Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety
Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of electric bicycles on the roads and a rise in the number of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. There are various causes of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. Out of the total number of fatalities in traffic, bicyclists account for 9% in the Repu...
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| author | Tijana Ivanišević Aleksandar Trifunović Svetlana Čičević Dalibor Pešić Sreten Simović Aleksandar Zunjic Darina Duplakova Jan Duplak Uros Manojlovic |
| author_facet | Tijana Ivanišević Aleksandar Trifunović Svetlana Čičević Dalibor Pešić Sreten Simović Aleksandar Zunjic Darina Duplakova Jan Duplak Uros Manojlovic |
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| description | Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of electric bicycles on the roads and a rise in the number of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. There are various causes of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. Out of the total number of fatalities in traffic, bicyclists account for 9% in the Republic of Serbia. Road crashes occurring when motor vehicles overtake bicyclists make up 13% of the total number of road crashes involving bicyclists. Having in mind the above-mentioned, an experimental study has been conducted in order to analyze whether the use of helmets and reflective vests, different vehicle categories, and the speed of electric bicycles affect the lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles. This research analyzed the lateral distance of 1228 vehicles overtaking an e-bicyclist. There are statistically significant differences in the lateral distance when overtaking an e-bicycle regarding helmet use, different vehicle categories overtaking the e-bicycle, and different speeds of the e-bicycle. The results showed that a faster speed of an e-bicycle led to a shorter lateral distance when overtaking it and that SUV drivers (along with motorcycle drivers) had the shortest lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19d28c18f1f747c8b675af75ddab03cc2023-11-16T16:08:07ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-01-01133162110.3390/app13031621Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road SafetyTijana Ivanišević0Aleksandar Trifunović1Svetlana Čičević2Dalibor Pešić3Sreten Simović4Aleksandar Zunjic5Darina Duplakova6Jan Duplak7Uros Manojlovic8Academy of Professional Studies Sumadija, Department in Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaFaculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Montenegro, 81000 Podgorica, MontenegroFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a Seat in Presov, Technical University of Kosice, 08001 Presov, SlovakiaFaculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a Seat in Presov, Technical University of Kosice, 08001 Presov, SlovakiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaRecent years have witnessed an increasing number of electric bicycles on the roads and a rise in the number of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. There are various causes of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. Out of the total number of fatalities in traffic, bicyclists account for 9% in the Republic of Serbia. Road crashes occurring when motor vehicles overtake bicyclists make up 13% of the total number of road crashes involving bicyclists. Having in mind the above-mentioned, an experimental study has been conducted in order to analyze whether the use of helmets and reflective vests, different vehicle categories, and the speed of electric bicycles affect the lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles. This research analyzed the lateral distance of 1228 vehicles overtaking an e-bicyclist. There are statistically significant differences in the lateral distance when overtaking an e-bicycle regarding helmet use, different vehicle categories overtaking the e-bicycle, and different speeds of the e-bicycle. The results showed that a faster speed of an e-bicycle led to a shorter lateral distance when overtaking it and that SUV drivers (along with motorcycle drivers) had the shortest lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1621e-bicyclesroad safetyhelmetse-bicycle speedovertaking an e-bicyclist |
| spellingShingle | Tijana Ivanišević Aleksandar Trifunović Svetlana Čičević Dalibor Pešić Sreten Simović Aleksandar Zunjic Darina Duplakova Jan Duplak Uros Manojlovic Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety Applied Sciences e-bicycles road safety helmets e-bicycle speed overtaking an e-bicyclist |
| title | Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety |
| title_full | Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety |
| title_short | Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety |
| title_sort | analysis and determination of the lateral distance parameters of vehicles when overtaking an electric bicycle from the point of view of road safety |
| topic | e-bicycles road safety helmets e-bicycle speed overtaking an e-bicyclist |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1621 |
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