The effect of an italian nationwide mandatory visibility aids law for cyclists

Prati, Gabriele

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2018.03.007

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“…The introduction of legislation designed to reduce crashes is not always effective (e.g. Prati, 2018). However, traffic law enforcement is one method used to change driver behaviour (Bates, Soole & Watson, 2012;Stanojevic, Javanovic & Lajunen, 2013) as programs that increase compliance with traffic laws may reduce crashes and injuries (Factor, 2014;Prenzler, Manning & Bates, 2015).It is possible that there may also be other benefits given that there is emerging evidence suggesting that drivers who offend may be engaging in routine deviant and criminogenic behaviour (Nunn, 2018).…”

Section: Road Policing and Young Driversmentioning

confidence: 99%

Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third-party policing in reducing young driver offending

Belsham

Bates

Somoray

et al. 2020

Crime Prev Community Saf

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Third Party Policing involves police partnering with other individuals or organizations in order to prevent or control crime and disorder. Given the high level of young driver crash rates and offences, an intervention based on Third Party Policing may reduce both. This study explored the feasibility of using this approach with parents, who would be the third party, and young drivers in the Australian Capital Territory. Semistructured interviews with 16 parents and 11 of their children were conducted. The results suggest that, given parents are supportive of the formal policing of young drivers and their willingness to impose additional restrictions on their children, that the introduction of an intervention based on a Third Party Policing framework is feasible. However, the lack of knowledge of GDL restrictions that apply to their child may make it difficult for parents to act as an enforcement authority in partnership with police. There is also the need to introduce a legal lever to support parents in their interactions with children and enable police to coerce parents into taking action.

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Section: Road Policing and Young Driversmentioning

confidence: 99%

Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third-party policing in reducing young driver offending

Belsham

Bates

Somoray

et al. 2020

Crime Prev Community Saf

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“…The efficacy of high-visibility clothing (Miller et al 2017) and protective equipment and the extent to which the latter should be the subject of legislation or indeed exhortation has been much debated. While a legislative approach in Italy mandating visibility aids for cyclists had no effect (Prati 2018), a randomised controlled trial in Denmark showed that a yellow cycle jacket reduced the collision and personal injury rates (Lahrmann et al 2017).…”

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Are head injuries to cyclists an important cause of death in road travel fatalities?

Martin

Lloyd²,

Sargent

et al. 2018

Journal of Transport & Health

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Background: Despite the well-recognised benefit for individuals and communities of increased active travel, cycling remains a minority travel mode in many high income countries. Fear of injury is often cited as a reason. Campaigns to promote cycle helmet wear are alleged to contribute to this. However, there is little information on whether head injuries to cyclists are an important cause of death in road travel fatalities, compared with other road users. Methods: We examined secondary causes of death for road travel deaths in England 2007-2012, comparing travel modes and grouped causes of death (from national mortality statistics) as numbers and as rates, using distance travelled and time spent travelling by mode, age, and sex from National Travel Surveys for the same six years. Results: Head injury was the main cause of death for 269 cyclists, 1324 pedestrians and 1046 drivers, accounting for 46%, 42% and 25% of road travel deaths at all ages in each mode respectively. Head injury was the commonest cause of death in cyclists, but most pedestrian and driver fatalities were from multiple injuries. Rates of fatal head injury per bnkm in males aged 17+ for cycling, walking, and driving were 11.2(95%

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“…Visibility aids can increase the distance at which car drivers detect cyclists at night [12,13]. Currently, front reflectors, static lights, and flashing lights are widely used to improve cyclist visibility at night [14][15][16]. Further, some countries and regions have started placing legal requirements on shared bikes to improve cycling visibility at night.…”

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The Difference in Night Visibility between Shared Bikes and Private Bikes during Night Cycling with Different Visibility Aids

Chen

2019

Sustainability

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In recent years, bike sharing has increasingly spread across the world. Compared with personal bikes, shared bikes are uniform and have bright surfaces to help the public to find them easily. At the same time, unfamiliarity is still a problem for some users of shared bikes. Therefore, these features should be understood to improve the night visibility of cyclists and improve traffic safety. Our study tested and compared differences in night visibility using five types of visibility aids. The results showed two cognitive differences between cyclists and drivers. First, cyclists believed that using flashing lights or static lights would provide better visibility than other visibility aids. However, using a static light and reflectors showed better results in our research. Secondly, compared to private bikes, cyclists showed more confidence in the nighttime visibility of shared bikes, especially with retroreflective strips. But the behavior of drivers in our study did not support such differences. A post-experiment survey was conducted to explore such cognitive differences, and showed that unfamiliarity with these strips was a possible reason for driver unawareness. This study will aid policy makers in incorporating suitable visibility aids within bike-sharing programs. Further, this study includes helpful advice for cyclists in terms of improving their night visibility.

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The effect of an italian nationwide mandatory visibility aids law for cyclists

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third-party policing in reducing young driver offending

Novice drivers and parents: exploring the feasibility of third-party policing in reducing young driver offending

Are head injuries to cyclists an important cause of death in road travel fatalities?

The Difference in Night Visibility between Shared Bikes and Private Bikes during Night Cycling with Different Visibility Aids

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