Volume 9, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 160–166
Zahid Hussain1, Adeel-Ur-Rehman2, Muhammad Khurshid Akhtar Khan3, Muhammad Rizwan4, and Imtiaz Ahmad Warriach5
1 M.Sc Sociology, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
2 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
3 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
4 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
Original language: English
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Motorbike collision affects the victim as well as other members of community and society around the victim, training of motorbike rider play vital role in this social event. Objective of the study was that to investigate and quantify the trainings among educated youth which responsible to reduce the road accidents of motorbikes. Methodology was consisted of the students of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan as universe with 500 sample size which was selected through convenient sampling and data was collected with the help of questionnaires. Greater proportion of respondents was without license of motorbike riding, greater proportion license holder got license without skill test, respondents had little awareness about road sigs, Personal Protective Equipments related motorbike riding and First Aid, 70.2% respondents had no book of traffic codes, 84.6 respondents had faced motorbike collision but greater part of respondents had no training of First Aid. Mostly respondent gave the opinion that motorbike collision effect on economic, education and family behavior, in spite of this 40.2% respondents said trainings for motorbike riders should no be compulsory and 45.6% gave opinion that there is no need to repeat the trainings and skill test. This research article suggest that traffic or road safety department should improve the law enforcement, licensing system, encourage monitor the riding schools with international standard and do campaigns about motorbike riding trainings for motivating to motorbike riders.
Author Keywords: Training, Motorbike Riding, Educated youth, Road accident, collision.
Zahid Hussain1, Adeel-Ur-Rehman2, Muhammad Khurshid Akhtar Khan3, Muhammad Rizwan4, and Imtiaz Ahmad Warriach5
1 M.Sc Sociology, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
2 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
3 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
4 M.Phill Scholar, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, BZU Multan, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Motorbike collision affects the victim as well as other members of community and society around the victim, training of motorbike rider play vital role in this social event. Objective of the study was that to investigate and quantify the trainings among educated youth which responsible to reduce the road accidents of motorbikes. Methodology was consisted of the students of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan as universe with 500 sample size which was selected through convenient sampling and data was collected with the help of questionnaires. Greater proportion of respondents was without license of motorbike riding, greater proportion license holder got license without skill test, respondents had little awareness about road sigs, Personal Protective Equipments related motorbike riding and First Aid, 70.2% respondents had no book of traffic codes, 84.6 respondents had faced motorbike collision but greater part of respondents had no training of First Aid. Mostly respondent gave the opinion that motorbike collision effect on economic, education and family behavior, in spite of this 40.2% respondents said trainings for motorbike riders should no be compulsory and 45.6% gave opinion that there is no need to repeat the trainings and skill test. This research article suggest that traffic or road safety department should improve the law enforcement, licensing system, encourage monitor the riding schools with international standard and do campaigns about motorbike riding trainings for motivating to motorbike riders.
Author Keywords: Training, Motorbike Riding, Educated youth, Road accident, collision.
How to Cite this Article
Zahid Hussain, Adeel-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Khurshid Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, and Imtiaz Ahmad Warriach, “Sociological Analysis of Trainings for Motorbike Riders among Educated Youth: A case of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 160–166, November 2014.
