Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud Baroud on Monday defended his ministry's decision to ban the use of motorcycles in the wake of a spate of security incidents involving the vehicles. As of Wednesday, it will be illegal to use a motorcycle from 6:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. The ministry's move to implement the ban came after one man was stabbed to death and four others injured in an altercation involving motorcycles.