Victoria’s road rules for cyclists could be changed based on the weight of public opinion about how motorists and cyclists ought to share the road.

The Napthine government will survey the public over the next month about its knowledge of cycling-related road rules and its attitudes about interaction between people in vehicles and on bikes.

The results, from a VicRoads online survey that will run from Sunday until July 27, will be used to inform a review of the state’s cycling-related road rules.

Roads Minister Terry Mulder said the government was launching the survey because it wanted to understand more about where gaps exist in the knowledge of road rules, and to hear about the problems drivers, cyclists and pedestrians want to see fixed.

“We know cyclists and drivers often don’t see eye to eye and there have been a number of incidents where cars and bikes come into conflict because people are not sure who is in the right,” Mr Mulder said.