Bicycle safety starts with bicyclists themselves. That means bicyclists must abide by all rules of the road including traffic control devices such as stopping (foot on the pavement) at all red traffic signals, stop signs and not racing down hills out of control unable to stop like on North Interstate. Bicyclists are killing themselves. The current status quo is one of politicians only listening to the babble of bicyclists and looking the other way ignoring the facts that bicyclists routinely and intentionally disregard traffic laws. The percentage of bicyclist violations per trip/usage is greatly higher than for motorists.

For improved bicycling safety, what is needed instead of more bicycle infrastructure is a much higher level of strict and rigorous law enforcement targeted specifically at bicyclists who choose to disrespect or ignore any and all traffic laws. Additionally, to change the bicyclist mindset from one of freeloading irresponsibility to one of accepting accountability, sharing the road also must include sharing the financial responsibility. That includes not only a bicycle tax and/or registration and license fee directly paid for by bicyclists, but also bicyclists purchasing their own headlights (no more freebees), using them or be the recipient of a traffic citation.