"If you want to stay safe as a cyclist, don't ride where the cars should be!!! Stay in your little bicycle lane." As long as drivers think they own the roads, they'll never be able to share. Cars turn people into jerks, it's like magic. It's something about the totally dehumanizing effect of the road, but it's really terrifyingly easy to get road rage. And in exchange for this road rage, there's more congestion, there's more pollution, there's more noise, there's more anger, there's more death. 44% of all accidental deaths in this country involve a car - and that doesn't even include incidents of vehicular homicide as a result of road rage. Think about all the sacrifices we've made just so that we can get where we're going more "quickly" and "comfortably". And on the other side of the coin you have bicycles, which are quiet, clean, small, safe, and actually make people happy when they ride them. Think of the resources that are devoted to cars as opposed to bikes, and at every level of society. How many gas stations versus how many bike shops? How many roads just for cars versus how many roads just for bikes? How many lobbyists for motorists versus lobbyists for cyclists? Cars are great for special occasions and emergencies, but I think we can all agree that their overuse is to the detriment of society. The real question, then, is what is overuse of cars? Think about how cars have transformed the way you think and the way you behave and the way you live, and then answer that question truthfully.