Black ice and bicycles

I don't get the whole ride your bike through the winter thing. Is it that thet completely reject fossil fuels? And if it is health, well how healthy is a crash on black ice. A friend of mine rode all winter. He crashed. Inevitable. So how about saving bicycles for nice weather. Take a walk. Ride the bus. Yeah you have to sit next to strangers. Hey. Would it kill you? Could you muster a "Good morning!", if you had to? It's hard enough to WALK on black ice. I mean, come on now.

Packed into subway car like Sardines

Ever ride a rush hour subway car? I hope the electricity does not fail while you need a restroom and think your stop is moments away. The subway car this morning was jam packed. There was no room to move and if some poor slob snuck in a fart, forget about it. All bets were off. They obviously know nothing about food combining when they eat. But saeriously, you're dressed to the hilt for the cold winter weather and packed into a subway car. Just don't obsess about the electricity going off. That is tooo long a ride!