[DVBC] Helmets

Tue Sep 12 10:52:29 EDT 2006

Conversely, completely bare bikers get the widest berth from drivers, who
are either gagging or taking pictures.

On 9/12/06, Terry Strobaugh <tstrobaugh at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/11/ucyclists.xml>
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