> it’s true that drivers are more aggressive towards helmet wearers
Citation, please?
> can't think of an accident where a helmet would help when I'm on the cargo bike.
Right hook.
Citation, please?
> can't think of an accident where a helmet would help when I'm on the cargo bike.
Right hook.
It's a small sample size, so take with a pinch of salt.
Olivier and Walter re-analysed the same data in 2013 and claimed helmet wearing was not associated with close vehicle passing. Here we show how Olivier and Walter’s analysis addressed a subtly, but importantly, different question than Walker’s. Their conclusion was based on omitting information about variability in driver behaviour and instead dividing overtakes into two binary categories of ‘close’ and ‘not close’; we demonstrate that they did not justify or address the implications of this choice, did not have sufficient statistical power for their approach, and moreover show that slightly adjusting their definition of ‘close’ would reverse their conclusions. We then present a new analysis of the original dataset, measuring directly the extent to which drivers changed their behaviour in response to helmet wearing. This analysis confirms that drivers did, overall, get closer when the rider wore a helmet.
"After re-analysis of Walker's data, helmet wearing is not associated with close motor vehicle passing"