First things first,
@Veevee, mentioning lycra does not add credence to your argument. It only furthers your bias by adding a "haha spandex...snicker..snicker" attitude to your post. I feel like if you were to watch who the most risk-taking cyclists in town, you would notice that the lycra road crowd is probably the most defensive group around. This is because they spend literally tens of hours each week training, and it is just plain stupid to take risks over that long a period of time. The real threat is the bike salmoning non-cyclists who decide to ride sidewalks and crosswalks as if traffic rules don't apply to them. Don't mistake assertiveness to aggressiveness.
@Ramsey, that is the most ludicrous assertion I have heard. You are cherry picking random statistics without regard to the actual source numbers. Have you considered that there are possibly 10x+ number of cyclists in this country than police officers? Therefore one would expect 10x more casualties for the same level of danger. Your arguments are both rambling and flawed.
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@Veevee, mentioning lycra does not add credence to your argument. It only furthers your bias by adding a "haha spandex...snicker..snicker" attitude to your post. I feel like if you were to watch who the most risk-taking cyclists in town, you would notice that the lycra road crowd is probably the most defensive group around. This is because they spend literally tens of hours each week training, and it is just plain stupid to take risks over that long a period of time. The real threat is the bike salmoning non-cyclists who decide to ride sidewalks and crosswalks as if traffic rules don't apply to them. Don't mistake assertiveness to aggressiveness.
@Ramsey, that is the most ludicrous assertion I have heard. You are cherry picking random statistics without regard to the actual source numbers. Have you considered that there are possibly 10x+ number of cyclists in this country than police officers? Therefore one would expect 10x more casualties for the same level of danger. Your arguments are both rambling and flawed.