[DVBC] Helmets

[Terry Strobaugh]

Telegraph) Cyclists who wear helmets are more likely to be hit by overtaking vehicles, new
research has suggested.

Drivers get more than 3.1in (8cm) closer to cyclists wearing helmets than they do to bare-headed
riders and female cyclists are given more room on the road than male riders, according to a survey
from the University of Bath.

Dr Ian Walker, a traffic psychologist, used a bicycle fitted with an ultrasonic distance sensor to
record data from more than 2,500 overtaking motorists in Salisbury and Bristol.

He said drivers were twice as likely to get close to his bicycle when he was wearing the helmet.

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