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Interviews
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:
- Do you wear a helmet when riding your bike?
- If so, name 1-3 reasons? If not, name 1-3 reasons?
- 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?
- Are you concerned that your helmet might get stolen?
- 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.”