All for one and one for all

The research article titled “Recreation cyclists, drivers, and challenges to sharing the road: An analysis of an online exchange in the United States about rights to the road” presents an overarching discussion on this bike controversy. As my three previous posts have delved into the aggressions of both bikers and drivers on shared roads, this research combines all sentiments and perspectives as well as proposes solutions to resolve the controversy over everyone’s “right to the road.” Crow and Broach clarify that the root of biker/driver disagreement is a lack of awareness from both parties. The road confusion arises in state laws and operator education. The rights and responsibilities of both bikers and drivers must become more definite and universal in order to build a better relationship on the road. This analysis is supported by the 108 threads of comments and 550 responses used by the Crow and Broach. To bring up the term “stasis” again, this article defines most of the analyzed responses as questions of value. Ultimately, the hundreds of studied comments further emphasized the need for improvements in mutually beneficial biker and driver “perceptions and information dissemination” (Crow and Broach, 2012).