Car colour vs bicycle passing space study

Objective: Because anecdotal evidence indicates
that the behaviour of cars (and their drivers) with
respect to bicycles is highly variable, this study
was undertaken to determine whether car colour
correlates with the space allowed by the driver for
passing a bicycle.

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/159/12/1461.pdf



Mike

"Mike Causer" wrote in message
newsan.2005.08.22.11.51.42.95545@firstnamelastna me.com.invalid...

Objective: Because anecdotal evidence indicates
that the behaviour of cars (and their drivers) with
respect to bicycles is highly variable, this study
was undertaken to determine whether car colour
correlates with the space allowed by the driver for
passing a bicycle.

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/159/12/1461.pdf



Mike


I like the discription of figure 2...

"Fig. 2: Pretty chart showing the numbers of cars of various colours whose
behaviour earned them a "good" or "bad" rating."

And that of the author...

"Dr. Hurst is a physician with Medical Services, British Columbia Institute
of Technology, and a cyclist who is only too familiar with the hazards of
sharing the road with automobiles and buses."

That description speaks volumes!

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat wrote:

And that of the author...

"Dr. Hurst is a physician with Medical Services, British Columbia
Institute of Technology, and a cyclist who is only too familiar with the
hazards of sharing the road with automobiles and buses."

That description speaks volumes!


Yes, clear conflict of interests ;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

In article , Tony Raven wrote:
wafflycat wrote:
"Dr. Hurst is a physician with Medical Services, British Columbia
Institute of Technology, and a cyclist who is only too familiar with the
hazards of sharing the road with automobiles and buses."

That description speaks volumes!

Yes, clear conflict of interests ;-)

It was the "Design: Randomized recollection" I liked.