UM: Research

An op-ed by Tom Vanderbuilt in today’s LA Times talks about rules – and myths – of the road. He quotes two UM researchers: Daniel Blower, who’s research “has shown that in a majority of cases, it’s the car (as opposed to large trucks) that bears the largest brunt of responsibility for the crash”; and Michael Sivak, who “has argued a lot of what we do on the road is based on what’s been called ‘bounded rationality’ — in essence, we make decisions based on what we think we know.” [Source]