I sorta have this problem. i've been pondering taking my kids for rides in the trailer but would have to either a)lug it through a field a 1/4 mile or hit the road for a 1/4 mile of traffic. Unfortunately we have to make choices and the father(?) probably thought he was making an ok choice. You have to look at it this way, whether in a car or a on a bike it's going to be a dangerous situation and yes the car 'will win' but this isn't always true, I know, I've seen bad car wrecks. As for the part about bad driving skills I think that has a lot to do with it along with the fact that people on bikes just don't know the laws. When they are constantly riding on sidewalks car drivers see this and think that's where all bikes should be even though this isn't always the case. It's a two way road. excuse the pun. ok I'm done.