Study Finds Cyclists Are Better People Than Drivers
jalopnik.com
The results show drivers are less interested in the common good than cyclists.

I’ve always argued this wasn’t the case and that motoring is a worse transport mode because of the associated externalities, not because of anything inherent to the users.

But you can’t argue with the scienceTM!

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    Further thoughts: This reminded me of something I read a while back about assuming that people who have one virtue also have all the others. Like, why should we assume that someone who is (e.g.) honest is also generous?

    I think that has some applications here. Okay, so cyclists are, it seems, more community-minded. Does that mean they possess all the other virtues? Are cyclists also less likely to steal or to cheat on their partners? We don’t know and this study doesn’t tell us.

    • @grueEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Like, why should we assume that someone who is (e.g.) honest is also generous?

      We should not.

      Source: am honest, but not particularly generous.

      • @[email protected]
        2•1 year ago

        Agreed. I’m generous but not honest.

        I may work overtime, but I’m definitely taking things from the storeroom on steal from work day.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        -1•1 year ago

        According to the study I read, we in the developed world generally do, but in the less industrialised world, people generally don’t. Which was itself really interesting!