Comments on: Incredible SFPD Training Video: “Bikes Belong in Traffic”

By: tps12

tps12 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:47:33 +0000

Wow, three out of three bad drivers are women. Good to know.

I imagine whether being doored or getting cut off by a left-turning car is the most common type of car-on-bike crash depends on the area in question. In urban areas with lots of one-way streets and parallel parking, I bet dooring is more frequent.

By: jqb

jqb — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:24:19 +0000

"Dooring is NOT the most common cause of bicycle crashes with motor vehicles. The most common crash type is the left-turning motor vehicle clipping the bicycle going in the opposite direction."

I've been doored once and would have been doored on at least a dozen occasions if I had been in the door zone, and I have been hit once by a right-turning vehicle and nearly hit another half-dozen times, but have never been anywhere near hit but a left-turning vehicle or ever seen or heard of such a thing.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:44:38 +0000

Okay, now that I've watched the whole thing, I marvel at how the video suggests that the attitudes by SF cops and NY cops towards cyclists seem worlds apart. I've never been there, but I know that in my limited experience of seeing NYPD cops deal with cyclists, I've seen far more indifference than respect.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:32:54 +0000

Hm. Even SFPD spells "hazard" with two z's, like the fictitious county!

By: foggin

foggin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:51:15 +0000

Yeah, the style acting is a bit much and I was trying to figure out how NYPD cops would take watching something like this seriously. But, in fact, the outtake blooper at the end helps to humanize it for them and I think makes it easier for their colleagues to appreciate it when watching.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:38:50 +0000

I'm anxiously awaiting Clarence's remake for the NYPD.

By: mfs

mfs — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:12:04 +0000

I'm laughing at the training video style acting, but it's pretty good info.

By: Paul Tay

Paul Tay — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:49 +0000

Dooring is NOT the most common cause of bicycle crashes with motor vehicles. The most common crash type is the left-turning motor vehicle clipping the bicycle going in the opposite direction.

Otherwise, nice try, SFPD! Refer to John Forester's Effective Cycling.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:05:16 +0000

Need to work on spelling, but otherwise good!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:59:14 +0000

Yep, a good video. They did a good job on this.