Drivers give helmeted cyclists less room?

2006-09-13 Thread Cyril Morong
This sounds like the discussion in the "Armchair Economist" book about the baby on board signs and how it might affect accident rates.http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=50900id=2006091307570002003114 TORONTO (Reuters) - Motorists give greater

Re: Drivers give helmeted cyclists less room?

2006-09-13 Thread AdmrlLocke
This suggests that people might include the safety of others in their utility functions. An alternative explanation might suggest that people include a calcuation of the damages they'll have to pay if they injure someone else. Giving women even more space than non-helmeted men raises some

Re: Drivers give helmeted cyclists less room?

2006-09-13 Thread Ali Hasanain
But if there are enough such helmets around, people won't give you much extra room anymore.On 9/13/06, john hull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:So, is it time for us to collectively patent a helmet-wig combo, for the extra room and the extraprotection?Proceeds to fund the Armchair web