Law-breaking among cyclists: perception vs reality

[gareth_rees]

Jim Chisholm asked me to write an article for the newsletter of the Cambridge Cycling Campaign about the public perception of law-breaking among cyclists, how this arises and persists through cognitive biases, and some consequences for campaigners. I think most of the material will be pretty familiar to my readers here, but you never know.

( There’s a general belief in this country that cyclists are a bunch of scofflaws )