Bicycling safety and distracted behavior in The Hague,the Netherlands |
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Authors: | Kathryn Terzano |
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Affiliation: | School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, Arizona State University, 975 S. Myrtle Avenue, Fifth Floor, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, USA |
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Abstract: | As planners and public health officials in many cities around the world seek to increase bicycle ridership, bicyclists who are performing a secondary task (such as listening to a portable music device) may pose a risk to public safety. This study examines bicycling safety and potentially distracted behavior in The Hague, the Netherlands, a place where bicycling is a common, everyday travel mode among all walks of life and where bicycling infrastructure is well developed. Based on 1360 observations of bicycling behavior, this study shows that bicyclists who were using a cell phone, listening to a portable music device, or talking with other bicyclists exhibited more unsafe behaviors than those bicyclists who were not performing a secondary task. Furthermore, bicyclists who were performing a secondary task also more frequently created situations where other people had to evade them to avoid an accident. As with distracted car driving, the performance of a secondary task while bicycling may be unsafe for the person engaging in the behavior as well as for other people around them. |
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Keywords: | Bicycling Safety Mobile phone Portable music device |
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