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Risk compensation: A male phenomenon? Results from a controlled intervention trial promoting helmet use among cyclists

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  • Messiah, A.
  • Constant, A.
  • Contrand, B.
  • Felonneau, M.-L.
  • Lagarde, E.

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Prevention tools are challenged by risky behaviors that follow their adoption. Speed increase following helmet use adoption was analyzed among bicyclists enrolled in a controlled intervention trial. Speed and helmet use were assessed by video (2621 recordings, 587 participants). Speeds were similar among helmeted and nonhelmeted female cyclists (16.5 km/h and 16.1 km/h, respectively) but not among male cyclists (helmeted: 19.2 km/h, nonhelmeted: 16.8 km/h). Risk compensation, observed only among male cyclists, was moderate, thus unlikely to offset helmet preventive efficacy.

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  • Messiah, A. & Constant, A. & Contrand, B. & Felonneau, M.-L. & Lagarde, E., 2012. "Risk compensation: A male phenomenon? Results from a controlled intervention trial promoting helmet use among cyclists," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(S2), pages 204-206.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300711_8
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300711
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    1. Michael Grimm & Carole Treibich, 2013. "Why Do Some Bikers Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India," AMSE Working Papers 1348, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised 10 Oct 2013.
    2. Grimm, Michael & Treibich, Carole, 2016. "Why do some motorbike riders wear a helmet and others don’t? Evidence from Delhi, India," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 318-336.
    3. Jake Olivier & Scott R Walter, 2013. "Bicycle Helmet Wearing Is Not Associated with Close Motor Vehicle Passing: A Re-Analysis of Walker, 2007," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(9), pages 1-7, September.

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