What do cyclists need to see to avoid single-bicycle crashes?
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
Crashes are an unfortunate fact of life for many traveling on roads and bicycle paths, but how and why they happen is not always well understood. New research shows that in crashes where a single cyclist collided with a bollard, narrowed road or other obstacle, or rode off the road altogether, poor visibility and especially poor visual contrast played a significant part.