I know a couple of girls that lost both parents in a car accident when they were teenagers. This doesn't stop my wife and I from being in the same car. When we go on vacation we fly in the same plane. Simply put, there is risk in everything we do. Riding a bike is actually not all that more dangerous than driving a car. I think it was a link from this forum that stated the chance of being killed on a motorcycle was about 3 times more likely than in a car, which considering the odds of getting killed in a car is not that likely.
To chastise a single father for riding a bike pre-supposes that he will die when in fact his chances of being killed on a bike are not that much more likely than being killed in a car. Should he also be chastised for driving a car, swimming, going out in a thunderstorm, even crossing the street in a crosswalk, smoking or as someone more eloquent stated on a link (about outlawing motorcycles) from this site eating to many donuts since the average American is more likely to die from heart/obesity.
As for me "I'm worth more dead".
