Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
Serious bicycle wrecks causing death are rare enough that they make sensational news stories.
Could you imagine how unsafe cars would seem if every crash resulting in occupant death were to be reported? They'd need a 24 hour, round the clock channel or 3 devoted to it. Yet people get in cars every day with nary a thought of their mortality.
Right. Our approach to danger is not rational. Our perception of danger is inversely proportional to how often we do something, not to how dangerous it is. We ride in or drive cars frequently, so we don't ponder the danger much.