Reports from M.K.A. Ibrahim and Co-Researchers Add New Data to Findings in Risk Management (Evaluating the effect of lane width and roadside…

Reports from M.K.A. Ibrahim and Co-Researchers Add New Data to Findings in Risk Management (Evaluating the effect of lane width and roadside configurations on speed, lateral position and likelihood of comfortable overtaking in exclusive ...)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- A new study on Risk Management is now available. According to news originating from Selangor, Malaysia, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Construction of exclusive motorcycle lanes is one of the measures to reduce motorcycle fatalities. Previous studies highlighted the risk of crashes with roadside objects and the tendency of motorcyclists to ride with excessive speed on exclusive motorcycle lanes."

Financial support for this research came from Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "However, the risk of same-direction crashes on exclusive motorcycle lanes was not explored in much detail, especially on the impact of lane geometry and roadside configurations. This study used naturalistic riding data to determine the effects of lane width and roadside configurations on overtaking speed, lateral position and likelihood of comfortable overtaking on tangential sections of an exclusive motorcycle lane. Twenty-nine recruited motorcyclists rode the instrumented motorcycles along a 20 km stretch of an exclusive motorcycle lane along a major urban road. Results revealed that both the roadside configurations and lane width significantly affect the participants' lateral position, while the roadside configurations only affects the overtaking speed. Participants' overtaking speeds and the front motorcycles' lateral position contribute significantly to the likelihood of comfortable overtaking in exclusive motorcycle lanes."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The findings highlight the importance of micro-level behavior indicators in improving the design and overall safety of the exclusive motorcycle facility."

For more information on this research see: Evaluating the effect of lane width and roadside configurations on speed, lateral position and likelihood of comfortable overtaking in exclusive motorcycle lane. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2018;111():63-70. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from M.K.A. Ibrahim, Malaysian Inst Rd Safety Res, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia. Additional authors for this research include H. Hamid, L.T. Hua and W.S. Voon.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.10.023. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Selangor, Malaysia, Asia, Risk Management.

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