Cyclists, cars, & the vehicle code
2023-03-13 17:07:16.499716+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Forbes: Motorists Break Law To Save Time, Cyclists Break Law To Save Lives, Finds Study
Reported on JSTOR Daily on August 28, a study initially carried in the Journal of Transport and Land Use stated that “nearly everyone has ... rolled through a stop sign or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit” but that these infractions are considered “normal and even rational.”
However, bicyclists breaking the law attracts a “higher level of scorn and scrutiny,” says the U.S study by university researchers Wesley E. Marshall, Daniel Piatkowski, and Aaron Johnson.