What I learned when I became an electric scooter rider
COMMENT & ANALYSES: I never thought I’d become a personal case study of a commuter resistant to cycling uptake. I have no problem using my bicycle in the relatively quiet … Read more
driver behaviour
A passing problem
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Imagine you could magically change one belief drivers have about road use. What would it be? For me a top contender is the belief that you pass … Read more
The Yates problem: Does cycling have a moral hazard issue?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Back in January this year, on The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates on Newstalk, the presenter put forward the following question in relation to the proposed minimum … Read more
Deconstructing the truckers’ defence (part two)
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: While the phenomenon of ‘Driver as Victim’ in the below case is seen in an argument made by the president of the Road Haulage Association, it is frequently … Read more
Mirror, mirror on the internet, who’s the most entitled road user of them all?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Listen long enough and you’ll hear (or read) it: some comment somewhere about how entitled cyclists are. We’re not talking entitlement in a good way, in the … Read more
The Curious Case of the Myth-Shift
“So what’s your research about?” “Ahem, it’s a bit complicated to explain, but it has to do with media and cyclist safety and uptake.” “Oh, so… like how cyclists endanger … Read more
A sign from a superior road user that they are graciously granting you, the inferior, some favour
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: I love few things more than a good interaction with a driver when I’m cycling. By that I mean that it all works as it should: I … Read more