BULLSHIT, I SPENT 3 YEARS AS A MESENGER HERE W/O BEING SURIOUSLY HURT. IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
It's funny that it's not at all unusual to hear on the traffice reports on the morning about a slowdown because of a fatality accident, but no one says "gosh, the freeway is too dangerous to get to work on" but something like this happens, and friends and coworkers all hear about it and say "how can you take such a risk, bicycling to work?"
I've been bicycle commuting more or less constantly around King County for a good 15 years or so, and have never felt like it was inordinately dangerous. I felt more exposed on my motorcycle than I normally do on a bicycle.
mabe cause more people drive to work there are more fatality accidents in cars than on bikes?