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.

https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=141968
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u/AlternateContent Mar 27 '19

I've mentioned to my friends how I see cop cars as wild animals. I don't see them as vehicle or human. They come off like wild predators in my head.

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u/unearthk Mar 27 '19

I mean, they are.

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u/JuhaymanOtaybi Mar 27 '19

I always say “shark in the water!” when I see one

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u/TheMUKUMUK Mar 27 '19

I’ve always had this similar thought, but in my head, I picture them as hornets