You should try reading the cycling newsgroups...lots of cyclist getting hit/killed all the time.
Just a year or two ago, an old man hit many cyclist, one after the other, as he was driving down the road. The cyclist were all single file on the side, obeying the law.
And trust me on this one, sliding down a wet road at 15-20 mph hour on ones leg with just lycra shorts on (and a 17 lb bicycle between the legs) can be pretty nasty. I got pretty -messed up on that occasion.
As for myself, I've been hit head on by a 90 y.o. geezer wearing an oxygen mask while driving a tank. He ran a red light. I watched his eyes bug out as he drove straight towards me. I was bale to dive forward onto his hood, while pushing my bicycle backwards. I survived, my bike survived, and the old man survuved my verbal assualt.
