I have been hit by a car…

I have been hit by a car while cycling. I was doing everything right, but the driver was not paying attention and did not share the street. I think about how much worse my injuries would have been if it happened on main road, rather than a residential road. I think about the many times I have seen cyclists get hit or nearly get hit on roads without bike lane.

I only feel safe while cycling using a bike lane or path. A driver could accidentally veer into a bike lane, but the likelihood of that happening is a lot less when lanes are separate. It's a lot easier to be careless when a driver is sharing the same lane as a cyclists. This is a no brainer. Reducing/surpressing the number of bike lanes makes us all less safe, drivers included.