A new research found that motorists and dangerous street design — not cyclist behavior — are the primary factors that put cyclists at risk. According to the study done by University of South Florida, cyclists were in compliance with traffic laws 88 percent of the time during the day and 87 percent of the time […]
EDIT: look at the comment answer to this one for a link to the study!
So, just out of interest, because the article here is rather short and lacking in sources, I wanted to see some details of the study. I found another article, quoting a few additional things, as well as linking to the study PDF. Well, the PDF link is broken - and trying to search for it yields no useful results. I tried by topic, I tried by number derived from the link (BDV25-977-13). I tried on the Florida Department of Transportation site, as well as the University of South Florida site. Either I am stupid in my approach, or for some weird reason, the study has been retracted from public publishing? I don’t want to put on too much of a tinfoil hat here, but with Florida’s administration being what it is, I would not be too surprised if that tinfoil hat is actually appropriate here, and it was retracted for not fitting the narrative.
As an anecdotal point: I’d actually expect there to be a slightly higher “recklessnes” score for cyclist - but only because cycling does not require a license, and cyclists can be kids and teenagers, with sometimes a lacking understanding of traffic rules. (I know I regularly and unwittingly broke some traffic laws here in Germany as a student cycling to school, which I only realised later in life).
I googled for Florida department of transport bicycle study. Because I read in your link they funded it and then i compared with your study number. Basically i built on your research 😉
EDIT: look at the comment answer to this one for a link to the study!
So, just out of interest, because the article here is rather short and lacking in sources, I wanted to see some details of the study. I found another article, quoting a few additional things, as well as linking to the study PDF. Well, the PDF link is broken - and trying to search for it yields no useful results. I tried by topic, I tried by number derived from the link (BDV25-977-13). I tried on the Florida Department of Transportation site, as well as the University of South Florida site. Either I am stupid in my approach, or for some weird reason, the study has been retracted from public publishing? I don’t want to put on too much of a tinfoil hat here, but with Florida’s administration being what it is, I would not be too surprised if that tinfoil hat is actually appropriate here, and it was retracted for not fitting the narrative.
As an anecdotal point: I’d actually expect there to be a slightly higher “recklessnes” score for cyclist - but only because cycling does not require a license, and cyclists can be kids and teenagers, with sometimes a lacking understanding of traffic rules. (I know I regularly and unwittingly broke some traffic laws here in Germany as a student cycling to school, which I only realised later in life).
Here you go!
Thank you very much! What was the trick to finding it? Always interested in new techniques there. Also, glad tinfoil hats were not needed.
I googled for Florida department of transport bicycle study. Because I read in your link they funded it and then i compared with your study number. Basically i built on your research 😉