After the article recently about the Canadian police blaming cyclist for “dangerous behavior” I was reminded about this old chart I saw on Reddit.

Ban cars from cities. Heal our communities

  • @Thadrax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There recently was a post on that other place with a study that showed, stuff like hig-vis was having an effect to dehumanize bicyclists. So you are not just imagining it.

    Here is an article about that.

    • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє
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      31 year ago

      Yeah, I can attest that the drivers are much nicer to me when I’m commuting to my University in normal clothes rather than wearing hi viz stuff.

      • @wishthane@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        It’s definitely true, but I still wear it when the weather is crap or it’s dark. I’d rather be seen and honked at than missed entirely