A new method for the detection of motorbikes by laser ragefinder

The safety of powered two wheelers (PTWs) is an important concern for public authorities and road administrators. In France, even though road safety has improved since 2002, the number of accidents involving PTWs is still high. If we look at the figures, PTWs represent only 1% of the traffic but 28% of the deaths on the road. This shows that the risk of getting killed on a motorbike is 24 times greater than in a car. Over the past few years, there has been a significant rise in the number of PTWs, but there is still a lack of information on this class of vehicle. It is, therefore, difficult to study the interactions of PTWs with other road users and with the road infrastructure. The state-of-the-art study conducted in 2009 showed that there is no technical solution as such that can be adapted to measure this category of vehicle in traffic (unlike cars and trucks), so research in this domain has not greatly advanced, which is an issue of concern. In this paper we propose using a rangefinder to detect PTWs in traffic, a new method that shows promising results.