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!

  • psud
    32·
    1 year ago

    The study didn’t “use a weird subset” of cyclists.

    From the abstract of the study

    Using a longitudinal multilevel analysis, annual surveys between 2014 and 2019 of a representative sample of the German general population (GESIS PANEL, N = 410) were analyzed. Cycling rather than driving was positively associated with orientation towards the common good in all models.

    • MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.world
      32·
      1 year ago

      Since there are cyclists the world over, but they only studied German cyclists. German cyclists are very likely to be very culturally different from say Chinese cyclists, or African cyclists, or American cyclists, or even other European cyclists.

      Thus, German cyclists ARE A SUBSET OF CYCLISTS in general. Which is what I was saying.