Bike Safety

Cambridge, Massachusetts: When a City Makes Bike Lanes the Law

Cambridge, Massachusetts wrote protected bike lanes into law and defended it in court—twice. The result is one of the strongest legal commitments to safe cycling infrastructure in North America, showing what happens when a city doubles down on safer streets.

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Can a Car Horn Make Cyclists More Courteous?

Can a car-horn-loud bike horn make cyclists more courteous? Research on risk compensation plus real Loud Bicycle rider stories.

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AirZound Bike Horn Review: Loud Air, Mixed Results in the Cold

A deep dive into the AirZound pump-up bike horn: how it works, how it behaves in real traffic and cold weather.

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Bike Theft by the Numbers: Which US Cities Are Worst and Why

Bike theft in the US is a multi-billion-dollar problem concentrated in a handful of states and cities; this data-driven guide explains where theft is worst, why it clusters there, and what actually reduces the risk for everyday riders.

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Laser Bike Lights: From Virtual Lanes to Projected Bike Symbols

A deep dive into the history of bicycle laser lights, from early ‘virtual lane’ concepts to today’s projection lights, with a look at which products are still on the market and which have disappeared.

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Is a Car Horn the Best Horn For Bicycles?

Why familiar car-style horns from Loud Bicycle help drivers react faster than bells and sirens when seconds matter for people biking.

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The Importance of Covering Your Eyes When Biking

Why cyclists should treat eye protection as essential safety gear, from debris and UV to glare, reaction time, and long-term vision health.

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Cycling and Mental Health: How Two Wheels Protect Your Mind

How everyday cycling reduces depression, anxiety, and stress—and how small safety upgrades like lights and loud horns help more people ride.

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E Bike Battery Fires Separating Hype From Real Risk

Are e-bike battery fires common? A data-driven look at how often they happen, what causes them, and simple steps riders can take to stay safe.

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It's Not the E-Bikes. It's the Electric Motorcycles in the Bike Lane.

Why scary ‘e-bike’ crashes are usually electric motorcycles in disguise—and how enforcing existing class rules can fix the problem without banning real e-bikes.

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Your Lizard Brain on Loud Horns: Why Sound Beats Sight in Traffic Emergencies

How human hearing reacts faster than vision, how loud warning sounds tap into fight-or-flight circuits, and what this means for safe car and bicycle horn design.

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Hövding Airbag Bike Helmets: Rise, Fall, and What Comes Next

A deep dive into Hövding’s airbag ‘invisible helmet’ for cyclists: how it works, what safety testing found, why it was pulled from the market, and how the brand is being revived.

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The Idaho Stop: Why Letting Bikes Yield at Stop Signs Makes Streets Safer

What the Idaho Stop law actually does, how it affects crash risk at intersections, and why more U.S. states are quietly adopting it for safer cycling.

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The Infrastructure That Brings Women Back to Bikes

Women aren’t ‘less into cycling’—they’re less into getting hit by cars. Here’s the street design that reliably closes the gender gap in biking.

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Loud Cities, Quiet Streets

Urban noise pollution comes overwhelmingly from cars, not cities themselves—and we already know how to design quieter, healthier streets.

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Bike Radar Lights: How Rear Sensors Became the New Safety Upgrade

Rear-view radar lights started as niche Garmin gadgets and are now a whole ecosystem: Garmin Varia, Wahoo Trackr, Trek CarBack, budget radars from Magene and Magicshine, plus experimental projects like Loud Bicycle’s Commute Guardian.

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The Right Hook: Why Protected Lanes Still Kill at Intersections

Protected bike lanes save lives mid-block, but many serious crashes still happen at intersections. Here’s why right hooks remain deadly—and how better design plus tools like Loud Bicycle horns can help.

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Is the Hornit Enough to Keep You Safe?

A short, practical review of the Hornit siren-style bike horn, and why a car-horn-like option such as the Loud Mini can work better in real traffic emergencies.

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The Psychoacoustics of the Two-Tone Horn

Why car horns use two notes to hack the auditory system: an analysis of spectral loudness summation, critical bands, and neural recruitment.

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How Your Ears Pinpoint Danger in Traffic When Hearing a Car Horn

A deep dive into how the brain localizes sound, why broadband and familiar horn timbres work best, and what this means for safer streets.

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Why Women in the US Don't Bike as Much as Men

In Utrecht, women ride bikes as much as, or more than men. But in Chicago, men dominate the bike lanes. The difference isn’t culture or biology; it’s how the streets are built.

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Why Your Bike Lane Ends at Every Intersection (And How the Dutch Fixed This)

Why bike lanes vanish at intersections, how Dutch-style protected junctions solve it, and what North American cities can copy right now.

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Why Your Eyes Lie to You Behind the Wheel

Drivers think they ‘look’ but don’t see. Here’s how human vision fails people on bikes—and why a car-like horn can pierce that blindness.

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