Matt, I don't think I can wait for a majority of cyclists to become bikers. Even in Madison, bikes are only about 5%? of traffic.
Also, there is the chicken-and-egg problem. One reason people choose driving over biking is the perception that biking isn't safe. That perception is based on the reality that bike safety laws are not enforced. Adding more bike lanes won't change that. Drivers break the law because they know they can get away with it. If we start enforcing the laws, consistently, that will pretty quickly become part of the 'emotional experience' of drivers. -- ===== darin ---- [email protected] wrote: > While driver education sounds like a great idea in theory, in practice > 80% of the average person's reaction to a situation is based on past > emotional experiences associated with the situation. The best proof of > this is the result of the Tracy Sorum Trial. The jurors had the cold > hard facts in front of them, but it was their sympathy for the driver > that delivered the outcome of a hung jury. If more of the jurors had > experienced being run off the road by a careless driver perhaps the > outcome would have been different. > > The bottom line here is that the most effective way to get more drivers > to respect the rights of bicyclists is to create an environment where > more drivers _are_ bicyclists. And that means we need to argue our > elected officials into adding value to the bicycling experience at a > greater rate than for the motoring experience. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [Bikies] self-creating bike lane > > From: Steve Goldstein <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, January 21, 2009 11:50 am > > To: [email protected] > > Check out this video link on the 3feetplease site. It's the Milwaukee's > > FOX station's piece about Jeff Frings' recordings of drivers' passing > > him. It also mentions that WI DOT is conducting trainings for police > > officers on bike laws. > > http://3feetplease.com/Media.html > > Aaron Crandall wrote: > > > How about a jersey that conveys the message? See > > > http://www.shop.3feetplease.com/category.sc?categoryId=2 for more details. > > > > > > Aaron<hr>_______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
