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A Study on the Wearing Conditions of Motorcycle Jackets for Quick Service Transporter

퀵서비스 운송업자 모터사이클 재킷 착용실태 조사

  • Sohn, Jae Min (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Choi, Hei Sun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kim, Eun Kyung (Dept. of Digital Fashion, Seoul Digital University)
  • 손재민 (이화여자대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 최혜선 (이화여자대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 김은경 (서울디지털대학교 디지털패션학과)
  • Received : 2014.11.27
  • Accepted : 2015.03.12
  • Published : 2015.04.30

Abstract

This study conducted a questionnaire survey on the real condition of clothing with focus on related to general motorcycle wear and motorcycle jacket targeting a quick service carrier affiliated with a quick service business in Seoul. In addition, this study is aimed at providing basic data on developing the motorcycle jacket, whose motional flexibility, safety and functionality are excellent, exclusively for a quick service carrier by grasping inconveniences and problems and deducting improvements on the basis of the questionnaire survey. This study, on the basis of the questionnaire survey results, grasped the general part related to quick service and motorcycle wear, such as their general matters, whether they were having on the motorcycle wear in the middle of doing business, whether it's necessary to wear the motorcycle wear, where they had a driving accident, and kinds of external injuries, etc. From the gathered results of analysis of the collected questionnaires, the item which got the lowest satisfaction was the inconvenience from the chafed front neck when driving. Besides, the results showed carriers' complaints like the elbow part felt tight, discomfort in the horizontal movement of the shoulders or back, and wind admission in between zippers. In addition, the respondents showed complaints in the item about hygroscopic property and air permeability at the armpits and back part, and 5 items about material flexibility, wind shielding property, living water repellency, weighty sensation, and night visibility were found to be low in respondents' satisfaction.

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Cited by

  1. A Development of Functional Motorcycle Jacket for Quick Service Transporter vol.17, pp.5, 2015, https://doi.org/10.5805/SFTI.2015.17.5.781