ArticleAccident; analysis and prevention2007
Drivers overtaking bicyclists: objective data on the effects of riding position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender.
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- Assessing Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behaviour Using Naturalistic Driving Footage: The Role of Age and Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Analysis of Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Modeling duration of overtaking between non-motorized vehicles: A nonparametric survival analysis based approach.PloS one · 2021Article
- Cost-effectiveness of mandatory bicycle helmet use to prevent traumatic brain injuries and death.BMC public health · 2020Article
- The impact of cycle proficiency training on cycle-related behaviours and accidents in adolescence: findings from ALSPAC, a UK longitudinal cohort.BMC public health · 2016Article
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- Database improvements for motor vehicle/bicycle crash analysis.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2015Article
- The Peltzman effect and compensatory markers in medicine.Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2014Article
- On-road bicycle facilities and bicycle crashes in Iowa, 2007-2010.Accident; analysis and prevention · 2013Article
- Bicycle helmet wearing is not associated with close motor vehicle passing: a re-analysis of Walker, 2007.PloS one · 2013Article
- Effect sizes for 2×2 contingency tables.PloS one · 2013Article
- Cyclists' experiences of harassment from motorists: findings from a survey of cyclists in Queensland, Australia.Preventive medicine · 2011Article
- Naturalistic cycling study: identifying risk factors for on-road commuter cyclists.Annals of advances in automotive medicine. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Annual Scientific Conference · 2010Article
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Abstract
A naturalistic experiment used an instrumented bicycle to gather proximity data from overtaking motorists. The relationship between rider position and overtaking proximity was the opposite to that generally believed, such that the further the rider was from the edge of the road, the closer vehicles passed. Additionally, wearing a bicycle helmet led to traffic getting significantly closer when overtaking. Professional drivers of large vehicles were particularly likely to leave narrow safety margins. Finally, when the (male) experimenter wore a long wig, so that he appeared female from behind, drivers left more space when passing. Overall, the results demonstrate that motorists exhibit behavioural sensitivity to aspects of a bicyclist's appearance during an encounter. In the light of previous research on drivers' attitudes to bicyclists, we suggest drivers approaching a bicyclist use physical appearance to judge the specific likelihood of the rider behaving predictably and alter their overtaking accordingly. However, the extent to which a bicyclist's moment-to-moment behaviour can be inferred from their appearance is questionable, and so the tendency for drivers to alter their passing proximity based on this appearance probably has implications for accident probability.
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