Illegal Motorcycle Research Articles

A REVIEW OF CHILDREN'S ILLEGAL RACING BASED ON LAW NO. 22 OF 2009 CONCERNING ROAD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

Background. The occurrence of illegal racing crime is caused by poor self-control of children and also weakening social control due to lack of family supervision, environment, school, and law enforcement to carry out their control functions. The study aimed to identify the chronology and illegal motorcycle street racing area that became a favorite place where illegal racers held in Ploso Kertosono Nganjuk and the surrounding area. Research Method. This research is considered as a field research or case study. It is used descriptive analysis method and the type of research is qualitative research. The data collection procedures of this study were observation, interviews, and documentation. The primary sources included interviewing illegal riders, the society around the illegal street racing area, and police officers from the county police of Nganjuk. The secondary data were collected from books, journals, and documents. The research analyzed from Ius Constitutum included No. 22 of 2009 about Indonesian traffic law. Findings. This research results more on the chronology and describes the flow of illegal races that are so popular with children in the Ploso Kertosono Nganjuk road area and its surroundings in Nganjuk Regency and is continued with an analysis in terms of Positive Law in the form of Law No. 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation. The final result is the absolute truth of Positive Law in analyzing illegal racing under applicable laws and regulations. Conclusion. The concept of Ius Constitutum analyzes illegal motorcycle street racing according to the applicable laws and regulations.

Exploring Two Types of Aggressive Behavioural Risk Factors among Illegal Motorcycle Street Racers in Malaysia

Illegal motorcycle street racing is a threat to civil society – it is a symbol of adolescents’ inner rebellion who channelled their unfulfilled desire through aggressive behaviour on the road, causing significant social and economic impact. Aggressive behaviours have been associated with prohibited substances intake, lack of religious knowledge, problematic family structures, and school failure. In this qualitative study, abductive strategies oriented to phenomenological approaches were employed to assess two types of aggressive behaviour risk factors, which were substance abuse and problematic family structures. In-depth interviews were conducted with thirty people in Penang, Malaysia, who participated in illegal street racing, referred to as Mat Rempits. Their responses were analysed using the NVivo software version 12. The results demonstrate three subthemes to prohibited substances intake: to relieve stress, for personal enjoyment, and for racing purposes, whereby the drugs are taken before races for the riders to be more courageous, aggressive, and agile manoeuvring the motorcycles. Meanwhile, the risk factor of family problems includes divorced and conflicted parents, raised by violence, being neglected, and not being appreciated by the family. Most of the participants stated that growing up with violence caused a psychological impact on their soul, making them stubborn, rude, and aggressive. The results demonstrate the need for a specific intervention programme for the adolescent to reduce their involvement in illegal street racing and aggressive behaviour.

Automatic detection of number-plate and traffic infractions of motorcyclists by Intelligent Transportation Systems

Public Transportation Strategic Systems are a digital transformation for the urban transportation service in the Colombian medium-size cities, from 200,000 to 600,000 inhabitants. The implementation of the urban public transportation services has not started in many cities; as a result, this cities in Colombia have an increase of illegal motorcycle taxis, which cause a high number of road accidents. The main method for controlling illegal motorcycle taxis is by giving the drivers transit fines. In order to give such transit fines, transit police have several control points in medium-size cities. In this article, we developed a mobile application to detect three types of transit infractions usually committed by motorcycle taxi drivers. The purpose of this application is to be a tool for the transit police agents to disincentivize the use of motorcycle taxis. The mobile application detects a possible transit infraction, saves the photo, motorcycle plate number, date, and time. Afterwards, the application generates a support for the transit infractions that will be issued by the transit police officer. We performed an experiment using this mobile application in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. The mobile application captured 40 possible transit infractions.

HARGA DIRI DAN AGRESIVITAS PEMBALAP LIAR

The objectives of this research is to find out self esteem and aggressivity of illegal motorcycle racing that are: profile of illegal motorcycle racers who always make agressivity, factors which cause illegal motorcycle racers do the activities of illegal motorcycle racing, self esteem of illegal racers who always make agressivity, and the impact of self esteem towards illegal motorcycle racers. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method of two illegal motorcycle racers who have ten years experience in doing illegal motorcycle racing. This case study was conducted in Bekasi, West Java and Special Jakarta Province starting from 22 October until 22 December 2012. Data was gained through observation and indepth interview. The data was triangulated through crosscheck with all information from other sources before it was analysed qualitatively, i.e. classification of data, coding, examining of the hypothesis, interpretation, and conclusion. The findings of the research are: 1) both illegal racers have two self esteem and aggressivity eventhough they have different indicators, 2) factors causes illegal motorcycle racers who do the illegal motorcycle racing in order to be famous, more respectful and not despiced by other people, have a support from friend, as a kind hobby, and interested in doing challenge referring to the adrenalin, 3) self esteem of illegal motorcycle racers caused their aggresivity due to their self defend, and 4) the impactof self esteem of illegal motorcycle racers is that arise aggressivity, and damaging themselves, society, and other illegal motorcycle racers.

Studies pertaining to Illegal Street Racers’ Behaviour: Literature Review

Street racing has long been identified as a threat to civil society with significant social and economic impact. In Malaysia, the high fatal accidents rate involving motorcyclists performing illegal street racing has dominated the news in the local newspapers and social media and have caused legislators, regulators and the public to question factors that contribute to these issues. This paper is an attempt to gain greater insight into the factors influencing the risky behaviours associated to violating traffic regulations among the illegal motorcycle racers termed “Mat Rempit” in Malaysia identified in the literature. The findings of this review not only could be used as reference for future research but also as reference by the various authorities to understand the issues more closely.

Sensation Seeking and Self-esteem Differences among Illegal Street Racers in Malaysia

Although illegal (motorcycle) street racing is alarming, little is known about the age, educational and psychological characteristics of these illegal (motorcycle) street racers (mat rempit). Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the age, educational and selected psychological characteristics of mat rempit in Malaysia. This cross-sectional research was carried out with 197 mat rempit who participated in the Centre for Empowering Youth (Pusat Pemerkasaan Remaja—PERKASA) intervention program. A set of survey questionnaire which comprises of demographic information and measure of sensation seeking and self-esteem were administered. The correlation analysis and a series of one-way ANOVAs were carried out. The correlation analyses showed that there was a strong positive correlation between sensation seeking and global sensation. While impulsivity was strongly correlated with global sensation, impulsivity was having low positive correlation with mild offence. The ANOVA analysis showed that there was no significant difference on sensation seeking, impulsivity, global sensation, self-esteem based on different age groups. However, the only significant difference was reported on impulsivity based on education level differences. Further analysis with Tukey post hoc test showed that the significant difference on impulsivity was found between primary education group and upper secondary education group. The strong correlation between sensation seeking and global sensation has the potential to guide researchers in treating these constructs for future research. Knowledge on educational differences has the potential to facilitate understanding of impulsivity among mat rempit in Malaysia context. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1s1p96

ISTILAH ‘REMPIT’; PENGERTIAN DAN PENGGUNAANNYA DALAM ISU LUMBA MOTORSIKAL HARAM DI MALAYSIA

Rempit term (race) is very popular in Malaysia to use for identifying illegal motorcycle race. This research aimed to know the uses of rempit concept in the Mat Rempit group itself. The Study using 2 types of interview, the first is individual interview with 16 subjects whom had involved in rempit activity in a school at Semenyih, Selangor; the second is focus group discussion consist of 3 groups of defendant under section 42 as a result of riding motorcyle dongerously in Pulau Pinang, Johor Baharu and Kuala Lumpur. Result of the analysis, found that rempit can be redefine as an activity of motorcycle race as together (at least consist of 2 persons) which involves race (i.e sprint or lap) and/or stunt action (i.e wheelie or wheekang) triggered by trial behavior trough engine signal from motorcycle (ramp), communication or hand gesture. A Mat Rempit (racer) is an individu who get involved in this activity. This research reviews the definition throughly by formulating rempit activity comprehensively. The implication of the research is rempit word has to be used cautiosly, especially when trying to give a label to an individual as Mat Rempit. For the future research, the definition that has to be used is the one which proposed in this research and not other vague definition.

Personality, High-Risk Activities and Aggressive Behaviour among Illegal Street Racers

The prevalence of motorcycle street racing is increasing in Malaysia and has become a major public concern. As a major focus of the international studies were on illegal car racing overseas, and there are only a limited number of studies address illegal motorcycle street racing. Thus, this study aims to examine the high-risk activities of motorcycle street racers, their personality and the association of personality with aggressiveness. This cross-sectional study involved 138 at risk adolescents who were engaged in illegal motorcycle street racing. Data were collected using three validated questionnaires – Big Five Inventory to measure personality, Impulsive Sensation Seeking Scale to measure sensation seeking trait, and the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire to assess aggressiveness. The results showed that the majority of the respondents were not only engaged in illegal street racing but also involved in other high-risk activities, such as pornography, illegal abortion, fighting, and gambling. Neuroticism and sensation seeking were found to be associated and were good predictors of the aggression domain, such as physical aggression and anger. However, only sensation seeking and neuroticism were good predictors for verbal aggression and the hostility domain. Hence, it is very important to understand their personality trait and level of aggression beforehand in order to develop a suitable programme for this special group of adolescents as well as to find ways to channel their sensation seeking behaviour or aggression to positive effect. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p527

มาตรการป้องกันและปราบปรามการแข่งรถจักรยานยนต์ในเขตงานศูนย์ควบคุมจราจรวิภาวดีรังสิต/ทางพิเศษ (The Prevention and Suppression Measure of Motorcycle Racing in Traffic Control Center Viphawadi Rangsit/Express Way Area)

Thai Abstract: วตถประสงคการวจย เพอศกษาระดบความคดเหนของเจาหนาทตารวจจราจรงานศนยควบคมจราจรวภาวดรงสต/ทางพเศษ และศกษาปจจยทมความสมพนธกบมาตรการปองกนและปราบปรามการแขงรถจกรยานยนตบนทางสาธารณะ โดยไมไดรบอนญาต ตวอยางทใชในการวจยครงน คอ ตารวจจราจรงานศนยควบคมจราจรวภาวดรงสต/ทางพเศษ ซงมจานวน 160 คน โดยใชแบบสอบถามเปนเครองมอในการเกบรวบรวมขอมล ไปประมวลผลขอมลโปรแกรมสาเรจรปดวยคอมพวเตอร สถตทใชในการวเคราะหขอมลไดแก คารอยละ คาเฉลย สวนเบยงเบนมาตรฐาน การวเคราะหความแปรปรวนทางเดยว โดยกาหนดนยสาคญทางสถตทระดบ .05 ผลการวจย มดงน 1) ตวอยางมความคดเหนตอมาตรการปองกนและปราบปรามการแขงรถจกรยานยนตในทางสาธารณะโดยไมไดรบอนญาตในเขตงานศนยควบคมจราจรวภาวดรงสต/ทางพเศษ ในภาพรวมโดยเหนดวยอยในระดบมาก 2) ผลการทดสอบสมมตฐาน พบวา อาย ของตารวจจราจรงานศนยควบคมจราจรวภาวดรงสต/ทางพเศษ ตางกนความคดเหนตอมาตรการปองกนและปราบปรามการแขงรถจกรยานยนตในทางสาธารณะโดยไมไดรบอนญาตแตกตางกนอยางมนยสาคญทางสถตทระดบ .05 ปจจยสวนบคคล ไดแก อายราชการ ระดบชนยศ ตาแหนง ระดบการศกษา ตางกน ความคดเหนตอมาตรการปองกนและปราบปรามการแขงรถจกรยานยนตในเขตงานศนยควบคมจราจรวภาวดรงสต/ทางพเศษ ไมแตกตางกน English Abstract: The research objectives aim to study the opinion level of the traffic police offers at the Vibhavadi Rangsit/Express way traffic control center and study the factors which relate to the protection and suppression measurement for the illegal motorcycle racing on the public road. The samples using in the study are 160 traffic police officers at the Vibhavadi Rangsit/Express way traffic control center. The questionnaire is a tool to collect the data which is analyzed by the statistical program. Also, the statistical methods consist of the percentage, mean value, standard deviation, and the One Way ANOVA with the .05 level of significance. The research result found that 1. The opinions of the sample to the protection and suppression measurement for the illegal motorcycle racing on the public road show that in the overview, they agree at the high level. 2. The result of the hypothesis testing found that the age difference of the traffic police officers at the Vibhavadi Rangsit/Express way affects to the sample opinion at the .05 level of significance. However, the differences of the tenure, ranking, position, education level of the sample have no impact to the opinion of the protection and suppression measurement for the illegal motorcycle racing on the public road.

Factors Associated with Illegal Motorcycle Street Racing and Help-Seeking Intention

The study aimed to identify the factors associated with street racing among the illegal motorcycle racers in Malaysia also known as the Mat Rempit, and their help-seeking intention. A total of 2,022 Mat Rempit were surveyed. The findings support the notion that experience-seeking, prestige-seeking, excitement-seeking, self-satisfaction, underestimate risk, and social influence were factors influencing illegal motorcycle street racing. The overall intention to seek help was extremely low. The majority (77.9%) reported that they would solve the problem themselves and 75.5% thought that illegal street racing is not big deal and would go away in time. Participants with neither (OR 0.41; 95% CI 0.27–0.62) or at least one parent who is strict (OR 0.52; 95% 0.37–0.73) were less likely to have high help-seeking intention than those with both parents who are strict. Study indicates a need for family-centered intervention to curb illegal street racing.

Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of illegal motorcycle street racers in Malaysia

BackgroundThis study sought to understand the factors associated with street racing among the illegal motorcycle racers in Malaysia or known as the "Mat Rempit".MethodsStreet outreach interviewer-administered surveys were conducted from June 2008 to January 2009 in this multi-state study.ResultsA total of 2022 participants were surveyed, the mean ± SD age of the participants was 20.5 ± 3.4 years (age range: 12 to 35 years). Mean duration of street racing was 2.65(SD ± 1.77) years (range: 2 months to 12 years), with 50.1% and 35.8% reporting stunt riding and alcohol drinking while racing, respectively. With regard to risk behaviours, cigarette smoking was highly prevalent among the study participants (78.3%), followed by alcohol drinking (27.8%) and recreational drug use (18.8%). Participants scored high on the masculinity scale (15.7 ± 4.0 out of 21.0). The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that socio-demographic variables, risk behaviour and masculinity scores were associated with racing frequency.ConclusionGiven these associations, tailoring family-centered interventions to the needs of the lower socio-economic groups and interventions recognizing the negative consequences of health risk behaviours related to street racing as an expression of traditional masculinity should be emphasized.