A black-clad motorcyclist, in a departure from the surly norm of drivers in China, waves as he overtakes, roaring towards its shore: his bike's plates are from Beijing.
The results showed that hypothetical high time pressure and unsafe descriptive norm increased drivers' intentions to commit violations, respectively.
Directions for future studies, along with strategies that target attitudes and subjective norms to increase drivers' behavioural intentions, are also discussed.
The incident was partially caused by a subtle software update, implemented a few weeks prior in all of Google's autonomous cars, that enabled them to "hug the rightmost side of the lane," a common social norm that allows other drivers to pass on the left.
In a city where gridlock, street closures and aggressive drivers are the norm, taxi rides are not often thought of as pleasant experiences, as Evan Creque, a graphic designer from Queens, pointed out on a rainy Saturday morning.
"It has become the norm here to blame the driver in almost any circumstance," he said.
Many hotels' occupancy levels are far below October norms, and travel agents, taxi drivers and restaurant owners say they are concerned about slow business during the Games.
This is because local governance is so broken there is no real training for drivers and licensing norms are both archaic and easily breeched with bribes.
Allen and Brown assert that acting against the norms of safety establish young drivers' credibility and status among their peers [ 53].
The convenience and value benefits of these platforms are key drivers of this new norm.
