Is the three-foot bicycle passing law working in Baltimore, Maryland?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 451-456

  Love, David C ^a   Breaud, Autumn ^b   Burns, Sean ^c   Margulies, Jared ^a   Romano, Max ^b   Lawrence, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Bicycle lane; Cyclist; Risk; Safety; Three foot law

Indexed keywords

BALTIMORE; BICYCLE LANES; CYCLIST; DRIVER EDUCATION; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; LANE MARKINGS; MARYLAND; MODEL VARIABLES; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; RISK FACTORS; THREE-FOOT LAW; VIDEO FOOTAGE; VIDEO TECHNIQUES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; DRIVER TRAINING; LINEAR REGRESSION; PARKS; RISKS; VEHICLES;

SPORTING GOODS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BALTIMORE; BICYCLING; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84861863394     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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