Room 101 Essay

Drivers are not all are inherently bad people who are just out to run down bicyclists, just as white people are not all white supremacists; however, there is an unknown bias we all have due to the influence of media and infrastructure. This cannot be undone easily, it can be, but it takes an abundance of work, dialogue, and understanding between countless people. Dowsett explains this by saying, “... Bike lanes are relatively new, and still just kind of an appendage on a system that is inherently car-centric.”

Craig Richards article “Bicycle registration: radical, expensive, and sure to get people off their bikes” was published in The Age on the 7th May 2014. In this opinion piece Richards writes with disbelief and assertiveness that the registration of bicycles will discourage people from continuing or starting cycling while impacting on their health, our privacy and the governments budget. The accompanying image depicts that this registration is a restriction of cyclists that will impact on their healthy lifestyle.

There is a certain freedom that comes with riding down a long highway at eighty miles per hour on a Harley Davidson. That kind of freedom is something that only a minority of society chooses to indulge in, while another minority looks down upon them and chastises them for their decisions. “All bikers are bad news and the scum of society” they say as they sit in their easy chair reading shakespeare and sipping tea. Even to this day, there is a stigma held against the biker community that they are all just a bunch of trouble makers and beer drinkers that live outside the laws. Being a man who has been around the biker community since I was born, I’m here to share some knowledge and hopefully convince the skeptics that not all bikers are bad news.

motorists that cyclists who use bicycle-sharing schemes tend to be inexperienced riders who do not follow the traffic rules”(United Nations 18).

people when a train is going across. Motorcyclists should not try to swerve or get a better

Since this data was recorded during the early and late morning, cars are supposedly more likely to be seen, as residents were heading to work. Furthermore both Roads are commonly used by residents of Brisbane as they connect to Gateway Motorway, which is considered one of the most busiest roads Brisbane. In both surveys, buses are in second of most vehicles during the day, as majority of trucks that travel pass these roads to return back to their companies or delivering to buyers. Only seeing motorbikes once on each trip, it is the third most common form of vehicle in the Mansfield Community. Motorbikes are only seen once perhaps, since most residents of Mansfield are families so they wouldn’t need to buy one seated vehicle. Having last place tied between the buses and pushbikes. Perhaps the public buses weren’t seen travelling by due to its timetable and our timetable. In contrast the number of pushbikes encountered during our survey suggests that Mansfield residents are unhealthy or most pushbike riders are at work which decreases the likelihood of spotting

This article I read in the Science Times is called “Cycling 101 Needn’t Be a Collision Course.” Cycling, believe it or not, can be considered a very dangerous sport. When it comes to bike-related injuries, the United States has the greatest count. Overall, in recent studies, there has been a great percentage increase in the injuries resulting from cycling. The injuries from arms and legs have went down considerably. But, fatalities to the head and torso have increased. The lead author of the study of cycling states how roadways and streets could potentially be safer if there were more cyclists. He says this because he believes injuries will decrease if cyclists travelled in numbers. Other countries, excluding the US, are considerably safer

Yes. There are more and more clogging up our roads. Most are cycling for leisure and not transport. Cyclists on busy transport roads are slowing traffic and must be restricted to cycling paths off the main roads. It is dangerous to move around cyclists when double white lines are present and difficult to slow,down in time.

One thing I see that my community lacks is the disrespect of driver to a bike lane and the way they consider it as part of the street and when you are there they honk their horn on you telling you to get off the road when they are actually who are doing the wrong thing. They use their power against you because they got a life taker car and we got a small little bike that is power by your feet. It had happened to me a lot where I am one the bike lane cars just honk and then goes over the bike lane which is really unfair.

To put this into context, the current eight road safety schemes programmed for this year have an average of 4.7 collisions per year per site. Many of which involve vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.

Lucy Honeychurch is a dynamic protagonist in A Room with a View and her voyage to Italy drastically changes her perspective about conforming to society. Lucy is from the English middle class, and her family sends her to Italy with her cousin Charlotte for a cultured experience to become more sophisticated and educated. This vacation is irregular; Lucy develops a romantic relationship with George, and she challenges her past judgements of English society. This vacation signifies the beginning of Lucy’s growth as an individual. The title A Room with a View states the progression of Lucy Honeychurch’s accidental journey of introspection and her desire to find independence and escape from English social norms.

Sometimes it can be easier to let others make decisions. People find comfort in letting others decide deadlines or goals. People can find direction in others’ choices for them that they could never have possibly come up for themselves. That having been said, life also requires ownership. A person’s life is full of options and can mean so much more if personal decisions are made within. It certainly is difficult, but the struggle often makes the result all that much sweeter. Such is the case in E.M. Forster’s novel A Room with a View. Throughout the story Lucy is stuck within the rigid, cookie-cutter class system. She finds herself surrounded by people who mindlessly go with expected actions and must walk in step behind all the adults in

There are many worldwide problems, and riding a bike without a helmet is most definitely one of them. There are millions of people

Im sure that whoever you are, or wherever you live, you have seen a bicyclist ride his or her on the street for exercise. It’s good to see people working to stay in shape. But as many of us may know, they can sometimes get in the way and become a nuisance to drivers. Sometimes bikers ride in lanes opposite of the flow of traffic, other times they follow the flow of traffic, but drift in and out of the lane at a slower speed than the cars around them are going. Some bikers wear the proper attire when riding, usually consisting of bright colors, safety gear, and reflectors or other lights to notify other drivers at night they are present, making them visible in hard to see conditions. In some parks, bike lanes have been placed for bikers to have a separate lane, making it easier for them to ride, and they stay

The average person often believes that motorcyclists are bikers who don't wear their helmets and drive recklessly on the roads. They often drive better than a person behind the wheel of a vehicle, but they are victims of a stereotype. If a case goes to trial, the insurance company could try to paint the injured rider in a negative light. When the jury doesn't like a plaintiff, the injured person will have a harder time receiving the compensation they deserve.