The cyclists have a better understanding and overview of the trafic sittuation so from the car drivers view it looks like they take bigger risks.
"Cyclists make mistakes, make bad judgments, take big risks, JUST LIKE CAR DRIVERS."
Why would Homo sapiens on bicycles be any less prone to error or negligence or aggression than those in automobiles? Often, the same person does both (at different times)!
For a few very obvious reasons:
1. Cars have significantly less visibility. Often cars run into other cars at speed without having ever even seen them. Now imagine bicycles.
2. Cars are much faster, so mistakes are amplified. Often with cars you're forced to commit to bad decisions because you're simply too fast to abort.
3. Cars are much more powerful, which may bring aggression in people. This is opinion but from my life this is plainly true with everything. The more perceived power something gives a person, the more prone to aggression that person is.
There are many more cars, and bike accidents don't tend to kill people.
That's all exaggerated, but generally I agree. Also bikes are silent, hard to see, especially among cars or at night ...
There are advantages and disadventages to all technology, and it's not a genuine analysis unless we look at them all.
Stats in the UK show that the majority of car/bicycle collisions are due to driver error, not cyclist error. Given the USA standard of driving is much lower, and policing is much less consistent, I’d put good money on that being higher in the USA.
> Cars and bikes don't mix
Yes but you’re looking at the wrong category of people making the mistake.