BANGKOK, July 30 (TNA) – The Land Transport Department plans to issue a new ministerial regulation for the safety of big bike riders within six months following recent fatal accidents, involving of powerful motorcycles on public roads.
Director-General Peerapol Thavornsupcharoen said that the new regulation will require big bike dealers to organize trainings for their customers before issuing certificates for the riders, who pass the training.
The department is now conducting thorough studies into adding more criteria for the driving license tests for big bike riders to ensure they undertake more complicated training and tests than those who apply for driving licenses for ordinary motorcycles.
According to the statistics from the Land Transport Department, it saw a sharp increase in big bike users with 164,878 big bikes, registered with the department last year.
In early 2019, 177,195 big bikes were registered and it is expected that the number of the newly-registered big bike will almost reach 200,000 at the end of this year. (TNA)
