The new statistics confirm that something still needs to be done to ensure
cyclists are safe on our roads.
Not exact matches
It
's why we need infrastructure, bike lanes, lower speed limits,
safer roads, and more
cyclists on the
road for safety in numbers, instead of scaring
cyclists off the
roads by making them afraid to go out unless they
are suited up in neon.
The
cyclists don't get a warning, but the app does offer them the ability to see which routes
are safest based
on the amount of app users
on the
road.
If Life Cycle UK really
are increasing the numbers of
cyclists on our
road by boosting confidence and increasing safety skills, then they
are making a big contribution to
safer, cleaner communities, not just for
cyclists, but for all who share the
road with them.
One bike rider interviewed made the comment, «But the more
cyclists on the
road the
safer it
is for each
cyclist as an individual, and helmets
are a barrier to getting more people cycling.
It
's all a big numbing, to have known two people who have died
on their bikes, in a city that can find half a billion to fix an expressway but can't find the money to fix
roads and make them
safe for
cyclists or keep the subway system running.
Studies show that the best way to keep
cyclists safe on the
road is to have better bike lanes and related infrastructure, but until those protected bike lanes
are built, inventors and researchers
are trying to come up with technology that protects
cyclists like better, smarter bike helmets and, in this case, an app that warns drivers of nearby
cyclists to keep those collisions from happening in the first place.
Another study we really like suggests that if there
are more
cyclists on the
road, then they
are safer, apparently because motorists adjust their behavior in the presence of people walking and bicycling.
Moreover, he maintains that the more
cyclists there
were on the
roads, the
safer it would
be for bike riders, a point underlined by the UK national
cyclists» organisation CTC through its Safety In Numbers campaign last year.