Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I have been reading this forum regularly for a couple of years. In that time out of the numerous 'one and done' newswire postings of fatal bike crashes ONE has involved a minor. ZERO have involved a salmon and/or ninja cyclist. Fact: the MAJORITY of deceased cyclists were skilled or semi-skilled riders who were following prescribed road placements and behaviors! Cycling is about as dangerous as it feels. Cycling is NOT safer than driving! It is safer than BASE jumping, however. There is that. For cyclists AND motorists that want to increase their safety it is necessary to meet the rest of road users MORE than half-way. That's the true safety advantage. Do not barrel into that green light without checking for cross traffic! Do not barrel through that residential intersection even though a stop sign is holding cross traffic. 9x out of 10x your caution is just wasted momentum. That 10th time is the one that becomes 'breaking news'. FWIW.
Not looking for an argument, but I think the issue isn't a 1 in 10 kind of thing, that would be too frequent for people to get complacent. The most dangerous things may be the things you can get away with 999 times out of 1000 because it's always tempting to play those odds. The barreling into a green light intersection may be the perfect example of that.