This is what makes bicyclists blow through red lights

Published June 26, 2015 This content is archived.

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An article in The Washington Post reports on research by Changxu Sean Wu, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, that looked into the reasons behind why so many cyclists blow through red lights. His study recorded the behavior of 451 cyclists with video cameras at three intersections in Beijing, where 56 percent of the commuters ran red lights. “The probability of a rider running a red light was higher when he or she was alone, when there were fewer riders waiting and there were already riders crossing on the road,” he said.

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