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I'll give you an honest answer. I live in a rualish area. There's a 2 lane highway that's roughly 50 miles from my city to another one. 55 and a lot of blind curves. Farmers in semi trucks use that road all the time for hauling stuff.
Every summer there's a pack of cyclists that try that route. They barely do 25. Every summer one of them does on one of the corners. You simply can't stop a semi fast enough when something is doing half the speed limit, especially on a sharp corner.
They're a fucking menace. There literally hundreds of miles of trails to ride in my area, but they have to be on that one particular road. They're simply the most self centered assholes in the universe IMO.
That sounds like a problem with your county. If that many people are dying, wouldn’t it be worth building a separated bike path?
We have one...they don't use it.
What part of 55 and blind curve do you not understand?
You might want to look up the stopping distance of a semi at 55.