Originally Posted by
Ekdog
I liked the video. Thanks for posting it.
I think cycling is dangerous and could be much safer if there were more more protected bike lanes.
Being born is dangerous, since no one is going to get out of this life alive. Do you think cycling is significantly more dangerous than other normal day-to-day activities? Per hour, the risks are similar to driving. Do you think driving is dangerous? How about showering? Should we have protected showers too?
While there are certainly risks involved with cycling, it has been well documented that public health improves and mortality goes down when people cycle. All these fearful people proclaiming the dangers of cycling, while ignoring comparable dangers in other activities (and even greater dangers in inactivity) are damaging our public health by discouraging people from riding. These unfounded fears, when expressed and (in)acted on, also increase the risk to current riders by subtracting from our potential safety in numbers.