Interesting article about US stats….
http://qz.com/160598/eleven-reasons-why-bicycling-in-the-us-is-exceptionally-dangerous/

Driving always seems dangerous enough to me in the USA never mind road cycling. I stick to MTB in the USA.

Yes but aren’t mountain bikers always getting eaten by mountain lions.

…yeah, snakes too, which is why they justifiably ‘tool up’ for a ride.

At our US Xmas party one of the guys got a gun cleaning kit for his present!

Our IT guy. “I always check for 3 things when leaving the house; phone, wallet, gun”

Land of the free 😀

Driving always seems dangerous enough to me in the USA never mind road cycling.

This, is my experience too – especially the artics with nothing to stop you going between the cab wheels and the trailer wheels.

“I always check for 3 things when leaving the house; phone, wallet, gun”

Is that so he can shoot the lock off when he gets home again 🙄

Rode with some guys from maverick a few years ago in the alps and got told about a narrow miss with a crossbow bolt!

isn’t everything more dangerous in the US of A?