Abshishek tried cycling in these conditions while many people don’t even get so far as trying. If conditions for cycling were so irresistable as they are in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany etc. then you’d have the same rates as those countries.

I am curious to know what gives you the idea that I do not follow lane positioning etc while riding a bicycle. Do you live and commute in my neighborhood and see me riding daily? I control the lanes to be visible and safe when it is legally allowed to do so, stop at stop signs, signal before turning, make left turns from the left turn lane etc. I don’t need a bike-ed program to teach me that. The outcome of following these rules have been three attempts of attacks to cause bodily harm making me furiously reconsider my stance against concealed weapons. Therefore vehicular cycling causes a lot more friction in car-centric communities where cycling in not common, making it inconsistent and ineffective.

Moreover, you are mistaking my annoyance to motorists reaction with fear. It is the continuous friction that I am super-saturated with and have no desire to deal with any longer. It is this friction that prevents parents from sending their kids to school on bicycles, bike-ed program or not. This friction is makes vehicular cycling of a lower quality.

I am not surprised at your reaction though. It is a fairly common allegation that vehicular cyclists make against people who comment against it. Its kind of funny to see the ‘mass hysteria’ vehicular cyclists are in. The exponential rise in cyclist numbers over the last forty years in USA is a proof of how popular vehicular cycling has been. In comparison, those silly Dutch and Danes have it all wrong as their numbers are constantly depleting!