Look Helmet Head, I understand how the math works, but the bottom line is that you used the "700 death" reference to backup your statement that it is OK to move further left. Yet nothing in that data shows conclusively that moving further left out into the street is safer.
In fact,
in San Diego, a recent news story pointed out that that older cyclists seem to be the ones dying.
Originally Posted by San Diego Union
Chances are most of those dying were middle-aged and male. In 1993, the average age of those killed in bike accidents was 27.8. By 2003, it had risen to nearly 36 years of age.
Now this is indeed speculation, but the odds are that these older cyclists are riding in more of a VC fashion and are not your red light running/wrong way cyclists.