cars are the number one cause of preventable deaths?  where do bicyclists in fall into that theory. people riding bikes die while riding.  surely they weren't forced by threat of death to ride that bike.  recently, a woman riding a bike on  HWY99 by the Barger overpass was killed after being run down.  she was wearing dark clothing  after dark and was riding in a lane of traffic that would come up on her from behind...which is what happened when she was run over by a cop.  that was preventable in lots of ways.  
  the way in which you single mindedly try to twist the whole bike is good / other modes of transport are bad  thing to almost every situation,  dilutes your comment.  not to disparage enthusiastic bike riders - I admire the strength, patience and commitment to use a bike as your chosen mode of transport, but the dedicated riders I've known are a bit elitists about it.  doesn't make them bad people.  the really geared up folks have spent nearly as much as a car would have cost.