Sharing the road: Communities try new ways to improve bicyclist safety

Sharing the road: Communities try new ways to improve bicyclist safety

Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
January 24, 2013

[…] Along with pedestrians, bicyclists are known in highway safety parlance as “vulnerable road users” because, unlike vehicle occupants, they have no protective structure around them and are completely outmatched by motor vehicles in terms of mass. […] These lanes vary in their width, and in some cases, parked cars are located to the right of the bike lane, leaving riders vulnerable to “doorings,” when doors of parked cars swing open in their path […]