Some 0.16 million new motorcycles got registration in the country on January-July period of the current calendar year (2017).
Statistics available with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) showed that number of newly registered motorcycle stood at 168,080 in the country during the period under review.
Of these, some 37,443 new motorcycles were registered in the capital city.
To put it in another way, everyday some 792 motorcycles are pressed in service in Bangladesh on average while the number is 176 for Dhaka.
In fact, motorcycles are gradually turning to a regular transport for the daily commuters in Dhaka as well as other parts of the country.
At the same time, unruliness of motorcycle drivers is also growing. Taking wrong sides of the streets and running in the footpaths are two very common pictures.
Motorcycle drivers are also the most violators of the traffic rules in the country. For instance, on August 29, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Traffic) filed 2,546 cases against different vehicles for violating traffic rules. Of these 646 or one-fourth cases were lodged against the motorcycles.
