Re:'Dutch reach' rule change to Highway Code welcomed
by mc32 on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:32AM
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This is what is called driving a narrative or colloquially 'gaslighting'.
In this case it's for a good cause.
In most cases it's of dubious merit. Anyway, "make people believe something is this way so as to normalize it and have them change behavior".
If instead proponents would say, "this is the ideal in the Netherlands, but while it's on the books virtually no one does it in practice and most only know about it through foreign media mentions" no one would pay much attention to it.
In this case it's for a good cause.
In most cases it's of dubious merit. Anyway, "make people believe something is this way so as to normalize it and have them change behavior".
If instead proponents would say, "this is the ideal in the Netherlands, but while it's on the books virtually no one does it in practice and most only know about it through foreign media mentions" no one would pay much attention to it.