New Rider, Safety Concerns?

svetty

PBlakeney wrote:

Close passes can, and do, go wrong.

Agree close passes are annoying and I get really mad when it happens to me.....BUT the chances of being hit in the way you imply are tiny and statistically cycling is pretty safe overall.

Planes crash but the chance of it happening to any one individual is very slim indeed.

I just think we need to be realistic about the risks and not allow ourselves to be bullied off the roads when we have every right to use them sensibly. The more cycling is seen as normal the safer for everyone it becomes.