Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike

True, the ardent VC promoter(s) and proselytizers have come to tons of conclusions about an alleged superior "safety" record for cyclists who practice, or are likely to practice vehicular cycling that is outlined and specified in John Forester's books and articles. Those conclusions about "what is safest" which may or may not be true, were, and continue to be, based only on anecdotes, hypotheses and Forester's so-called "tests", cherry picked comparisons of varied populations of cyclists (none of whom were identified as using vehicular cycling techniques) and analyses of "crashes" that were anything but scientific or unbiased. No way are these so-called safety conclusions based on anything that should be confused with real world results or any scientific or objective research about evaluating or reducing risks of cycling in traffic.

Details of the bogus basis of these conclusions and claims of quantitative risk reduction for people who practice vehicular cycling and/or take Vehicular Cycling courses (80% reduction in "crashes", "1000% safer" in some cases) have previously been cited in the past on this subsection of A&S. If interested, go look it up.