Cycling to work in Brazil: Users profile, risk behaviors, and traffic accident occurrence

Bacchieri, Giancarlo; Barros, Aluísio J D; Santos, Janaína Vieira dos; Gigante, Denise Petrucci

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.009

Cited by 60 publications

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“…This result is similar to that reported in Australia (19%) but lower than that found in the Netherlands (27.2%) 4,18 . The prevalence of using a bicycle for transportation (11.2%) was similar to that found in other studies in Brazil 11,31 ; however, the prevalence was lower than in European cities (prevalence 39.7% to 67.5%) 4,16 . This difference may be attributed to environmental and social characteristics that can encourage or inhibit bicycling.…”

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confidence: 62%

Personal and behavioral factors associated with bicycling in adults from Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

2014

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Personal and behavioral factors associated with bicycling in adults from Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

2014

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“…6 Studies conducted in Pelotas have shown that behavior change of cyclists and educational interventions will not have a signifi cant impact on reducing RTA in the city. 7,8 Although it makes no reference to RTA, it is worth mentioning the publication of the Brazilian Program for Bike Mobility -Bike Brazil by the Brazilian Ministry of Cities. s…”

Section: Pedestrians and Cyclistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acidentes de trânsito no Brasil de 1998 a 2010: muitas mudanças e poucos resultados

2011

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O artigo descreve a situação dos acidentes de trânsito no Brasil, desde a implementação do Código de Trânsito Brasileiro de 1998 até o ano de 2010. Foi realizada análise dos principais trabalhos científicos e publicações não acadêmicas nacionais. A revisão de literatura incluiu periódicos indexados, não indexados, relatórios técnicos, busca específica por autores, referências bibliográficas de artigos e contato com pesquisadores. Os principais problemas do trânsito brasileiro identificados foram aumento do número absoluto de mortos e das taxas de mortalidade, ampliação da frota de motocicletas e o uso de álcool. Foram identificados autores influentes e ilhas de produção de conhecimento nas áreas pesquisadas. Os autores apresentam algumas possíveis soluções e sugerem que o poder público não tem assumido a responsabilidade que lhe cabe no controle e redução dos acidentes de trânsito.

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“…The most relevant study surveyed just over 2,000 Australian bicyclists and found that 37.3% had at some point illegally ridden through a red light, with higher rates of non-compliance for younger people and males (Johnson et al, 2013). A smaller Brazilian survey found a similar non-compliance rate of 38.4% but focused entirely on male, commuter bicyclists because this subgroup was thought have the highest road safety risk (Bacchieri et al, 2010). Beyond the survey-based work, we identified limited examples of observational studies of bicyclist behavior at intersections.…”

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“…Overall, the chance of an innocent road user being injured or killed by an unlawful bicyclist tends to be much lower than by a lawbreaking driver (Chong et al, 2010;IIHS, 2007). Moreover, the aforementioned study of male, commuter bicyclists from Brazil suggested that bicyclists running red lights were not significantly associated with crash outcomes (Bacchieri et al, 2010).…”

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Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational

Marshall

Piatkowski

Johnson

2017

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Abstract:Nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but most such offenses face no legal consequences. Society also tends to see these relatively minor infractions that almost all people make-though they are unmistakably illegal-as normal and even rational. Bicyclists who break the law, however, seem to attract a higher level of scorn and scrutiny. While the academic literature has exhaustively covered unlawful driving behaviors, there remains little research on bicyclists who break the rules of the road. This paper examines rule-breaking bicyclists and the factors associated with such behaviors. We also explore the question: are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices-similar to most drivers and pedestrians-or are bicyclists reckless and dangerous? Because it's proven effective for reaching hard-to-reach populations, we employed a snowball-sampling framework and an online, scenario-based survey completed by nearly 18,000 respondents. Via multi-level statistical analyses, our results suggest that younger people and males tend to exhibit higher levels of illegal bicycling behavior, but even when combining high-risk factors, the overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless. Controlling for the context and social norms of the city where one lives tends to outweigh individual bicyclist characteristics such as race/ethnicity and income. Unlawful drivers and pedestrians tend to rationalize their behaviors as time saving; bicyclists similarly rationalize their illegal behaviors but were more inclined to cite increasing their own personal safety and/or saving energy. Most bicyclists can generally be described as rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently given the context and norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.

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Cycling to work in Brazil: Users profile, risk behaviors, and traffic accident occurrence

Cited by 60 publications

References 9 publications

Personal and behavioral factors associated with bicycling in adults from Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

Personal and behavioral factors associated with bicycling in adults from Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

Acidentes de trânsito no Brasil de 1998 a 2010: muitas mudanças e poucos resultados

Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational

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