In regard to the debate over proposed solutions to recent bicycle and car accidents where injury or death of the bicycle rider occurs, I agree with Matt Camp’s May 20 letter, “Powerful solution: More bike lanes.”
I do not think that doing away with bicycle traffic is a smart decision at all. If you want to improve the safety of bicyclists, make more or wider bike lanes.
Being a 17-year-old Running Start student with only a part-time job, I ride my bike as much as possible. Doing so not only saves me money, but gives me a virtually no-cost workout. If the state were to stop funding for the inclusion of bike lanes on roads, then I don’t know how I would be able to have enough money to go all the places I want to.
Overall, the issue can be boiled down to this: Be safe and smart. If you are a bicyclist, be careful and conscientious to the traffic around you, and if you are a motorist, be smart and pay attention.
