An interesting twist in motorcycle stereotypes and public perceptions are cruising the Central American country of Honduras as the passengers on bikes are getting legal scrutiny.

After two high-profile drive-by killings took place last week, the two-wheeled gunmen resulted in Honduran politicians banning motorcycle passengers.

Politicians in Honduras have voted to ban motorcycle passengers after two drive-by killings threw the spotlight back on to the country's increasingly desperate security situation.

"Given the current security situation, we believe that the appropriate response is allowing only one person [to ride] on motorcycles," Pompeyo Bonilla, the Honduran security minister, told Congress.

On Tuesday, Luz Marina Paz Villalobos, a radio show host, was gunned down outside her home by men on two motorcycles.

The following day, Alfredo Landaverde, a prominent security expert and anti-corruption activist, was killed as he drove through the Honduran capital with his wife.

The decision came Wednesday night, made in the hopes that the ban would help tackle a growing wave of drug-related slayings in the Central American country, now a major hub for traffickers smuggling cocaine into the United States.

According to most estimates, Honduras now suffers from the world's highest murder rate. In 2010, there were around 82 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

While the legal decision may cause dark amusement or curiosity in other parts of the riding world, it has some advocates for the working class raising warnings.

"We are enormously concerned with the question of security but we need to be careful not to punish workers and low-income people who use [motorcycles] as a means of transport or for work," local  Governor, Geraldo Alckmin said.