Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Your odds aren't 1:120,337. It's probably much, much higher! The 7 cycling deaths is (probably) a reliable number but the 842,359 isn't (is it counting the number bicycles? the number of bicycles that are used? bicycle commuters?). (Keep in mind that most drivers use their cars regularly and most bicyclists use their bikes for infrequent recreation.)
That is the question what's a good number that we have to use as a comparison? Currently there is no "really good" number for cyclists. But my point in all this whatever that number is, increasing that number does not appear to increase the fatalities.