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The study supports safety for cyclists but i missed any reference to the safety for drivers that the article purports it found

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There is a link to another article that states:

>“Bike facilities end up slowing cars down, even when a driver hits another driver, it’s less likely to be a fatality because it’s happening at a slower speed,” Marshall said.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-sepa...

Is collision with a cyclist really a safety risk for an automobile driver? A minor ding for a car is a fatality for a cyclist

As measured in a reduction of damage from accidents, yeah. If cars travel at lower speed, they're less likely to crash and when they do, it won't be as expensive to fix.

Hitting a cyclist hard enough to kill them is not a "minor ding", except in unusual circumstances.

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