The key road safety problem in developing world like ASEAN countries is motorcycle safety. Motorcycle is a popular mode of personal travel and formed as the major road user. Studies proved that segregation is the best engineering practice to save lives of motorcyclists. Acknowledging these benefits, the Malaysian government adopted a policy to provide motorcycle facility along its new highways ...

The tremendous increase in number of motorcycles and fatalities in some ASEAN countries is becoming a main concern for the safety of motorcyclists along exclusive motorcycle lanes. The existing w-beam guardrail system along exclusive motorcycle lanes was originally designed to reduce severity of a crash when cars and trucks involve in run-off road accident – but not specifically to protect moto...

CASE REPORT A 21 year old motorcyclist collided with the back of a slow moving vehicle at about 30 mph. In addition to a fracture of the left superior pubic ramus, he was noted to have a tender lump in the right lower abdomen and an empty right hemiscrotum (fig 1). The diagnosis of traumatic testicular dislocation was confirmed by ultrasound (fig 2). Closed reduction was unsuccessful and explor...

The adverse effect which even low levels of alcohol consumption can have on traffic safety has been documented in a wide variety of studies. Typically one finds that 40 per cent to 50 per cent of all driver and motorcyclist fatalities have elevated blood levels (BALs). This has led to considerable research activity as to the most effective means of preventing alcohol related traffic accidents, ...

OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study is to examine the effects of a backrest: using a prototype of a lumbar support presented in author's earlier study on the discomfort rating of the body parts of motorcyclist. METHODS One hundred motorcyclists participated in this study, all in good physical condition and with no immediate complaint of musculoskeletal disorders. Each participant was aske...