Let us see if we might discover the reason cyclist death are on the rise.
I would guess the first reason would be the number of people using bicycles could be related to a rise in accidents between bikes and cars.
I would guess a lot of these new bicyclist have not ridden a bike in years and just get on and go. If they ever knew how to ride safe they may have forgotten, but the chances are they never learned. Riding a bike in the suburbs is different then the big city.
It has been my observation that many who ride bikes do not follow the rules of the road. That is they do not stop at stop signs, they will go against a red light (if they think they can make it), they will enter into traffic between cars and so on.
Maybe the solution is to require a license to ride a bike in the city. Take a test that shows you know the rules of the road. And finally begin giving tickets to those on bikes that ignore those rules.
This is not to say drivers don’t have a responsibility as well. Bikes are hard to see at times but it is the drivers responsibility to drive safely.
I would suggest that a lot of these new bikers became new bikers because many states are starting to get serious about drinking and driving.
Now they’re drinking and biking.
At least they now take fewer people with them when the inevitable happens.
More winning.