Identification of traffic and roadway variables affecting safe motorcycling along urban roads

• Main Authors: Hamid, Hussain, Tan, Ai Ping, Law, Teik Hua, Wong, Shaw Voon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80139/1/Identification%20of%20traffic%20and%20roadway%20variables%20affecting%20safe%20motorcycling%20along%20urban%20roads.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80139/; http://jsaem.saemalaysia.org.my/index.php/jsaem/article/view/83
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In Malaysia, motorcycles represented 45% of all registered vehicles. Alarmingly, motorcyclists comprise 65% of total road deaths. One major reason being that these vulnerable road users get entangled with other mixed vehicles. It is appreciated that roadway design guidelines are based on the charact...