Originally Posted by closetbiker

It's kind of the same with driving and cycling. If someone feels they have no choice but to drive, they accept the risk. If they feel cycling is not a priority, it's an unacceptable risk regardless of whether the risk is the same or not.

To ride a bike is "different" and it's subject to much social judgement that other more "normal" things are not.

I see greater danger in not cycling.