The person cycling in the bike lane is also just trying to make a living, often on a zero-hour contract amounting to below-minimum wage.

Fines might not be the most holistic solution, agree, but in the absence of anything else...

Are you planning to make the book also 'open access' (freely downloadable)?

If the rules are known, punishment is a consequence (uncertain, sadly). I think it's worth considering revoking licenses, impounding vehicles, etc. Driving is a privilege and so it can be regulated by controlling access to it.

Try riding a bike mate, you'll very quickly learn what the worst driver behaviours are. It'll radicalise you.

Exactly.

Most likely meeting his goals will involve working *against* various social good and health goals. Thinking of traffic safety, pollution, car dependency consequences, workers rights, etc

I meant that road violence is hardly "necessary". That's why I'm saying a compromise where we accept certain amount of car violence is not a good deal and people should stop saying that it's acceptable, e.g. "I'm not anti car" means I'm pro violence.

It's worse than that. They basically condition it on him doing more damage. Like pushing unready FSD to market through dubious means, etc.

Ok, now I realize that they're just being forgiving to the pedestrian (themselves) who now gets to walk less in the rain...

It might be a good theory actually!

I assume "forgiving* excludes things like driving on the pavement to drop off a shopping closer to the door when it's raining. 🙂

We were in Berkeley for a couple of months this past spring and I got tired of taking these photos on day 3. It's grim.

Plus the number of cars in general and number of cars in cities. No car, no collision.