I've done over 2000 miles since last June, with no car incidents (again, yet to avoid the jink). In fact, only two tumbles that caused injury - both of which were DEFINITELY my fault. The first one was a late night commute, and involved me focusing more on putting back the water bottle than actually riding. Oooops.

Second one involved toe clips and a test ride, the first such in toe clips. It was extreme slow speed - I tumbled over in some old lady's driveway. Scraped up my arm (again, about two weeks after incident one) pretty good, and the leg. Pride was worse.

Beyond that, nadda. I've had a couple close calls, one of which was my own fault. There's a rather shielded residential intersection with a yield sign on my commute, and well, yeah. You get the idea.

One was pretty hairy - a concrete truck decided it wanted to leave a parking lot and didn't pay attention to the guy on the sidewalk (me) and the Saturn in the lane of traffic closest too him. Let's just say I'm glad I can sprint very well, and glad the Saturn had good reactions, or it would have been ugly. His boss got a rather irate phone call, and apparently one from the Saturn driver as well.

Friday I got buzzed by a pickup, which was another close call. Buzzed and birdied. However, I doubt he will do that again. Just... trust me on that one.

Really, I feel more safe commuting by bicycle than I do in my vehicle. I think part of that is because on the bike, I tend to stick to residential streets where riding the speed limit is fun, and traffic is sparse. And, in my time on a bicycle, I've never been seriously hurt.

In a vehicle, I've been permanently injured. My eternal back and leg pain is testament to that, along with the occasional nightmare.

Oh, and generally I'm a much nicer person to be around when on the bike as opposed to when I spend time in the car.

YMMV, but I believe you'll love it.