All this stuff is connected to that.

I’m working on a law enforcement bicycle education program and getting a really clear look at the cultural bias and how it permeates the law enforcement community.

We recently had a go-round on the “sub-standard” lane statute. Most cops cannot get their heads around the idea that a cyclist is actually entitled to use the whole lane on MOST roads. That has to be wrong. Cyclists can’t possibly be allowed to get in the way of motorists except in rare circumstances.

It’s cognitive dissonance caused by car-culture bias.

You can’t see it when you’re inside of it.

Our task is going to be to gently pull these guys outside the bias bubble so they can see what it looks like.

Keri… Before the culture can change, Americans will have to begin to actually care that 40,000 die each year.

He’s onto something with the Bull idea. Our culture is in complete denial about the destructive capabilities of fast, heavy vehicles. That’s why driver licensing, testing and retesting is so pathetic. That’s why our enforcement of speed limits allows for an extra 10mph over and why our justice system treats the consequences of negligent driving as an “accident.” If we raised the requirements to a fraction of what is required for a private pilot (including the personal responsibility) we’d see a whole different traffic culture.