Discuss the statement that bicyclists have the same right to the road as drivers and the possibility of danger in accidents involving bicycles and cars.
- Stupidest statement I've read in a while:  "When we bike, we have as much right to the road as when we drive," said Vicki Harper, spokeswoman for State Farm.
- Then answers why: "Unfortunately, when bikes and cars collide, cyclists are much more susceptible to serious injury or death."
- Pedestrians usually, if not always, have the "right of way"... and again "unfortunately", regardless of human indignation and on-paper 'rights', the human body can't compete with speeds/weight of a ton or two of glass and metal, fiberglass, and plastic... nor distracted drivers ...period.
Motorcycles are better equipped to compete with speeds, and there's token effort to equip riders with protective gear. Bicyclists are at much more disadvantage and often required to use bikepaths when they are present.
Once long ago, I came upon a couple of young boys riding bicycles in the middle of a traffic lane... later at a gas station, one belligerently said their teacher said they had a 'right'. I disagreed.