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Re: Crash Study (Was: Signals Always On)



At 09:46 AM 07/29/1999 -0400, Brian Wolfe wrote:
 >FYI:
 >
 >Recent exaustive study came out in regards to bike crashes. Most are two
 >vehicle (cage/bike), most are due to cages not seeing bikes, and most
 >involve visibility from the FRONT. Most common bike crash? Cage turns
 >left (or U turn) in front of bike coming in opposite direction.
 >
 >So the statistics say visibility from the front is the most important
 >factor in preventing collisions with cages.......

Thanks Brian,

The NSC/MSF says the same thing - that's one of the reasons they stress 
watching the wheels on cars poised to enter your line of travel.

Do you have a copy of that study?  It's been a long time since I've seen 
one and even then, the data was very old.

Does it break down those crashes any further ? (like single light / dual 
light / no light / age of bike / time of day etc)

Thanks

- - Eric


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