MikeyMK

I'm happy to clear up what I mean.

Smoking is a stupid thing to do. Over a million people take up smoking every year, and over a million people die of smoking-related illnesses every year. Just because millions of people smoke, doesn't mean it's not a stupid thing to do.

When you're sat at the side of the road, cars behind vans can't see you until their close pass misses you by sheer luck. You're a sitting duck. Cyclists get killed all the time, and almost all of them are killed on the roads.

Placing yourself in that hugely dangerous position is a stupid thing to do, and the fact that most people reading this do just that, does not make it any less of a stupid thing to do.
Offended? Well, if you're killed, and the police have to tell your partner/children, they're gonna be pretty bloody offended too. So excuse me or not.

So. What can you do about it..? Kid yourself into thinking it's okay? Stop riding?

I remember a topic a while back about a cyclist hit by a car, when riding in the shoulder would've avoided it. But the shoulder's full of stones, glass, car parts...
It's for you guys to campaign to get these turned into cycle paths. To get your new developments built with cycle paths. To step-up the infrastructure for cyclists.

But it's not gonna happen whilst you accept the status quo. Whilst you carry on sitting at the side of the road, getting killed.