to develop a new generation of curriculum with simulation

This article presents an ergonomic research program which concerns learning of riding a motorcycle. A longitudinal and systematic study of motorcyclists' activity in driving school and after obtaining their licence is being carried out in real context, in light of road safety and training progress. Three sets of data are collected: a) numerical data related to motorcycle dynamics, b) continuous audio-video recordings of the motorcyclist behaviour, c) subjective data collected by self-confrontation interviews of the learners. Several design perspectives are proposed: 1) suggesting a hybrid curriculum which combines traditional training and simulator, 2) reproducing vulnerable situations experienced by novices in real context on the riding simulator, from relevant traffic scenarios, 3) designing training dedicated simulators unlike the current ambition to create all purposes simulator