Interviews for (new) Project A - Bike Helmet Lock

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Therese Bohn
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I have conducted 5 face-to face interviews with bike riders around the Stanford campus that either wore a helmet or did not. I have asked them them the following questions:
  1. Do you wear a helmet when riding your bike?
  2. If so, name 1-3 reasons? If not, name 1-3 reasons?
  3. If you do, how do you store your helmet when you get off your bike? If you do not, how would you store your helmet when you get off your bike?
  4. Are you concerned that your helmet might get stolen?
  5. What are the first feelings towards this solution that come to your mind?

Interview Findings

Cyclist 01:

general info:

  • woman, age: 40(+/-), did not wear a helmet, regular commuting bike
  • 1: sometimes but not today
  • 2: For protection, “today I only had to go a short distance, that’s why I didn’t”
  • 3: “I take it with me usually.”
  • 4: “That is why I take it with me”
  • 5: “I don’t like to think about it, annoying.”

Cyclist 02:

general info:

  • girl, age: 18(+/-), did not wear a helmet, regular commuting bike
  • 1: “no”
  • 2: “I don’t have one. Costly, I mostly bike on campus, is difficult with my hair up”
  • 3: “I would clip it to my bike or something”
  • 4: “not really but it could happen”
  • 5: “I don’t know”

Cyclist 03:

general info:

  • boy, age: 22(+/-), did not wear a helmet, old school racing bike
  • 1: “when I go on long distances with friends”
  • 2: “Then I do for protection but usually I don’t because I sweat underneath it more. And it doesn’t look so good”
  • 3: “I usually hang it on my bike”
  • 4: “yes actually, so I take it inside my home when I am at my place”
  • 5: “It is something that I need to think about and then sometimes I just don’t want to care so I don’t take it”

Cyclist 04:

general info:

  • woman, age: 30(+/-), did wear a helmet, regular commuting bike
  • 1: “yes I do”
  • 2: “just for protection”
  • 3: “I will take it with me when I go”
  • 4: “that can happen, definitely. So I will rather take it with me”
  • 5: “I can just leave it at my desk at work so it is not a problem”

Cyclist 05:

general info:

  • man, age: 70(+/-), did wear a helmet, racing bike
  • 1: “yes”
  • 2: “In case I fall”
  • 3: “I am attaching it to my bike and leave it there”
  • 4: “I don’t think anyone will steal it, to be honest. It didn’t happen to me ever.”
  • 5: “Convenient. Simple. Quick.”