http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/a...6-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist\0912walk.pdf
....because it's interesting. And thought provoking. And informative
....because it's interesting. And thought provoking. And informative
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Richard Mann
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- Location
- Oxford
[should we] "treat cyclists as fast pedestrians ... put them on pavements, expect them to yield priority at every side road"
Just stop right there. Pedestrians are supposed to have priority at side roads.
(now, back to reading)
Just stop right there. Pedestrians are supposed to have priority at side roads.
(now, back to reading)
Emphasis mine. Enough drivers either don't know this rule or are happy to ignore it that it takes a brave or nimble pedestrian to assume it
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
This last paragraph should be posted on every street corner and garage forecourt ....
More seriously, though, the bicycle
cannot go anywhere and must form part
of our future. At the moment there is an
incredible research effort to design better
cars for the future. None of these efforts
address the fundamental design flaws of
the car. Even if somebody came up with
a car that runs off angels’ sighs and never
crashes, it would still encourage
sprawling urban planning, bad land use
(especially for parking) and would still
encourage its owner to get fat and
unhealthy. The population is rising; we
don’t have the space to accommodate
more and more cars and we have some
serious population health issues. More
cycling solves a swathe of problems at
a stroke, and all it requires is a simple
machine that most people already have
lying around their home somewhere.
More seriously, though, the bicycle
cannot go anywhere and must form part
of our future. At the moment there is an
incredible research effort to design better
cars for the future. None of these efforts
address the fundamental design flaws of
the car. Even if somebody came up with
a car that runs off angels’ sighs and never
crashes, it would still encourage
sprawling urban planning, bad land use
(especially for parking) and would still
encourage its owner to get fat and
unhealthy. The population is rising; we
don’t have the space to accommodate
more and more cars and we have some
serious population health issues. More
cycling solves a swathe of problems at
a stroke, and all it requires is a simple
machine that most people already have
lying around their home somewhere.
