I have my mind changed about helmets!

[david k]

thats interesting, it refers to both helmet wearing and attitude. both imo are important safety aspects of cycling

 

[Red Light]

thats interesting, it refers to both helmet wearing and attitude. both imo are important safety aspects of cycling

Not only in drivers, in cyclists too. See http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01589.x/full

 

[ufkacbln]

Wrong again I'm afraid. It shows that drivers pass closer if the cyclist a) is riding further out in the road, b) is wearing a helmet, c) the driver is a professional driver and d) the cyclist is wearing a blond wig. Why the drivers exhibit those behaviours is not known though but the fact they do has been shown.



You'll need to ask Cunobelin which the other study he was referring to.

I have a colleague at work who reckons a short skirt is a far better safety aid than either a helmet of HiViz.... she reckons that for some reason the traffic passes slower and with greater distances than when she wears "normal cycle clothing"