Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed cyclists, increasing the risk of a collision, the research has found.
Dr Ian Walker, a traffic psychologist from the University of Bath in the UK, used a bicycle fitted with a computer and an ultrasonic distance sensor to record data from over 2,500 overtaking motorists in Salisbury and Bristol.
Dr Walker, who was struck by a bus and a truck in the course of the experiment, spent half the time wearing a cycle helmet and half the time bare-headed. He was wearing the helmet both times he was struck.
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Cycling to help fight cancer?
BBC news is running a store (https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5300998.stm) about a man who used cycling to help fight cancer.
Share the road
Let
Timonium REI Events Calendar for September
- Basic Bike Maintenance
- The Civil War Century (A Bike Ride sponsored by the
Baltimore Bicycling Club) - Yoga for Bicyclists
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Hyattsville to Host "Bicycle Friendly Community" Workshop
"The City of Hyattsville will host a "Bicycle Friendly Community"workshop from 7 PM to 9 PM on September 21st at the Hyattsville municipal building (4310 Gallatin Street). Mark Plotz and Anne Villacres from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking (www.bikewalk.org) will be the workshop facilitators.
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Considering a Hybrid?
The amount of tax credit available for hybrid cars varies by the make and model of the car. Tax credit information can be found at www.irs.gov. If you plan on buying a Toyota Prius, a popular hybrid car model, you should consider that if you want the full $3,150 tax credit available, you need to purchase it by the end of September. After this month, the tax credit will be reduced by half.
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E85 Fueling Station Opens in Baltimore
The first state-owned E85 ethanol fueling facility in Maryland opened in August. The facility is at the State Office Center in Baltimore. The goal is to have more of the state
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One for the road
In the figures released by NHTSA shows that cyclists and pedestrians that had one or two drinks for the road had the lowest fatality numbers.
Source: https://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/ncsa/ppt/2006/810639.pdf
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And yes this is tongue and cheek, most cycling statistics do not provide enough information to draw much if any conclusions from.
SENATE RACE
I just want to note that Ben Cardin has been a friend to cyclists. If you would like to read a summary about his debate with Kweisi Mfume