But again my pov is that I’ve had 3 cars physically hit me in 23 years of riding on the road. Did you say that you’ve only had 1 “close call” and you don’t even actually know or anyone that has ever been hit.

I would love to be in that “riding utopia” that you seemingly have. I live in triangle of NC that is one of the fastest growing area of the country (can we move to like 13th on that list for a few years please) . Which means riding is only going to get more stranger and roads more trafficky. It really it home about 8 years ago when the head of the Dept of transportation was hit by a car and is now basically a vegetable. That was the first big “oh shit” moment that seemingly opened the faucet to more car v bike accidents.

Again with my job I see people actually changing their habits, and this isn’t just in my local. It’s happening in lots of places. We sell more Cervelo gravel bikes than we do Cervelo road bikes. That could be for a number of reasons (stock availability), but the point is 10 years ago Cervelo would have laughed at even the suggestion that would be how our sales would go.

Which again is why I’m debating the actual time line of when we think the majority of cars will be utilizing all this safety tech.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II