Originally Posted by
Hoshnasi
Have your wife poll her friends.
Don't need to. I got hit last October and was off work for a month and a half with a broken clavicle. The night before I was hit a good friend of ours was hit and had a good deal more injuries (he's still not able to ride but is making progress). My wife received plenty of feedback from her friends when I returned to commuting the first of the year. It is pretty clear how they see the situation. Fortunately, my wife knows that the advantages of my commuting outweigh the risks. Plus I had carte blanche to buy hi vis clothes and lighting to go with my new commuter.