Bicycle Austin forum

Cycling can be safe, there are many places in the world where motorists are aware of cyclists and cyclists are provided sufficient pathways to their destinations, signage is prevalent and roadways are well marked.  I believe Austin is working on becoming one of these places, but errrrrrr, we are nowhere near there yet. Each day we receive calls from cyclists who have been hit by motorists. Some are injured more than others but, what has become a real problem is police failing to give citations to the motorists who completely ignore cyclists right-of-way, completely cut cyclists off, or the best one I have heard yet, came out of Houston recently...after the semi truck carrying a bed of cement allegedly honked (none of the 12 other club riders heard anything, which is so besides the point) apparently the cylcist did not get out of the way, so the truck - ran the cyclist over.  Condition of cyclist-wheelchair bound. Cycling safety is a serious issue and as a cyclist, especially in ATX, no-I do not feel safe most of the time.