time to roll this one out again - study of video recordings of
experienced commuter cyclists in ACT
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pd ... arc322.pdf
from the Executive Summary:
"No collision events were recorded. A total of 91 potentially unsafe cyclist-interactions were
identified. In the majority of events (93.4%), the behaviour of the driver led to the event. The most
common event type was left turn (37.3%) which involved a driver turning left across the path of the
cyclist, drivers turning across cyclists’ path from the adjacent direction (32.9%). Unexpectedly
opened vehicle doors accounted for 17.6% of cyclist-driver interactions. In the majority of all
events, a crash was avoided due to the evasive actions taken by cyclists."
lets repeat that last bit
" In the majority of all
events, a crash was avoided due to the evasive actions taken by cyclists."
meanwhile I did read thru the comments in TheAge (know your enemy) and all the usual got mentioned but no comment from what I could see on "presumed liability" either too difficult to comprehend or maybe the average cyclist hater is in favour of it