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In One London Neighborhood, 'Armadillos' Boost Cycling Uptake by 40 to 50%
The lifetime costs of crash-related deaths and injuries among drivers and passengers were $70 billion in 2005
Costly and idiotic indeed.
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Experiments in Scandinavia have shown reductions in vehicle speed can actually increase throughput in urban areas. No matter how fast your vehicle is capable of traveling, negotiating intersections is about the same speed for all users...
Of course the actions of the cyclist do not justify the attack, but he could have seen that coming. You can see the dude actively chasing and then making wild gestures indicating that he probably is swearing or at least harassing the dude verbally (and not wearing a helmet is kind of dumb - as you can see the professionals in this video are much more smart by not saying anything and protecting themselves).
Bike messengers and other dudes on racing bikes in the city are kind of notorious of being a problem factor, and they are as often guilty to aggressive or dangerous behaviour as the people in cars.
And this comes from a dude on a racing bike in the city.
here it is the designers web. I follow him since a while. Spanish, from Catalonia, Curro Claret.
http://www.curroclaret.com/en/necesitan_carrilbici.html
In Barcelona "armadillos" are working perfect. They are widely installed in most bike lanes and, as a biker, I have never had any problem but felt more "protected" against car violence.
The first days when they were installed many cars continued to invade the lane (with more difficulties) but now it is very rare to see one. I guess some kind of education/conscience has reached car users behavior.
(Please, excuse my english)
If after a rainfall, your front wheel accidentally make contact with it at any angle the bike will continue one way and you will go flying over the handlebars the other way, usually in the middle of the car lane.
We had many miles of those here in Athens Greece. They used to separate the bus lanes –that serve as bike lanes as well- but after many accidents and even deaths of bike users they are finally removed.
*adding* lanes for bikes, and segregating them with these is a great idea.