Road Safety and Motorcyclists Behavior and Offences by Gender

Latif, Syahrul Akmal and Eusoff, Yendo Afgani and Zubair, Ahmad and Som, Ahmad Puad Mat and Wahab, Fatimah Ab (2017) Road Safety and Motorcyclists Behavior and Offences by Gender. World Applied Sciences Journal 35 (Service Experience and Innovation in Hospitality & Tourism). pp. 146-151. ISSN 1818-4952

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Abstract

This paper discusses motorcyclists’ behavior and their compliance to road safety (MBCRS) and examines the types of offences by gender. A qualitative method was adopted by using behavior mapping technique and the units of analysis were investigated at a busy intersection during working days from morning until night. The result turned out to coincide with previous studies that revealed males committed the offences most often, where total male offences amounted to 427 (88.4%), while total female offences were 56 (11.6%). Offences committed by male motorists were dominant in all categories such as beating red-light, wrong-way direction and riding without helmet. It can be argued that male motorcyclists are found to have more tendency to disobey traffic laws at intersections and T-junctions. The study proposes that regular patrolling and strict enforcement need to be intensified to reduce traffic offences and increase road safety.

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