{"id":290978563,"date":"2014-03-22T19:22:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T19:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=290978563"},"modified":"2014-03-22T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T19:22:43","slug":"high-viz-jackets-dont-affect-how-close-motorists-pass-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=290978563","title":{"rendered":"High-viz jackets don\u2019t affect how close motorists pass cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Dansie, Bike Radar<br \/>\nWhether you wear a big notice saying you&#8217;re a total cycling newbie, look like a Tour de France pro or just put on a straightforward high-viz jacket, the distance at which UK cars will overtake remains roughly the same: 117.5cm.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the result of an academic study investigating what difference a cyclist&#8217;s clothing choice may have on how close motorists pass them when overtaking during peak rush hour.<br \/>\nIt means, say the researchers, there is little cyclists can do with their wardrobe to influence motorists&#8217; behaviour once they&#8217;ve been seen.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe only jacket that appeared to make a meaningful difference to the average passing distance was a jacket with the word &#8216;police&#8217; written on it.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n&quot;It&#8217;s those close buzzes that make cycling feel unsafe,&quot; said Walker. &quot;If it doesn&#8217;t feel safe people won&#8217;t do it.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/commuting\/news\/article\/high-viz-jackets-dont-affect-how-close-motorists-pass-cyclists-39136\/\">https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/commuting\/news\/article\/high-viz-jackets-dont-affect-how-close-motorists-pass-cyclists-39136\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Dansie, Bike Radar Whether you wear a big notice saying you&#8217;re a total cycling newbie, look like a Tour de France pro or just put on a straightforward high-viz jacket, the distance at which UK cars will overtake remains roughly the same: 117.5cm. That&#8217;s the result of an academic study investigating what difference &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=290978563\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;High-viz jackets don\u2019t affect how close motorists pass cyclists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290978563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290978563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290978563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290978563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290978563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290978563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290978563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}