Giovanni Sapienza

Enhancing Cyclist Safety in the EU: A Study on Lateral Overtaking Distance Across Seven Scenarios Using Lab and Crowdsourced Methods

Cyclists face significant risks from vehicles that overtake too closely. Through crowdsourcing (N = 200) and driving simulator (N = 20) experiments, this study examines driver behaviour in seven scenarios: laser projection, road sign, road marking, car projection, centre line and side line markings (baseline), cycle l…