Signs that say "Share the Road" with bicycles may have far less influence over motor vehicle driver behavior than would signs saying "Bicycles May Use Full Lane."
ByStreets can be a dangerous place for . In 2013, nearly 750 cyclists were killed in the U.S. from being hit by a car. And of the 48,000 cycling injuries that were reported that year, nearly a third involved a motor vehicle. Now, a new study suggests that signs sporting just five words could help show drivers and how to share the road. By not saying “share the road.”
It turns out that folks who saw the sign explicitly noting that bikes can use the full lane were the most likely to recognize cyclists’ rights to be on the road. And the ambiguous “share the road” suggestion? It had about the same influence on the study subjects as no sign at all. The findings appear in the journal . [George Hess and M. Nils Peterson, ]
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