I think you really have to be oblivious to the current state of affairs on the road not to understand what he's getting at. As someone riding a bicycle on city

I think you really have to be oblivious to the current state of affairs on the road not to understand what he's getting at. As someone riding a bicycle on city streets, he is absolutely right. It's not safe out there right now. Even the current safety statistics are skewed by the scarcity of non-car road users in most places and the amount of advanced machinery in a car dedicated to keeping people (the ones inside the car, at least) alive in a serious accident.