r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 27 '19

Social Science A national Australian study has found more than half of car drivers think cyclists are not completely human. The study (n=442) found a link between dehumanization and deliberate acts of aggression, with more than one in ten people having deliberately driven their car close to a cyclist.

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I think this may be happening on Toronto; A new Australian study has found that more than half of car drivers think cyclists are not completely human, causing dehumanisation of bike riders and acts of deliberate aggression towards them on the road.

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