Abstract
This study aimed to clarify the psychological factors influencing on the elder cyclists' crossing judgments when a car was approaching. Participants rode on a bicycle and looked at the oncoming car. The approaching velocities were 20km/h and 30km/h. When the car reached the critical point where participants could cross in front of it, they pressed the button of LED light. The stronger the participants expect oncoming cars to yield, the smaller the temporal and distance gap between participants and the oncoming car at critical point tended to become. Thus, overconfidence of right of¬ way may lower the safeness of bicycle crossing. Furthermore, the discrepancy between the time participants required for crossing and the time participants anticipated to require may result in unsafe bicycle behavior. Consequently, educational intervention to lessen these psychological factors could reduce bicycle-related accidents.
