Morning, everyone is driving to their morning affairs. Down the hectic street of Val Vista, drivers are hastily trying to reach their destination when one gets distracted and ends up ramming into a nearby bicyclist.

In today’s inattentive and technological world, where there commercials even advertising against texting while driving, drivers are at a much higher risk of a fatal car accident then they were in back when cars were invented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention even says “more than 9 people are killed” everyday. Not only are they a danger to themselves and other drivers, they also can harm the bicyclists on the road.

According to an article released by AZCentral, “[Phoenix] averages between 450 and 500 accidents a year involving bicycles and vehicles, resulting in around 10 deaths per year.” The issue with bicycle lanes is that they place bikes, which are obviously not as dangerous as cars, on the road. In hindsight, having a relatively small lane reserved for bicyclists on the road seems like an odd choice.

The solution is an easy one: remove these lanes. The common response to this would ordinarily be “then where would they go?” and the answer is self-explanatory: the sidewalk. This is Arizona, not New York, it’s rare to see pedestrians actually walking down the sidewalk for transportation reasons. Usually they are jogging or exercising. That seems to be the logical conclusion  especially the temperature in the state rises well-above 105 degrees.

Regardless, one must admit that bicyclists are at a much bigger risk than drivers. The bike is designed as a means of transportation with safety often being a second or third thought. Cars these days are usually designed with safety in mind first. Not to mention that it is pretty clear that a two ton car will certainly cause fatal damage to a human body.