The Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan has aggressively set a plan for the State to follow. Survey outputs from Maryland Action Measure Tools document behavioral changes so that smaller more incremental outputs can monitor citizens’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
♦ When riding a bicycle, 38% of the respondents admitted to rarely or never wearing a bike helmet.
♦ Approximately one-half of the respondents indicated that their primary reason for bicycling was for exercise or recreational purposes.
When riding a bicycle, how often do you wear a helmet?
All of the time 30%
Most of the time 8%
Some of the time 9%
Rarely 13%
Never 40%
[Note that this does not add up to the "factoid" presented earlier.]
True or False: Bicyclists are considered legal roadway users and must follow the same rules as other motorists, including direction of travel
True 81%
False 8%
Don’t know/refused 11%
[This is is just sad.]
[Other survey "facts" are in the PDF after the fold.]
https://www.stko.maryland.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=KVEJnBIiQJA%3D&tabid=168&mid=961oldId.20100919113818610
Biking in Baltimore