Dead cyclists, scarred drivers
Riding a bicycles on streets with cars creates a mathematically predictable carnage which is too upsetting for people to accept, so the following two theories are typically invented and re-invented, as a defense mechanism.
- Drivers are bad people for causing this carnage and not respecting cyclists. Until this changes, cyclists will be hopelessly slaughtered.
- Cyclists are bad people for disrespect to the law and generally discourteous driving habits, and deserve the bad luck that befalls them.
Neither of these arguments makes the slightest mathematical sense. Their existence keeps people from addressing the real problem, which is the linear predictability of the event itself. Read more »
