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"People more likely to do thing if thing doesn't carry the potential to kill them."
Was this a necessary study?
Oh it is.
There's a lot of cyclist groups I know that oppose separate bike lanes for a plethora of strange reasons.
They are some of the most pro-cycling people I know. But they are blinded by what I call the "pro"-blindness, thinking that because they can effortlessly ride in traffic everyone should do it as well.
It also clarifies that bikes are not cars. There is another strange, probably overlapping, group of cyclists that don’t want that distinction to be made so they can oscillate being vehicular and pedestrian rules at their convenience.
When dealing with carbrain bad faith, it could help to have studies to point out the obvious.