Driverless cars are already in existence. Would riderless motorbikes be a possibility?
(Continued)
Our previous answers to this question have generated a whole new mailbag of correspondence. Readers might also like to look at a feature dealing with this question (5 September 2015, p 32) – Ed
• Motorcycles and bicycles stay upright not because of the gyroscopic effect of the rotating wheels, as an earlier correspondent suggested (3 March), but due to constant steering and adjustments of body position.
The former is more important as the rider steers into a potential fall. Bike geometry can favour or hinder this. Gyroscopic effects…
