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Räsänen, M., Koivisto, I. and Summala, H. (1999) "Car Driver and Bicyclist Behavior at Bicycle Crossings Under Different Priority Regulations"

Räsänen, M., Koivisto, I. and Summala, H. (1999) "Car Driver and Bicyclist Behavior at Bicycle Crossings Under Different Priority Regulations", Journal of Safety Research, Volume 30, Issue 1, Spring 1999, Pages 67-77.  Research paper available for purchase from Science Direct
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In order to improve traffic safety, the Finnish Traffic Code concerning rights of way at bicycle crossings changed on the first of June, 1997. This study examines the effects of the law change both on drivers’ and cyclists’ behavior, and on their knowledge. Behavior was measured with the help of unobtrusive video recordings, and in experimental settings where a test cyclist approached a bicycle crossing on a collision course with a car. The new law formalized the prevailing yielding behavior between drivers and cyclists at bicycle crossings on road sections where drivers did not generally yield to cyclists coming from the right, neither before nor after the law change.