The policy to modify the specifications for motorcycles aims to make a new categorization of two wheeled vehicles. A literature review was conducted on the effects of categorizing two wheeled vehicles upon traffic safety. No logical categorization was found, and no proper evaluative study of the problem was located. The most relevant requirements for driver safety are age, driver training and experience. For the vehicle they are engine capacity, and other technical aspects such as braking capacity, lighting and identification. For the environment, priority rules, maximum speed, and place on the road are important. Only the relationship between the age and experience of the driver and engine capacity have been reported in the literature. Such studies conclude that drivers are at greatest risk of having an accident the younger and more inexperienced they are. They also find that drivers have to be more experienced in order to handle machines with high engine capacity safely: the risk of having an accident increases with decreasing experience. A new categorization of two wheeled vehicles is needed, but safety aspects should be taken into account.


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    Title :

    Nieuwe Categorie-Indeling voor Tweewielers (New Categorization of Two-Wheeled Vehicles)


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    74 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English