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not resolvedHas anyone ever had a "Near miss" on your bike?
Help us educate all road users by further understanding how, why and where road traffic collisions can happen.
You can find the survey at http://www.cycling-accident-compensation.co.uk/near-misses.aspx
All results will be published in the New Year once we have gathered enough data for the results to be representative and meaningful.
Hi rodm, I think I met you when I was doing my stint on the Spokes stall at QMU. I hope things are going well. How many times can we fill in the survey? :)
I wouldn't call getting clipped a near miss. That's a hit.
Jeez I hope you've got plenty bandwidth/memory on your system :-/ if we logged dangerous driving which could cause serious injury but for a riders actions as a near miss (which we should), most regular commuters would be filling in three or four incidents a trip :-(
Yep - I think that's the difficulty with the survey. Near misses are commonplace so it's difficult (and pointless) to focus on one incident.
I found the same. I thought of the 3 or 4 this week, but it only gave me the option for one!
Can you not got round and do it again (have not tried myself yet)?
Kept a log of my commutes to record near misses / incidents etc since start of Oct.
The following were notable incidents for me in last 2 months.
Recorded 2 incidents of poor driving, 3 of good driving by cars/vans, 3 of good driving by buses (1 by shitty link!) and 1 of crap cycling.
Hugely less than what others are noting. I dont believe I have a higher tolerance of crapness on the road than others. I do think if I was getting 3 of 4 incidents which could result in my serious injury per trip, I'd take the bus.
Portraying cycling as some death-defying miracle is counter productive. You only need to see surveys like this to realise it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25176031
I think rodm works with Cycle Law Scotland. Brenda Mitchell of CLS speaks out on cycling issues and set up the Road Share Campaign. So I assume the survey will provide some support for their campaigning work and some marketing for their product.
I'm all for stricter liability laws. However, I think this is about marketing their product rather than campaiging, not that there's anything wrong in that. Theres no shortage of people think that cycling is only for those with a death wish.
Stats on cycling are already widely known/published.
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