>he study used four factors to define the common good — political participation, social participation, neighborhood solidarity and neighborly helpfulness. And as it turns out, drivers are less interested in all four of those things.
Not to disagree with the Jalopnik. I’d wager the methodology would be somewhat slanted.
If you’re a bicycle commuter in North America you’re unable to be anything but involved and politized. Society won’t allow you any other option. You’re either in actual physical danger or are socially/politically attacked for “stealing” valuable road space. You’re an outlier in a motonormative society.
While a driver is the status quo. Little effort is required to exist as a driver.
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>he study used four factors to define the common good — political participation, social participation, neighborhood solidarity and neighborly helpfulness. And as it turns out, drivers are less interested in all four of those things.
Not to disagree with the Jalopnik. I’d wager the methodology would be somewhat slanted.
If you’re a bicycle commuter in North America you’re unable to be anything but involved and politized. Society won’t allow you any other option. You’re either in actual physical danger or are socially/politically attacked for “stealing” valuable road space. You’re an outlier in a motonormative society.
While a driver is the status quo. Little effort is required to exist as a driver.