Originally Posted by
macteacher
** Just browsed through the Can-Bike course...its interesting, but not $100 fee..i'm a pretty defencive driver as it is.
With all due respect, anyone who believes that bike lanes and sidewalks make cycling safer doesn't have the understanding of basic traffic safety principles required in order to be a "pretty defensive driver".
In order to be a "pretty defensive driver", you have to understand where the biggest threats to your safety are. But if you understand that, then you realize that riding in bike lanes and on sidewalks doesn't make you safer, and probably, if not certainly, makes you less safe.