jeudi 28 novembre 2013

Être vu, pas si sécuritaire qu'on pensait?


Moi qui ai toujours fait la promotion d'être visible . . . !


High vis clothing doesn't make cars pass you more safely, says new study


http://opus.bath.ac.uk/37890/


CONCLUSIONS
The amount of space left by motorists as they overtook a bicycle was not related to the rider’s apparent level of experience, as signalled by the outfit being worn. The only substantial change in drivers’ behaviour was seen in response to a high-visibility vest which invoked the name of the police and suggested the rider was video-recording the journey, although at present it is not clear which of these components was responsible for the effect. Given that a small proportion (1-2%) of overtaking drivers passed within 50 cm of the rider no matter what was being worn, we suggest that there is little riders can do, by altering their appearance, to prevent the very closest overtakes. We
suggest that the optimum solution to the very closest overtakes will not lie with bicyclists themselves, and instead we should look to changes in infrastructure, education or the law to prevent drivers getting dangerously close when overtaking bicyclists
( Les soulignements sont de moi )


La solution est donc:  infrastructures, infrastructures, infrastructures.
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