Denial, no. Two wheels are as beautiful as they are potentially deadly. Anyone who's experienced riding one with a motor can tell you trouble's not if, it's when. Losing a limb is an all too real possibility. As the unfortunate subject of this thread found out, cyclists are the crumple zone and when you're on something that well outweighs you...... Dwell on that too long and you'd be a wreck, and the bike's no place to lose your nerve.

Y'all that drive, give 'em room. They can stop and manuever a heck of a lot faster than you can and the sound their body makes as it goes into or under your car.....well, give them room, dammit.