Climbing up the queues is inseparable from the practice of motorcycles and scooters

There is evidence that it is sometimes good to remember: according to the new 2-Roues Lab ‘survey, the Mutuelle des Motards laboratory, inter-traffic and the rise of lines are inseparable from the practice of 2-wheelers in the middle. urban.

According to the survey carried out by 2-Roues Lab ‘among 2000 motorcyclists and scooter riders, interfile traffic is practiced by 97.5% of users, whether in town (91% use it in urban areas) and in peri-urban areas. urban (83%).

Rarer on roads and motorways, interlocking traffic is nevertheless practiced by nearly 40% of motorcyclists and scooter riders regardless of the type of network (cities, highways, ring roads).

"Save time, make traffic more fluid, limit pollution and improve safety"

"This practice saves time, streamlines traffic, limits pollution and even improves the safety of two-wheeler drivers, provided it is practiced with respect for other users, in the spirit of ” intelligent sharing of the road", recalls the survey.

Raising the queues and accidentology

0.4% of personal injury accidents on motorcycles in Europe take place in an interfile (MAIDS 2003 study) Interfile accidents represent 1% of fatal accidents in France (National Road Safety Observatory)

While for a certain legalization of this practice, two-wheeler drivers are mostly in favor of the legalization of interfile traffic: 52% for total legalization, 71% for legalization relating only to peripherals and ring roads and 75% for legalization in town.

In addition to the type of network concerned (legalization could for example only concern motorway-type lanes), it will also remain to set the maximum speed differential to be observed between the two-wheeler and other vehicles..

20 km / h differential

According to the 2-Roues Lab ‘survey, 50% of motorcyclists and scooter riders reasonably estimate it at 20 km / h, joining the recommendations of the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) and the Association for the training of motorcyclists (AFDM).

Not surprisingly, two-wheeler drivers have "mostly aware of the risk of the accident, which allows them to adopt a responsible attitude", recalls 2-Roues Lab ‘:"56% waited until they had acquired experience to use the interface".

A behavioral study by the French Institute of Transport, Planning and Network Sciences and Technologies (IFSTTAR) indeed shows that the risk is greater among novices because "fear can lead to inappropriate behavior in them, hence the need to enrich initial training", considers 2-Roues Lab ‘, indicating that"to signal themselves during this practice, 8 out of 10 users use the indicators and warnings. However, 48% of those surveyed still said they were uncomfortable when they walked through the interlock".

Methodology

Survey conducted by email from July 16 to 30, 2012 among 1,941 members of 2-Roues Lab ‘. 2-Roues Lab ‘invites all bikers and scooter riders to join it for and advance two-wheel research.

In addition, "only 55% of respondents believe they are well trained in the practice of interfile circulation", wheras’"a certain number of answers testify to the lack of benchmarks of the drivers of two-wheelers to "choose" a path where to practice the interfile, an observation which directly refers to the problem of training in two-wheel driving".

On the other hand, if bikers and scooter riders consider that "motorists are mostly benevolent towards two-wheelers, especially in interlocking traffic situations", only 5% believe motorists"sufficiently trained to understand the movement of two-wheelers between the lines".

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