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Posted by yogi on Mon, 27 October, 2008 - 15:48
Hating cyclists: some preliminary findings
In the aftermath of recent events, I've decided to undertake a research project on cyclists/motorists conflicts from a psychological standpoint. I recently collected 570 online comments that were published in relation to the (alleged) 'road rage' event involving the 'Coluzzi bunch’ on Southern Cross Drive last month. My preliminary analysis found that 303 comments (53%) held positive representations of cyclists, 242 comments (42%) were negative, and 25 comments (5%) were identified as mixed or other.
Of the negative perceptions of cyclists, the following representations were the most common.
Adrian's blog http://cyclingybr.blogspot.com/2008/06/hating-cyclists-some-preliminary....
They made the road rules more practical for cyclists.
Most of the complaints in that link were about Cyclists getting out the way of Motor vehicles and Cyclists breaking road rules.
If they changed the road rules for cyclists so that we could legally get out the way of motorists then they'd have less to complain about. ..Wouldn't they?
Make the only infringement a cyclist can get for breaking the road rules 'riding with undue care' and then you'll legally be aloud to break road rules to get out the way of motor vehicles.
Losing is for winners
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