Sorry to be callous about it. You're understandably angry. It's one thing to say you accept the risks of a risky behavior, and yet another to declare nothing could have been done.
I’m coming from a part of the world that doesn’t needlessly look down on cycling (its common for nearly everyone to cycle in Copenhagen/Malmö) and the idea that people should become drivers because its safer is a total tragedy of the commons and would not hold much weight here - the cities would be crushed under the necessary weight of roads and cars.
Other parts of the world need to get some more cars off the road by making safer infrastructure, it’s ridiculous.
By that metric you end up doing exactly nothing (UK data):
- riding a bike for 20 mi / 32 km: 1 micromort
- walking for 17 mi / 27 km: 1 micromort
- riding a motorbike for 6 mi / 10k: 1 micromort
- taking a sit on a chair: 1.3 micromort
- taking a bath: 0.3 micromort
- night in hospital: 75 micromort
Yes, walking is actually worse per unit of distance. I hope you don't sit on chairs too much, nor routinely enjoy taking baths.
> If your kid's life is on the line
Oh but would you even take the risk of having one?
- Giving birth (micromort): Sweden 50 , UK 80, USA 170