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Traffic instructor. The most important thing YOU CAN DO to avoid crashes is read & follow your Drivers Manual:

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Takeaway#3

Reported driver/cyclist crashes occur an average of every 5 days

In summer months June-September, reported crashes occur ~3 days

Each crash represents tremendous suffering. Please follow the Drivers Manual and laws. Take classes.

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Full report released on behavioral causes of driver/cyclist crashes in Portland, Oregon!

https://t.co/FUriQwoXkD

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Takeaway #2, as is a universal finding in the literature, the majority of bike crashes are in daylight, clear, dry conditions.

Focusing safety efforts on cyclists having lights is ineffective at best.

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Takeaway #1:
Of 33 identified causes, most crashes (55%) came from just 3 mistakes:

#1 Driver failed to yield while turning
#2 Driver failed to yield to cyclist in bike lane
#3 Driver failed to obey light/stop sign

Focusing education/enforcement on these are most effective.

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How do we pass slow traffic? "Pass wide and slow" is one phrase.

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People beg us to drive at speeds reasonable to condition

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Sign on Portland bus, implying this is a problem.

Let’s look at the data!

2 studies spanning 6 years, shows 0 crashes caused by this. A 3-year study shows 0 deaths caused by this.

Why spend tax money to blame pedestrians? Why not focus on top causes?

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@joshuah91644929 Often, multiple behaviors contribute to crashes. This lists the percentage of times each behavior contributed to a crash.

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Another graphic on causes of crashes with cyclists.

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Page 44 of the Oregon Driver Manual: How to conduct a pass, and this situation to do it.

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16 months to get this graph. 60 police reports. 5 training sessions, 10 hours of training, 12 people trained, 150+ person-hours of analysis.

Full report coming.

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Large victim-blaming sign in Portland. Room for only 1 safety message, and they pick an issue that causes a minority of crashes.

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Pop quiz: What is an "unmarked" crosswalk?

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Data is in! Causes of Portland driver/bicyclist crashes, June 2021-Mar 2022. Quick+dirty Excel graph.

A full report will be released in coming months.

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We’ll have final data in ~2 weeks on behavioral causes of crashes between Portland drivers+cyclists. Experts and trained volunteers have been gathering data from crash reports. With this, we’ll focus education and infrastructure on top causes.

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Move Over a full lane to pass. It’s the law.

It’s how to pass safely in all situations.

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@BikePortland The American Bicycling Education Association wrote this article supporting this type of law:

https://t.co/UrcTAqH7Xb

Their view is that with this law, drivers do a full lane change to pass. Without it, drivers lanesplit, which is deadly.