Citation

Wong TW, Lee J, Phoon WO, Yiu PC, Fung KP, McLean JA. Soc. Sci. Med. (1982) 1990; 30(5): 639-640.

Affiliation

Department of Community and Family Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2309141

Abstract

In a case-control study on the risk of traffic accidents among motorcyclists in Singapore, we demonstrated an inverse monotonic relationship between accident risk and driving experience. As compared to drivers with less that 1 yr of driving experience, the odds ratios (adjusted for race, age and frequency of riding) for those with driving experience of 1-4, 5-9 and 10 yr or more were 0.60, 0.50 and 0.36, respectively. We propose that intensive in-circuit training of learner motorcyclists should replace the conventional on-the-road training on the basis that the former serves to increase their driving experience without subjecting the learner motorcyclists to the risk of sustaining road accident.

Language: en