[WS:] This is an enormous faith in others - betting your life that everyone else will go by this rule, since you have no chance against a 7 ton vehicle. It probably works most of the time, but all it takes is just one asshole or even a distracted driver, a kid texting to his friend, a mom talking on her mobile phone to her child, a worker coming home from a night shift and dozing off behind the wheel.
I do not hate cars either. What I hate is that the oil-automobile industrial complex and the government that they have in their pockets push their use on everyone, which puts a lot of stress on a lot of people, drivers and non-drivers. Driving demands full attention all the time, and that demand is simply unrealistic - most people simply cannot do it all the time due to other demands on their time, stress, exhaustion, etc. So they are forced to cut corners and play games with their safety. Sometimes they get away with it, sometimes they do not. Sometimes they pay the price for their lapses, sometimes others do. But those who almost never pay that price is those who profit from car sales and the government that they have in their pockets.
So if everyone is forced to drive, it is not unreasonable to expect that driving is made as safe as possible to everyone, drivers and non-drivers alike. That means not just separate bike lanes but also under ground or above the grade pedestrian crossing, no undivided roads, fewer intersections, fences keeping animals off the road, and many other safety measures. But this cost money and takes away profits, so hey, let's shift the cost on the users and make them work harder and bear the cost of mishaps.
-- Wojtek
"Modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."