Drunk driving is certainly delusional but the assumption has usually been that impaired motorists at least kept their eyes on the road. But now impaired driving has been superseded by the staggeringly dangerous folly of reading one’s email while driving. The mobile phone experience as been a terrible blow to the our faith in the common sense of humanity. New fines are in effect today in Ontario to try to get the attention of such drivers. The penalty for using a mobile phone in your car while it is moving is now $490, maybe higher. Cycling is included in the new legislation. Whether fines for “dooring” and a requirement for vehicles to stay a metre away from cyclists will make that form of transportation safer remains an open question. Cycling is an inherently tricky experience. Riders sit atop a nicely balanced two-wheeled vehicle with no protection from anything they may strike or be struck by. That may or may not be delusional but blowing through stop signs and hurtling around blind corners certainly is. Such conduct may be seen daily in South Bayview. Many if not most cycling fatalities are caused by the cyclist. It remains to be seen if new fines are enough to break through our enduring delusions about road safety