Motorcycle riders' road to road safety

Abstract

“An accident you're in? It marks you on the outside, maybe. Scars your face or your skin-breaks bones, crushes skulls, and leaves the body changed. An accident witnessed? You're different on the inside. Maybe there's no cut someone else can see, but there're always injuries on the inside. Those take a long time to heal.” –Carol Lyn Williams, Waiting Road accidents continue to be one of the leading causes of death in the world. It is even expected to be on the second top spot by the year 2020 from being the fourth leading cause of death in 2004.1 According to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Road Safety Program Report published by the Asian Development Bank last 2007; road-related accidents involving motorcycles are most common especially in developing countries, particularly in Asia and the Pacific region. These areas account for 44% of the total road deaths globally, which results in annual economic losses that inhibit economic and social development, which in turn also worsens poverty in third world countries. [Introduction]