Quote Originally Posted by Spec&TrekGirl View Post
Any suggestions on how to get him over the fear of me and the kids riding in traffic? Anyone gone through something similar? I like to think that me getting back into road biking should help him get used to the idea and I can get him to accept the kids riding around the neighborhood...maybe?
I felt similarly after my car crash 2 years ago. Someone ran a light right in front of me, I couldn't stop, I hit him, wrote off my car and made me best friends with the chiropractor. After that I wouldn't drive. I took the bus to work even though it took 4 hours. I walked everywhere else. Finally I started driving again and hated it. I was scared of everything. One night on my way home from work someone changed lanes without looking and I had to swerve onto the grass to avoid being hit. I avoided being hit, the other driver probably never noticed, and once I stopped shaking I made it home. After that I started to be okay again. I knew that I could still avoid most problems.

Since I started commuting by bike people always ask if I worry about the cars around me. I do worry, but not enough to quit biking. A few months ago a drunk driver smashed a truck through the wall of the restaurant next door to where I work and hospitalised the owner who was in the kitchen cooking. Would you stop going to restaurants because you're scared of being hit by a car? Probably not. Life is a constant balance between doing what we can to live fully, and doing it as safely as possible to live longer.