[Policy] One Meter Rule Webinar and Report from Queensland

[Jason Carter]

I too just skimmed the Exec Summary.  

It would be good to ask the following, particularly since MPI is footing the room to breath campaign ( after BW embarrassed them with its bus campaign):

1.   Where is the detail and evaluation of the social marketing (ads) that educated the public on the legislative change ( or did they just rely on the law change without PR support)?

2.  If PR was done, did the authorizing entity ( who was it?, police, insurer, infra?) educate drivers to wait behind the rider when it was unsafe to pass ( as is done with cars/motorbikes, and required in other 1meter jurisdictions' rules?

3.  When riders were passed properly, do they subsequently NOT take the lane at the next corner ( essentially going against the curb and setting up for a right hook or close Pass inside the intersection)?

4.  Of the cars that did pass "too much", did they make a full lane change?  Would that be a more effective rule for drivers to understand and obey, similar to passing motorcycles?

J

> On Sep 27, 2017, at 2:26 PM, Mark Cohoe <mark.e.cohoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Sorry that this is a bit last moment, but I just got around to reviewing the timing of this webinar from Austrailia on a pilot study of 1m passing legislation in Queensland, Austrailia that Beth McKecknie from Green Action Centre had forwarded to me.
> 
> For those wondering about the timeshift. 12 noon Friday in Brisbane is 9pn Thursday Winnipeg time. 
> 
> I haven't had much of a chance to review the report that the webinar is based on (it's 189 pages), but it's available here. The discussion starts on page 67, conclusions are on page 70. They had problems with before/after analysis, and hadn't had time to review collision data (they might update this in the webinar), although a preliminary result shows a drop in collisions state wide (which they can't attribute to this or any other policy/change).
>  
> Thought you and others involved in the 1 metre campaign might be interested in this webinar from Australia:
> 
> http://trec.pdx.edu/events/professional-development/Seminar-Haworth
> 
> LIVESTREAM ONLINE: Click here on the day of the seminar to stream it live
> 
> This presentation will begin with an overview of the activities of the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland. Then a number of bicycle safety research projects will be discussed, with a particular focus on recent and current projects that seek to examine the factors influencing passing distances left by motor vehicles and the effectiveness of one-metre (3-foot) laws.
> 
> One of the other features of the paper is a long list of references that we may find useful.
> 
> Mark
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