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Florida Study Shows Bicyclists Follow Laws Slightly Better Than Drivers
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:38 am
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:38 am
Contrary to popular driver beliefs, bicyclists do follow traffic laws most of the time.
Outside Online Article
Outside Online Article
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That’s why a new study—commissioned by the Florida Department of Transportation and conducted by scientists at the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research—is so damn interesting. The report, the largest of its kind ever attempted, concluded that cyclists were slightly more compliant with traffic laws than drivers. Conducting what’s known as a naturalistic behavior study, the researchers outfitted the bikes of 100 cyclists with multiple sensors and cameras, then recorded data as those participants went about their normal riding lives, pedaling roughly 2,000 hours in the Tampa Bay metro area. After the test period ended, the researchers and their grad students scrutinized the video footage and sensor data, tabulating how often cyclists and drivers failed to yield, rolled through stop signs, or otherwise broke the rules of the road. They paid special attention to instances in which a crash or a close call occurred. In the end, the results indicated that cyclists were compliant with the law 88 percent of the time during the day and 87 percent of the time after dark. The same study determined that drivers who interacted with the study subjects complied with the law 85 percent of the time. In other words, drivers were slightly naughtier than the cyclists—even without measuring speeding or distracted driving.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:39 am to LSUengr
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Follow Laws Slightly Better Than Drivers
Like that's even an accomplishment..
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:39 am to LSUengr
100 cyclists? Sweet small sample size, and I bet they grabbed these cyclists from all different skill levels and talent pools, showing zero bias what so ever.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:41 am to LSUengr
Did the cyclists know they were being monitored? Seems obvious they did, right?
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:41 am to Jcorye1
So the cyclists knew they were being monitored? And what was the age of said cyclists?
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:41 am to Jcorye1
i follow the law slightly better than John Wayne Gacy.
This post was edited on 1/16/18 at 10:43 am
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:42 am to Jcorye1
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100 cyclists? Sweet small sample size, and I bet they grabbed these cyclists from all different skill levels and talent pools, showing zero bias what so ever.
I asked my cousin's brother in law's ex-wife's brother and he's a pretty typical cyclist dude.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:42 am to LSUengr
quote:Great sample size there.
outfitted the bikes of 100 cyclists
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:43 am to LSUengr
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Contrary to popular driver beliefs, bicyclists do follow traffic laws most of the time.
Now if they could peddle as fast as drivers' cars, you might have a valid point.
This post was edited on 1/16/18 at 10:50 am
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:43 am to LSUengr
I follow traffic laws a lot more when I'm on my bike. Why wouldn't I? The consequences are far greater when I'm on my bike than in my truck.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:44 am to Jcorye1
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100 cyclists? Sweet small sample size, and I bet they grabbed these cyclists from all different skill levels and talent pools, showing zero bias what so ever.
Not to mention these cyclists knew the sensors were on their bikes. Even if they didn't know what the study was for at the time, odds are it would trigger something in them subliminally and they would follow laws much better.
Itd be like someone coming and saying let me put a bunch of sensors and a camera on your vehicle....continue to drive in your normal assholish ways though.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:46 am to Salmon
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I follow traffic laws a lot more when I'm on my bike. Why wouldn't I? The consequences are far greater when I'm on my bike than in my truck.
You ride a bike and follow the rules? What a nerd.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:47 am to Steadyhands
What's more, it was probably very apparent to participants that good results would be good for the image of the cyclist community.
Completely self-serving.
Completely self-serving.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:48 am to upgrayedd
yes, absolutely
I'm very anal about it because I naively think if some redneck sees me following the rules maybe it will change their perception
I will yell at other cyclists for not following the laws
I'm very anal about it because I naively think if some redneck sees me following the rules maybe it will change their perception
I will yell at other cyclists for not following the laws
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:50 am to LSUengr
Physics will always be against road cyclists.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:52 am to Salmon
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I follow traffic laws a lot more when I'm on my bike. Why wouldn't I? The consequences are far greater when I'm on my bike than in my truck.
Exactly. I knew it would be all about how the study was rigged. How do you study bicyclist behavior without them knowing?
Drivers just can't admit to the same rolling stops, running red lights and other infractions that bicyclist also commit at about the same rate. Human nature is human nature.
This post was edited on 1/16/18 at 10:53 am
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:53 am to Steadyhands
This “study” can be completely disregarded.
The amount of error present is hilarious.
The amount of error present is hilarious.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:53 am to LSUengr
Cyclist
I doubt this is statistically significant.
Also, as many have mentioned, the cyclist knew they were in a study while the drivers did not. The merely interacted with the cyclist participants. Getting a 85% lawful while not knowing you're being monitored is more impressive than 87-88% while voluntarily being monitored.
More research is needed to tease that out. More importantly than being lawful is which laws are being broken.
quote:Drivers
88 percent of the time during the day and 87 percent of the time after dark
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85 percent of the time
I doubt this is statistically significant.
Also, as many have mentioned, the cyclist knew they were in a study while the drivers did not. The merely interacted with the cyclist participants. Getting a 85% lawful while not knowing you're being monitored is more impressive than 87-88% while voluntarily being monitored.
More research is needed to tease that out. More importantly than being lawful is which laws are being broken.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:55 am to LSUengr
BS study - the 100 participants knew they were being watched.
Posted on 1/16/18 at 10:55 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Drivers
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85 percent of the time
this seems high
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