Mar 24 2008

Great Message… whoever created it?

Published by djones at 7:36 am under Cycling News, Training

I found this in my weekly email from RoadBikeRider.com: 

There’s a flap in England about an ingenious video called “Do the Test.” It was produced for Transport for London as a way to raise awareness of cyclists on the road. Nice idea, but it’s charged that the concept for the video was stolen. According to Carlton Reid at bikebiz.com, the idea was first filmed in 1999 by Prof. Daniel Simons of the University of Illinois and it’s sold as an instructional DVD by Viscog Productions of the U.S. Well, whatever — it’s a short and fun “test.” It seems to have nothing to do with cycling until the point about awareness is driven home. “Do the Test” has been on and off the internet because of the plagiarism accusation, but as this is written you can still watch below:

3 Responses to “Great Message… whoever created it?”

  1. Jeffon 24 Mar 2008 at 9:06 am

    I saw this on another blog the other day. I was so happy to get the right count and then I realized that I still failed. :-)

  2. Pedalmanon 24 Mar 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I’m glad I’m not the only one to fail. This is great and I hope some drivers in T.O. see this and learn from it.

  3. Brian Sainon 24 Mar 2008 at 9:56 pm

    WHAT?

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