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Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic

Motorcycles are the top contributor in road crashes in Malaysia with more than 60% of fatal road crashes involved motorcyclists. Conspicuity issue has been one of the major factors of motorcycle crashes especially when travelling at night in rural road areas. Nevertheless, conspicuity issues als...

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Main Authors: Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid,, Nor Kamaliana Khamis,, Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor,, Mohd Hafzi Md Isa,, Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17364/1/12.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.173642021-08-23T02:48:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17364/ Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid, Nor Kamaliana Khamis, Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor, Mohd Hafzi Md Isa, Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi, Motorcycles are the top contributor in road crashes in Malaysia with more than 60% of fatal road crashes involved motorcyclists. Conspicuity issue has been one of the major factors of motorcycle crashes especially when travelling at night in rural road areas. Nevertheless, conspicuity issues also contribute to motorcycle crashes in urban road areas where road and vehicle lightings affect the alertness of other road users towards motorcycle presence in the traffic. This study aims to assess road users’ perception of motorcycle safety levels in terms of its conspicuity, at different riding or driving situations at night in the rural and urban areas. A set of questionnaires was developed with experts’ validation, pilot-tested for its reliability and distributed to road users who commute between Klang Valley and Melaka areas. Preliminary analysis from 78 collected data shows that respondents were able to observe better and be more alert of motorcycle presence in road situations when driving in the urban areas compared to the rural areas. Over 80% believe that wearing bright-coloured attires and helmet can enhance motorcycle’s conspicuity and alertness towards other road users. In addition, more than 80% of the respondents agreed that using reflective tapes on the side body of a motorcycle can improve motorcycle visibility, especially at road junctions. These findings could be used as a future initiative by responsible parties in order to reduce motorcycle conspicuity related crashes in Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17364/1/12.pdf Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid, and Nor Kamaliana Khamis, and Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor, and Mohd Hafzi Md Isa, and Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi, (2020) Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 3 (1(SI)). pp. 75-82. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/si-31-2020/
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description Motorcycles are the top contributor in road crashes in Malaysia with more than 60% of fatal road crashes involved motorcyclists. Conspicuity issue has been one of the major factors of motorcycle crashes especially when travelling at night in rural road areas. Nevertheless, conspicuity issues also contribute to motorcycle crashes in urban road areas where road and vehicle lightings affect the alertness of other road users towards motorcycle presence in the traffic. This study aims to assess road users’ perception of motorcycle safety levels in terms of its conspicuity, at different riding or driving situations at night in the rural and urban areas. A set of questionnaires was developed with experts’ validation, pilot-tested for its reliability and distributed to road users who commute between Klang Valley and Melaka areas. Preliminary analysis from 78 collected data shows that respondents were able to observe better and be more alert of motorcycle presence in road situations when driving in the urban areas compared to the rural areas. Over 80% believe that wearing bright-coloured attires and helmet can enhance motorcycle’s conspicuity and alertness towards other road users. In addition, more than 80% of the respondents agreed that using reflective tapes on the side body of a motorcycle can improve motorcycle visibility, especially at road junctions. These findings could be used as a future initiative by responsible parties in order to reduce motorcycle conspicuity related crashes in Malaysia.
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author Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid,
Nor Kamaliana Khamis,
Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor,
Mohd Hafzi Md Isa,
Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi,
spellingShingle Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid,
Nor Kamaliana Khamis,
Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor,
Mohd Hafzi Md Isa,
Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi,
Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
author_facet Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid,
Nor Kamaliana Khamis,
Mohd Radzi Abu Mansor,
Mohd Hafzi Md Isa,
Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi,
author_sort Muhamad Syukri Abdul Khalid,
title Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
title_short Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
title_full Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
title_fullStr Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
title_full_unstemmed Road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in Malaysia Road Traffic
title_sort road user’s perceptions towards motorcycle safety with regards to conspicuity in malaysia road traffic
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17364/1/12.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17364/
https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/si-31-2020/
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