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#IgNobel prizes

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/03/ig-nobel-prize-awards-2026-winners

"Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people."

#Roadviolence #RoadDanger #wealth

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/117111482453907217

#Freakonomics covered this ages ago - the effect may be reducing, and monitoring drivers might be the answer

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/do-taylor-swift-and-bad-bunny-have-blood-on-their-hands/

#music #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #motorists #cars

'A 29-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London on Sunday morning, leaving one woman in a life-threatening condition.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0yekk2vko

'Klaudia Zakrzewska, 30, and Anoush Chyche, a man in his 50s, were seriously hurt and another woman received minor injuries.'

#Soho #London #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #motorists

'Zero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as cycling campaigners slam “completely unacceptable” figures'

https://road.cc/news/zero-arrests-from-106-hit-and-runs-on-cyclists-in-london-last-year-as-cycling-campaigners-slam-completely-unacceptable-figures

#London #Cycling Campaign: “One of the reasons behind hit-and-runs is the existence of unregistered or uninsured vehicles or drivers. The police can take action to reduce this by using the cameras that they have up on the roads and taking those vehicles off the roads."

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #UK #bikeTooter #law #motorists

The 2026 Cars & Crime Symposium will take place in Ilkley (West Yorkshire) on 30–31 July.
The call for abstracts is now open (https://jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/call%20for%20abstracts.pdf).
If you are conducting research on the intersection of crime and road traffic (see examples below) we would love to hear from you. Deadline: 17 April.
#RoadViolence #ActiveMobility #Criminology #SustainableTravel