Nearly a third of the accidents reported on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway in the last six months involved two-wheelers, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Wednesday, explaining the ban on motorcycles, auto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles.
Starting August 1, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which comes under the ministry, has banned these “slow-moving” vehicles from the main carriageway of the 118-km expressway.
The ministry said most accidents involving two-wheelers resulted in deaths or grievous injuries. Another 25 per cent of accidents were caused by rear-end collisions, mainly because slow-moving vehicles occupied the right-most lane and broke lane discipline, it added.
