Bicycle injuries: Is the right-of-way fight getting ugly?

[Skybird]

Only John Wayne on horse and with a Winchester shall be allowed on roads.

[mapuc]

This eternal battle between motorists and cyclists are not restricted to America, I can understand.

Ever since I took my license, I have been interested in the psychological part of driving.

I ride my bike very much and I am very aware of my road safety.

I tend also to be aware of others' driving psychology.
It has happened that I went up to my old driving instructors and asked him if every men have this "built in" needs to show off when they have female and or male passengers with them.

Have also been aware of the soft traffic ancestors and it is frightening to see how they behave in traffic.
That we (Denmark and Sweden) do not have thousands of dead or injured cyclists / walking, they can thank their luck and that most of the DRIVERS do SEE where they drive


Sometime in mid or late 80s There was in Sweden talks about introducing psychological tests of upcoming male motorists. This proposal failed to win sympathy of the politicians. The reason would be that they had estimated that, up to 90-95% of the 18-year-old would not be suitable for driving a car. (They would use the same type of psychological test as the Swedish Air Force use)

Markus

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I tend also to be aware of others' driving psychology.
It has happened that I went up to my old driving instructors and asked him if every men have this "built in" needs to show off when they have female and or male passengers with them.
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Sometime in mid or late 80s There was in Sweden talking about introducing psychological tests of upcoming male motorists. This was never up to the first treatment in the Riksdag. The reason would be that they had counted up to 90-95% of the 18-year-old would not be suitable for driving a car. (They would use the same type of psychological test as the Swedish Air Force use)

Markus

Psychologically and physiologically as well, young males are indeed hormone junkeys. It makes them more aggressive, more willing to accept risks and behave in a risky manner, more provoking regarding conflict situations, more boasting in general attitude - and very vulnerable to the experience of speed. It's the same what you see when the male paradise bird spreads its feathers to attract a female birds. You see, in the end we are just talking animals. That is the reason why boys try to attract girls by risky behaviour, by stunts being done, and by their driving style. It is not just lacking experience why young drivers cause more accidents than other age groups, and here the boys more than the girls. Boy sees girl, and the chemical switches flip - you cannot avoid it, that is how the biological hardware got designed by ol' mother nature. It'S all about hormones and neurotransmitter levels.

[mapuc]

Skybird, Even elder does it. I Have experience from that.

Here's A sad stories my little sister, were witnesses to.

A young guy was driving in the opposite lane and the car passed her and some young girls who was standig outside a small store and talking.

This young guy, drove up to a T-junction took the left and drove back by a parallell road. When he came back to the same road again, he pushed the speedometeren and drove at full speed past these young girls, that he would impress on. This young guy had apparently miscalculated the road's length. Because he failed to stop when he, once again reached the this T-junction. He slammed straight into the side of one of the local buses. He died on the spot

This happened many years ago, sometimes in the 90's

Markus