Comments on: What is a “Culver” and how did they get a city? https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/ Wed, 25 May 2016 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 By: Erik Mar https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/#comment-7572 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:42:14 +0000 http://justanothercyclist.veloreviews.com/?p=4132#comment-7572 Jess, what you say is true, just as it’s true that it’s nigh on impossible to identify those drivers who flout the law, every day, on virtually every type of street, by exceeding the speed limit or by rolling through stops. It’s impossible, not because they individually can’t be identified – they, of course can, by license plates – but because virtually every single driver does it on virtually every single drive, and there’s safety in numbers.
The real difference is that if a cyclist flouts the law, the societal risk is almost zero – in the worst case, the cyclist him/herself and/or a pedestrian will get hurt. if a motor vehicle does the same, the societal risk is much greater. The societal responsibilities of drivers should be commensurately greater, and our societal attention should be commensurately more focused on that greater risk.

]]> By: Jess Pearson https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/#comment-7550 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:04:19 +0000 http://justanothercyclist.veloreviews.com/?p=4132#comment-7550 The difference is that, whilst the vast majority of bicyclists are responsible road-users, it is nigh on impossible to identify those who do flout the law.

]]> By: Meghan Sahli-Wells https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/#comment-5944 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:57:06 +0000 http://justanothercyclist.veloreviews.com/?p=4132#comment-5944 Rest assured the policy-makers in Culver City do not share the views of the Chamber of Commerce president about cycling:

http://culvercity.patch.com/articles/officials-urge-la-county-drivers-to-share-lanes-with-bicyclists-9c931afb

Most sincerely,
Meghan Sahli-Wells
Culver City Bicycle Coalition Co-founder & Councilwoman

]]> By: Doug https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/#comment-5812 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:43:26 +0000 http://justanothercyclist.veloreviews.com/?p=4132#comment-5812 > insurance policies also have to account for the worst case of those cyclists who don’t carry insurance.

They also have to account for an even worse case — motorists who don’t carry insurance. I don’t know about California, but the figure I’ve heard bandied around here is that 20% of drivers aren’t insured.

Another issue is the pathetically low mandatory insurance requirements. Around here, the state mandated minimum for liability auto insurance is $30k/person $60k/incident. But if there’s a collision and somebody is sent to the hospital, that $30k is often gone *in the first hour*.

]]> By: Erik Mar https://justanothercyclist.com/2013/03/29/what-is-a-culver-and-how-did-they-get-a-city/#comment-5785 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:56:49 +0000 http://justanothercyclist.veloreviews.com/?p=4132#comment-5785 I think the insurance point needs some further explication. Under the current insurance system, it’s conceivable that a motorist’s insurance rate gets raised as a result of additional bicycle collision probability. It’s not enough to say that “many” or “most” cyclists also carry insurance – insurance policies also have to account for the worst case of those cyclists who don’t carry insurance. It’s also not enough to say that a bike at fault in a car collision doesn’t do much damage – simply scratching the paint can set a car owner back hundreds of $$. I think the better argument is to accept that, yes, individual insurance rates may increase incrementally, but those increases will be offset by savings elsewhere. Notably, a) decreased wear and tear on road infrastructure, which is paid largely from general funds, not by gas taxes; b) decreased particulate and carbon emissions, which is an economic externality which we all pay for in myriad ways, not the least through the cleanup after increasingly common and severe extreme weather events; c) decreased health costs, which will improve the cost/benefit ratio of our national healthcare system, which ranks as the world’s worst in terms of its current per capita costs / per capita benefits.
This is a case of narrowly focusing on individual costs while failing to consider the wastage of public funds (which largely come from individuals) due to the lifestyle choices of exactly those same individuals.

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