Comments on: The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: geekpie http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-345 geekpie Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:40:19 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/#comment-345 interesting examples. In the UK last week, a woman got 4 years jail for killing a cyclist. She was going at 45mph (in a 30 zone I think) and was SMSing at the time. The interesting bit was that the cyclist had run a red light. Because of that the expectation was she would get a very light sentence, and I was gratifyingly pleased to hear she got 4 years. Maybe things are changing slightly. interesting examples. In the UK last week, a woman got 4 years jail for killing a cyclist. She was going at 45mph (in a 30 zone I think) and was SMSing at the time. The interesting bit was that the cyclist had run a red light. Because of that the expectation was she would get a very light sentence, and I was gratifyingly pleased to hear she got 4 years. Maybe things are changing slightly.

]]> By: david p. http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-343 david p. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:02:51 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/#comment-343 while i would never side with a wreckless driver, there is much that can be done to prevent things like this from happening. i would posit that about 2/3 of the riders i see are riding on the sidewalks, riding on the wrong side of the road, riding up the WRONG way on a bike lane, or riding without lights. there is much that needs to be done in the area of education. people don't know how flippant observance of the rules can put their lives in danger. while i would never side with a wreckless driver, there is much that can be done to prevent things like this from happening.

i would posit that about 2/3 of the riders i see are riding on the sidewalks, riding on the wrong side of the road, riding up the WRONG way on a bike lane, or riding without lights.

there is much that needs to be done in the area of education. people don’t know how flippant observance of the rules can put their lives in danger.

]]> By: Alex Thompson http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Alex Thompson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:06:50 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/#comment-331 This is a totally interesting thesis to me, and I think it has some merit. Obviously it's not the only factor, but we do run into a lot of ignorant police in Los Angeles (I even have a very brief rant about on my blog). Still, trends in LA run contrary to this, in that in Santa Monica motorists are more tolerant of cyclists than LA motorists BUT the reverse is true of the police (even controlling for Critical Mass conflict.) This is a totally interesting thesis to me, and I think it has some merit. Obviously it’s not the only factor, but we do run into a lot of ignorant police in Los Angeles (I even have a very brief rant about on my blog). Still, trends in LA run contrary to this, in that in Santa Monica motorists are more tolerant of cyclists than LA motorists BUT the reverse is true of the police (even controlling for Critical Mass conflict.)

]]> By: The Overhead Wire http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-330 The Overhead Wire Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:46:51 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/the-vicious-cycle-of-anti-cyclist-bias/#comment-330 It's the same thing with transit. It's always train slams into a car or bus slams into a car, never car runs a red light or a stop sign. 99% of Houston Metro's light rail accidents are the cars fault but you'd never know it from the media reports. It’s the same thing with transit. It’s always train slams into a car or bus slams into a car, never car runs a red light or a stop sign. 99% of Houston Metro’s light rail accidents are the cars fault but you’d never know it from the media reports.

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