The result is clear: in France, 4 out of 10 cycling enthusiasts are afraid of the risky behavior of others according to a study by the Vinci Foundation
(study on "sharing the road" carried out by Ipsos for the Vinci Autoroute Foundation that we reveal)
.
For comparison, they are less than 2 out of 10 (18%) in Europe.
“French cyclists are also those who feel the least safe among the eleven countries observed
(Germany, Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Netherlands, Slovakia)
“, specifies Bernadette Moreau the president of the Vinci foundation which is based on the answers of 12,400 Europeans, including 2,400 French.
In the Netherlands, flat land of bicycles, they are conversely only 4% to ride stressed.
In detail, this anxiety specific to France is even clearer in rural areas (63%) than in small or medium-sized towns (58%) and large cities (59%).
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