{"id":311520415,"date":"2014-11-15T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311520415"},"modified":"2014-11-15T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T13:26:55","slug":"why-motorists-get-so-angry-at-cyclists-a-psychologists-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311520415","title":{"rendered":"Why motorists get so angry at cyclists \u2014 a psychologist&#8217;s theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Perry, MINN POST<br \/>\nA study issued earlier this year found that motor vehicle drivers and cyclists are equally responsible for car-bike collisions in Minneapolis. But, as comments to media reports of that study demonstrate, the finger pointing continues, with bicyclists blaming aggressive drivers for most collisions and drivers blaming \u201cinconsiderate and stupid\u201d cyclists.<br \/>\nThe anger from motorists toward cyclists seems especially raw. So I read with interest British psychologist Tom Stafford\u2019s latest Neurohacks column for BBC Future in which he offers his theory for \u201cwhy cyclists enrage car drivers.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/second-opinion\/2013\/02\/why-motorists-get-so-angry-cyclists-psychologists-theory\">https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/second-opinion\/2013\/02\/why-motorists-get-so-angry-cyclists-psychologists-theory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Perry, MINN POST A study issued earlier this year found that motor vehicle drivers and cyclists are equally responsible for car-bike collisions in Minneapolis. But, as comments to media reports of that study demonstrate, the finger pointing continues, with bicyclists blaming aggressive drivers for most collisions and drivers blaming \u201cinconsiderate and stupid\u201d cyclists. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=311520415\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why motorists get so angry at cyclists \u2014 a psychologist&#8217;s theory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311520415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311520415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311520415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311520415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311520415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311520415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311520415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}