Cycling and Risk Taking

[Origamist]

From lfgss...

Questionnaire here:

http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~fringsd/cyclestudy.htm

Dear Sir, Madam, Colleague,

Some of you will be aware that I am conducting research into cycling fatalities, if you are not aware then your e-mail address has been supplied to me as someone who may have an interest in the subject area.

In short, I am about to publish a web based questionnaire designed to explore risk taking behaviour in cyclists. The survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous.

I am looking to explore specific data with regards to cyclists and Large Goods Vehicles, although the data I obtain will provide broader information as well. I am hoping that this research will obtain good quality data that can be used to inform road safety projects, aid training for all road users and, ultimately, reduce fatal and serious collisions, especially within the cycling community.

Some of you have assisted me in the preparation of the survey and some of you have taken a pilot study, those that have not are most welcome to complete the questionnaire themselves, but the main reason for sending this circulation is to ask you all to publicise the web link as far and wide as possible. Some of you have already agreed to host the link on a web page relevant to your organisation and I would ask that, if any of you have such a facility, that you do so as well. My target audience is, obviously, cyclists, but I do not want to be too specific about the groups of people I am interested in because people may self-exclude themselves, and I do not want that to happen, as all data will be useful.

You will all be aware that any research is only as good as the information that comes in, so the wider the response the more useful the information will be. I am sending this message out now so that those of you that need to prepare a web slot can do so and to ask those, for whom this is first contact, to consider what they may be able to do to assist.

I am hoping to send the link out very shortly and I will run the survey for a three week period when it goes live.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me, details below. The mobile telephone number is probably the best one.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Andy.

Andy Rose
Detective Inspector

Head of Collision Investigation Unit
Alperton Traffic Unit

 

[summerdays]

Done - interesting questions - although a bit repetitive if you are someone who is more cautious in your behaviour.

(In the process of forwarding it on noticed I seem to have a different link as a result of copying the web address on my page...
http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsbu/cycling_other - not sure how that happened).

 

[Spinney]

Done, and passed on to some friends.

Like Summerdays, I think all my answers to the lorry questions were the same. Don't overtake the bloody thing!

 

[magnatom]

Done as well. Quite a good questionnaire.

 

[Armegatron]

Done

 

[HLaB]

I've filled it in, it seems quire a well designed survey, being reasonably short, a bit repetitive as sd says.

 

[Bollo]

Done and done.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

done.

 

[andharwheel]

Completed

 

[andrew-the-tortoise]

done.

 

[mcshroom]

Done, I agree the passing the truck should have been split as outside is safer than inside. Also didn't mention how far in front of the truck you were going to position yourself.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

also depends on the junction. 2 lanes is better than 1 if passing outside. Also IMO depends if you know the junction and timing of lights. I'll never try pass if I know the light might change while I'm doing it or if I can't get in front (other idiots parked in ASL perhaps?)

 

[summerdays]

Also IMO depends if you know the junction and timing of lights. I'll never try pass if I know the light might change while I'm doing it or if I can't get in front (other idiots parked in ASL perhaps?)

Very true even for passing cars ... watching pedestrian crossing lights can help with this... if you can see the red light indicating there is about to be a crossing phase or see a green man switching off on maybe one of the other sides of the junction its usually a sign the lights are about to change soon.

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

Done.