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> Unfortunately we don't have the infrastructure or dedicated, separated bike lanes that make them safe.

I don't think we had that when we were growing up either?

We just didn't have the internet, so one kid dying on a bike somewhere one time wasn't national news.

I do remember national and local news segments about kids dying or being disabled by cars while they were riding their bikes. Most of the time there had to be some kind of point to drive home so it was about lack of helmets or whatever. Not that they really help vs a car. But that's why I just lied about where I was going. I never would have been allowed to ride across the major roads where I was going. If I had died they would have victim blamed me too.

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