Safety Equipment System for Bicycle

Bicycle Use and Safety

This article examines bicycle use and safety behavior in Paris, Boston, and Amsterdam. Population-adjusted bicycle and passenger car death rates in France, the United States, and The Netherlands provide context for understanding bicycle use and safety behavior. Observation data on helmet use 2 and use of lights at night are also presented. Boston has the fewest bicycles per hour at 55, Paris is...

Toronto bicycle commuter safety rates.

This analysis uses data from a survey of Toronto commuter cyclists that collected information regarding accident history as well as regular commute route to work or school. By relating the route information of the 1196 respondents to facility attributes in a Geographic Information System (GIS), defensible estimates of travel exposure on roads, off-road paths and sidewalks were developed. The ra...

Improving bicycle safety in Canada

Cycling is a popular recreational and transportation option, especially in urban areas in Canada. Unfortunately, injuries resulting from cycling are common and result in many Emergency Department (ED) presentations, ranging from minor to life threatening. While it may not be possible to eliminate all cycling injuries in Canada, it should be possible to mitigate their severity and frequency, by ...

Metrics for equipment-related patient safety.

Larry Fennigkoh is a professor of biomedical engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering. E-mail: fennigko@ msoe.edu There is no question that the most effective way to respond to a question is with a set of relevant facts. Facts are generally irrefutable; colloquially we say, “The facts speak for themselves.” A database is nothing more than a convenient vehicle for collecting, organizing, a...

Bicycle safety programs save children's lives.