Malaysian Cyclist: How visible they are

Abstract

Nowadays, cycling become a trend among Malaysian and their safety issues have drawn attention of the government as well as enforcement agencies especially when they are cycling on the street. Over 90% of the cyclist are cyclist for leisure or physical sport activities and age group 26 to 45 years old. Previous study shows over 40% from them likely to cycle at main carriageway and road shoulder. Therefore, this paper explores how visible the cyclist in major road in Malaysia. These results would provide fundamental information relating to distribution of cyclist formation on road and cyclist gear in terms of visible aids usage. In return the finding would be beneficial in identifying proper countermeasures increase safety of the cyclists and enhance the road traffic enforcement.