Myths about cycling, busted

If you compare injury per mile travelled walking is more risky than cycling, cycling is slightly more risky than sitting on a bus

In that case what's the problem? Walkers and bus passengers don't seem to have any campaigns or concerns over drivers, or do they?

Riders are getting killed out there, by no fault of their own. It will continue unless people either grow a conscience or are punished appropriately for abusing the law (blatantly and flagrantly, as the epidemic of mobile phone use displays) The police can't and won't bother to enforce most traffic law, and courts rarely impose sufficient penalties. In any case by then it's too late. A remorseful driver sobbing in the dock won't bring back the countless people who've perished under the wheels of a vehicle.

What's most depressing is that these deaths would have been avoided by careful driving, but people these days are happy to take the risk that they may kill or injure someone. People are selfish, simple as.

Mass protest like the stop the war coalition needs doing. Not critical mass, not a few cycle trainers bleating on a fixiekids forum, but a large group of determined humans with a simple, single agenda.