US EditionImpose Strict Rules and Build Bicycle Lanes to Ensure Safety, Says Expert
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Impose strict rules and build bicycle lanes to ensure safety, says expert
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should consider enforcing stricter regulations and investing in dedicated cycling lanes on highways to avoid endangering cyclists and other motorists, in line with international best practices, says a transport safety expert. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Cycle paths are getting busier and the number of accidents is rising. Municipalities are therefore allowed to experiment with speed limits on cycle paths. That won't help, says Jos de Jong of the Cyclists' Union during a bike tour of The Hague.
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‘I thought I was going to get hit’: Shaken cyclists share terrifying simulator experiences
A controlled setting by York Regional Police demonstrated cyclists’ vulnerability on roads due to close passing vehicles. Participants felt unsafe, emphasizing the need for more than one-metre clearance.
Since the bike path is narrow and bumpy, cyclists are better on the road. However, it is not really nice to drive between the cars and if you are not one of the very well-trained and well-trained, you feel rather uncomfortable. So it is a bit like the choice between pest and cholera. But what do mobility-restricted people do with a hand bike or a wheelchair? On the road? But there is the risk that they are bad because of their low altitude...
Editorial: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bicycle
Bicycling has always had a bad rap it seems, accruing devoted haters from the get-go. In the late 19th-century women cyclists were warned they’d develop “bicycle face” and the greater social mobility these contraptions afforded them had some worried that gender lines were being blurred. Medical journals raised fears of reproductive damage, deformations, mental illness—even “homicidal lunacy.” Speed and danger to pedestrians (and horses) were als…
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