Autism Memes

But isn’t your conclusion way more dangerous than actually driving the deadly metal-box yourself? Being a pedestrian or, even worse, cyclist, you’re a highly vulnerable squishy flesh-thingy surrounded by deadly murder-boxes.

Perhaps but it's counter productive to just get bigger and bigger vehicles in order to be "safer" and crush everything else around. It's a race to the bottom to which I do not wish to participate. At least where I live we are "lucky" enough to have multiple abandoned railways in the countryside that have been turned into bike trails, so I generally use these. I can cycle to my parents' using two bike trails, without cars, for 140 km. Otherwise I specifically moved in a city with good bike and transit infrastructure (Montreal) so that I don't need to drive a giant lethal metal box that pollutes and takes space.

Anyway because I think cars are insane and avoid them at all costs, my chances of dying while I'm inside one are lower than someone using one daily. It's also one less deadly machine on the road. I'm not getting in a car to go to the grocery store or to go run errands. I'm not getting in a car every day to go to work. When I cycle it's usually on dedicated infrastructure, on in bike lanes.

From my point of view, even if I have to mix with cars sometimes while cycling, even if I fear for my life and wish people driving cars would be more careful while passing, it's usually an exception, and I feel much safer at 20 km/h on "my" dedicated bike path than sitting in a car surrounded by other cars and trucks.