Helping bike riders

For bicyclist Alex Cantarero, commuting to work can be a death-defying feat.

He follows traffic rules and carefully keeps an eye on the pandemonium around him, but still feels as though he takes his life into his own hands every time he straps on his helmet and pedals into the streets of Los Angeles.Douglas Morino in the Daiily News.

"It's crazy out there," said the 28-year-old graphic designer, who bikes about five miles a day on some of L.A.'s most-clogged arteries - Olympic, Pico and Wilshire boulevards.

"I can't tell you how many times I've been driven off the road, and I am constantly going through these near-death experiences."