> Even the most foolish and aggressive cyclist is almost never endangering the safety of drivers around him, even indirectly.
I highly doubt that. I have seen dozens of bicyclists cause absolute chaos in traffic. Granted, I've never seen any collisions, but I can't imagine that the chaos I've seen is "safe" compared to the normal flow of traffic.
> Yet all it takes is a nudge, honk, door opening, unsignaled turn, etc. to kill a cyclist.
True, but if your implication is that bicyclists should be able to freely use roads because of how vulnerable they are, then pedestrians should also be able to freely use roads.
I highly doubt that. I have seen dozens of bicyclists cause absolute chaos in traffic. Granted, I've never seen any collisions, but I can't imagine that the chaos I've seen is "safe" compared to the normal flow of traffic.
> Yet all it takes is a nudge, honk, door opening, unsignaled turn, etc. to kill a cyclist.
True, but if your implication is that bicyclists should be able to freely use roads because of how vulnerable they are, then pedestrians should also be able to freely use roads.