Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Oh those horrid cyclists. They must cause one or two deaths per year out of the 40,000 or so annual highway deaths nationwide. Clearly they are a public health menace on a par with diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure. We really need to harass them back into their cars.
Nice strawmen.
Cyclists cause a lot more than one or two deaths per year in the US. Mostly they kill themselves or other cyclists, but a few pedestrians die as well, and an occasional motorcyclist.
The collective "news" has already done stories about diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high blood pressure -- obviously it's now time to address the scofflaw cyclist!