'Space for cycling' protest ride 2nd September

I can understand the merits of learning road safety, it is a wise thing to do, but no amount of cycling training will stop a careless motorist behind the wheel, we need safer roads for ALL cyclists. Some roads can be redesigned, wider paths should be the norm when built. Once bikes have an infrastructure, less cars and public transport will be used prompting more money being spent on bike infrastructure and the cycle will continue. So far this year we have had 8 deaths on the road and many others with life changing injurys (another one today), it's time for a change. Lets look to the other countries that have done it right, not to people who think cycling proficiency is the key to the future of London bike safety.

injuries.http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/woman-cyclist-suffers-life-changing-injuries-after-crash-with-tipper-truck-in-camden-8895992.html

I do wish people would stop with this inane and infertile polarisation, a product solely of their imaginations. There is no answer, there are several, and I don't know any one involved in cycle training who makes the exaggerated claims for it that its detractors do, just so that they can then knock them down.
It's bad enough in the that echo chamber of idiocy that is Twitter, we don't need to bring it in here too.

I do not feel my comment polarised this issue, it stated cycling proficiency is valid but not the key as some have seemed to suggest(have you read all 3 pages?). A redesigning of roads and road policy that takes into consideration the needs of cyclists would be a good thing. I'm not saying i have the answers, I am just a young guy who rides a bike in London every day. I have seen how other european cities have made it work and cycling in these cities can be amazing. All i wanted to do is invite people on a ride to help London become a safe cyle friendly city. It is getting better, but we have a long way to go.

Maybe London is just never going to be the cycling city of my dreams.