Cycling Safety

[All for Helmets]

Hi, I am doing a survey on how safe cyclists feel on London roads and would very much appreciate your input.
The questionnaire should take no longer than 5 mins to complete.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13cKZjaoWAN0_IkMJBIl-xVU5nWHJSuVP9tAoKrRIJE0/viewform?usp=send_form

 

[summerdays]

Bit of a strange survey.... Seems you can cycle to work but not back again, and the last question is completely random..... I mean if I had the money I might buy some more police to make the roads safer? Or pay for improvements to the justice system....

 

[classic33]

Is common sense a product that can be bought?

 

[Shaun]

Odd survey, and the final question is impossible to answer properly:

If there were a product that would improve the safety of cyclists, would you buy it?

• Yes
• No

Buy what? Does it relate to your choice of username? Is it some sort of re-working of current helmet design or is a new idea on "protective" headgear? Maybe a different kind of safety product?

More detail would be useful. Are you designing a product for a college/uni project or retail sale? Why only London?

Also, the answers to how safe you feel don't include an 'Always' option.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[mjr]

Yeah, that username is going to bias the responses and this is a SLOP which isn't great anyway.

 

[Markymark]

Who do you work for?

 

[snorri]

From the survey heading..........
How safe do you feel when cycling on London's road?
Only one road?

I feel most uncomfortable cycling before 6am, but that has nothing to do with road conditions in London, I just like to be in bed at that time.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I can't view the survey from that link. Is it just me?

GC

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I can't view the survey from that link. Is it just me?

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GC

It's working for me (using Chrome) but, having having managed to answer the first question about gender, I hit a block with the what time of day I cycled. As I often cycle with the aim of getting somewhere regardless of time, not with what time I need to get there, it can be any time of the day or night, but that wasn't an option. (Either an additional box for any time, a mostly cycle box, or allow multiple replies. When sorted, I'll return.)

 

[mjr]

OK, please complete this list of problems:

• Announcement username @All for Helmets is likely to bias responses, probably polarising with a skew towards wearers
• Self-selected respondents and no indication of weighting
• Non-exhaustive single-choice options (multiple questions), such as "6am-9am" and "10am-1pm", so what if you feel the answer is 9.20-9.40am?
• "How safe..." answered with a list of frequencies, not levels of safety
• "Pick a statement" answered with a list of adjectives, not statements
• Use of word "accident" excludes other collision types
• "did [road cycling accident] involve the following" only allows one answer when it could involve multiple
• No "don't know" and "maybe" options for the final question
• No link to research ethics or privacy policy or anything like that
• No contact link in case of problems

A while ago, in another context, I wrote http://people.debian.org/~mjr/surveys about these sorts of problems.

 

[Saluki]

That was a rubbish survey. One of the questions had multiple choice answers that had nothing to do with the question. It seems that you can commute to work but not back again (teleporting maybe).

Yes @All for Helmets, I do wear a lid (I am sure that you are an avid pro helmet person) but when I feel like it. I don't always wear it.
I think that you should go and have a rewrite of your survey as it's not very good. 2/10

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It's working for me (using Chrome) but, having having managed to answer the first question about gender, I hit a block with the what time of day I cycled. As I often cycle with the aim of getting somewhere regardless of time, not with what time I need to get there, it can be any time of the day or night, but that wasn't an option. (Either an additional box for any time, a mostly cycle box, or allow multiple replies. When sorted, I'll return.)

Thanks, I can view it now and it wasn't worth the effort.

GC

 

[Dogtrousers]

• "did [road cycling accident] involve the following" only allows one answer when it could involve multiple

Or indeed none. If we assume that the respondent on their bike is not included as it is implicit. Cyclist hits pothole/other road hazard and falls off. Cyclist overcooks bend and falls off. No one else involved - but the wording of the survey isn't clear.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

@All for Helmets Consider this:

GC

 

[summerdays]

• Announcement username @All for Helmets is likely to bias responses, probably polarising with a skew towards wearers

I disagree, if anything I would expect a skew to the opposite!