It is incorrect. Cyclists in NL aren't relegated to bike paths where we have to go slow; we are provided (in many but not, unfortunately, all places) with good ones that keep the infernal combustion engines out of our hair. Of course they can get congested, just like every other road, but bike traffic jams happen at the same time as the ones with cars in them, so sharing the road solves exactly nothing in those situations. Also what az_cyclist said re: the presumption of blame in accidents involving cars and bikes.