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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 19/09/2020 22:08, wrote:
On Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 14:33:45 UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. So you do not believe in votes for women. You are obviously Mike "Massive Non Sequitur" Collins in disguise. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On Sunday, 20 September 2020 at 00:22:22 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 19/09/2020 22:08, wrote: On Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 14:33:45 UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving.. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. So you do not believe in votes for women. You are obviously Mike "Massive Non Sequitur" Collins in disguise. Blame the new version of Google Groups. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On Sunday, 20 September 2020 at 00:22:22 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 19/09/2020 22:08, wrote: On Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 14:33:45 UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving.. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. So you do not believe in votes for women. You are obviously Mike "Massive Non Sequitur" Collins in disguise. Using your 'logic' women should have gained the vote through the democratic process of voting. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 19/09/2020 14:35, JNugent wrote:
On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. Democracy ? Yeah, I've heard about it, especially the silent one! Child labour, Housing, Climate, Health, Human rights etc........................ and you are ****ed off, because you have seen a person on a bike using the footway? |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On Sunday, 20 September 2020 at 20:23:11 UTC+1, colwyn wrote:
On 19/09/2020 14:35, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. Democracy ? Yeah, I've heard about it, especially the silent one! Child labour, Housing, Climate, Health, Human rights etc........................ and you are ****ed off, because you have seen a person on a bike using the footway? Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 19/09/2020 14:36, JNugent wrote:
On 19/09/2020 11:52, TMS320 wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. Remember B&Q? Perhaps Nugent was one of the many thousands of accessories. TMS320 excels himself in the production of gibberish. He's getting better at it all the time. Then you did go shopping before the law was changed but don't want to admit it. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 20/09/2020 20:55, TMS320 wrote:
On 19/09/2020 14:36, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 11:52, TMS320 wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. Remember B&Q? Perhaps Nugent was one of the many thousands of accessories. TMS320 excels himself in the production of gibberish. He's getting better at it all the time. Then you did go shopping before the law was changed but don't want to admit it. That's not an improvement on the previous attempt at gibberish. You ned to try harder. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 20/09/2020 20:23, colwyn wrote:
On 19/09/2020 14:35, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. Democracy ? Yeah, I've heard about it, especially the silent one! Child labour, Housing, Climate, Health, Human rights etc........................ All of those things were brought to their current state before I was born. Only you are old enough to remember child labour (unless you mean newspaper rounds). and you are ****ed off, because you have seen a person on a bike using the footway? Everyone should be. It is a clear deliberate and selfish breach of a law designed to keep pedestrians safe. In fact, the law keeping pedestrians safe on footways and in other pedestrian-only areas is directly comparable to the law banning child labour, as well as other public health and safety matters. As with TMS320, it isn't up to you (or anyone like you) to decide that it's alright to break that law. That's not your decision. |
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Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
On 20/09/2020 01:41, Mike Collins wrote:
On Sunday, 20 September 2020 at 00:22:22 UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 22:08, wrote: On Saturday, 19 September 2020 at 14:33:45 UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. So you do not believe in votes for women. You are obviously Mike "Massive Non Sequitur" Collins in disguise. Using your 'logic' women should have gained the vote through the democratic process of voting. They did. What you need to remember is that according to the general wisdom of the day, some people were not seen as capable of exercising the right to vote in a meaningful way (not even all males down to the age of 21). That is just how things were then. There was no reason for them to be otherwise. That situation changed gradually and the changes were given effect by the processes of democracy. But twist that and wriggle how you like, none of it means that chav cyclists are paragons of virtue. |
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On 21/09/2020 15:20, JNugent wrote:
On 20/09/2020 20:23, colwyn wrote: On 19/09/2020 14:35, JNugent wrote: On 19/09/2020 07:51, colwyn wrote: On 18/09/2020 23:26, JNugent wrote: On 18/09/2020 20:59, colwyn wrote: https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists...s-lawbreakers/ COVID-19 has hugely increased the numbers of cyclists, particularly in cities, where biking has become the safest means of transportation. In New York, for example, the Regional Planning Association, a not-for-profit pillar of the planning establishment, recently shared a master plan for 425 miles of interconnected, high-capacity, protected bike lanes. Yet despite their growing numbers, cyclists continue to suffer from a negative image: supposedly reckless, rude, and lawbreaking. It’s safe to say that nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but these infractions are often dismissed as normal. Noting that unlawful driving behaviours have been studied extensively, researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson turned to cyclists’ decisions about breaking the rules of the road. Are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices—similar to most drivers and pedestrians—or are they reckless and dangerous? While drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety. Marshall, Piatkowski, and Johnson asked bicyclists as well as drivers and pedestrians to analyse the factors associated with such behaviours. They used snowball sampling—meaning that respondents recruited other participants—for an online survey that presented hypothetical cycling scenarios along with multiple-choice questions about what the respondent would choose to do in each scenario. Survey takers, numbering nearly 18,000, were able to explain their rationales. It turns out that 100 percent of the sample population admitted to some form of lawbreaking. But the rationales differed by mode of transportation: while drivers and pedestrians mostly break the rules of the road to save time, for cyclists the most common reason is personal safety, followed by saving energy, saving time, and increasing one’s visibility. The overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless: they mostly break laws in situations where little harm would come to themselves or others. Additionally, they are often motivated by concerns for their own safety, because they feel like an afterthought in a transportation system dominated by cars. Our infrastructure simply was not designed with bicycles in mind, so most bicyclists seem focused on surviving. The study concludes that lawbreaking while riding a bicycle has less to do with who you are than where you live: the overall context, norms, and social processes of a city play a meaningful role in bicycling behaviours. The authors conclude that “most bicyclists can…be described as scofflaws.” They note that the word originated in 1924 with a newspaper competition “to coin a word to describe those that disobeyed Prohibition laws for rational reasons that did not necessarily break social norms.” They continue, “scofflaw bicyclists tend to be rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently, even if it means they are doing so illegally, given the social norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.” One rare benefit of the COVID-19 crisis could be a change in attitudes about biking and improved conditions for doing so. Then, perhaps, fewer laws would need to be broken. Who would have thought it? Laws *need* to be broken? Says who (apart from criminals)? Emmeline Pankhurst comes to mind as many,many others ! I didn't expect you to display such lack of knowledge. The United Kingdom is not some banana republic or fascist state. No laws need to be broken. It's the exact opposite: civil society needs laws to be obeyed. Changes of the law are a matter for the operation of persuasion and democracy, not violent riot, bullying or criminality. Democracy ? Yeah, I've heard about it, especially the silent one! Child labour, Housing, Climate, Health, Human rights etc........................ All of those things were brought to their current state before I was born. Only you are old enough to remember child labour (unless you mean newspaper rounds). and you are ****ed off, because you have seen a person on a bike using the footway? Everyone should be. It is a clear deliberate and selfish breach of a law designed to keep pedestrians safe. In fact, the law keeping pedestrians safe on footways and in other pedestrian-only areas is directly comparable to the law banning child labour, as well as other public health and safety matters. As with TMS320, it isn't up to you (or anyone like you) to decide that it's alright to break that law. That's not your decision. Just to pick you up on Child Labour, it is not about you getting the Daily Gossip. Next time you go into department store and look at the label showing the country of origin, you may remind yourself, that the textile and agricultural industries in some countries only exists, because of your support for child labour. Just as scandalous is the reliance on unpaid "carer children" looking after siblings or parents in our society today. Why don't you find something productive to do, instead of carping and sniping in literally every posting you make. Finally, I have never advocated a violation of any law, so I resent your inference that I do. |
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