Citation

Subramaniam M. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2007; 14: 7p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

The key road safety problem in developing countries of ASEAN is motorcyclist safety. Motorcycle is popular mode of personal transport and formed as the major road user in these countries. Studies had proved that segregation or exclusive motorcycle lane is the best engineering intervention to protect two-wheeled transport against collision over four wheeled transport. Acknowledging these benefits, the Malaysian government adopted a policy to provide exclusive motorcycle lane along several new highway and existing government owned highway (Federal highway- linking Kuala Lumpur-Shah Alam-Klang). In Malaysia, motorcycles represented more than halves of all registered vehicle population. Owing the fact, Motorcyclist contributing almost 70 per cent accidents in Malaysian roads. Motorcycles seems to be the major mode of personal transport here. This alarming figure warrants the government to identify and implementing several road safety measures that targeted motorcyclist. An effective engineering approach to tackle this problem by segregating these vulnerable road users from other motorized traffic by introducing exclusive motorcycle lanes in several existing and every new roads in Malaysia. not all the new roads implementing, specially private concessionaires.