We know that bicycle usage in places like the Netherlands doesn't result in frequent serious accidents like you describe. The safety culture is totally differen

We know that bicycle usage in places like the Netherlands doesn't result in frequent serious accidents like you describe. The safety culture is totally different, and injuries like that are low despite a much more casual approach to helmets. There are people on cargo bikes transporting goods and going shopping with their children. This is an infrastructure problem, not a bicycle problem. The infrastructure problem exists because places like the USA prioritize cars. Even the two bicycle collision you describe is quite rare outside of competitive sports. People casually bicycling to work aren't going at such speeds, don't go closely in opposite directions, and really have no reason to do so. Bicycling is very safe when you remove car interaction from the equation. Check out this YT channel for more info backed by data: https://youtube.com/c/notjustbikes https://youtube.com/c/notjustbikes