Re: Risk Homeostasis - Drivers and Cyclists

"Tom Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> john riley wrote:
> >
> > Drivers don't just kill cyclists and pedestrians; they kill other
> > drivers as well.
> >
> > Thanks to at least 50 years of car-centric infrastructure building, we
> > have now arrived at a place where lots of N Ams. spend a lot of time
> > in their car every day. Given the amount of time they spend driving,
> > it would be difficult to give the task the required attention, even if
> > they were so inclined. Which they are not. They resent the time they
> > have to spend in the car, so they try to use it for other purposes...
>
> It is amazing how many people in the US do not enjoy driving, but yet
> refuse to consider any other alternative.

Not amazing when that's the only way they can get tho work and have no
alternative, I remember a friend of mine in LA who had to drive 2 hours to
work and 2.5 hours back every day. Then his employer when under and he found
another job less than 2 miles from home. The poor guy didn't know what to do
with that extra 4.5 hours a day :)