Yep, I actually feel much safer when I'm flying down singletrack on my mountain bike than I do when I'm commuting to work. On the mountain bike I know exactly w

Yep, I actually feel much safer when I'm flying down singletrack on my mountain bike than I do when I'm commuting to work. On the mountain bike I know exactly what and where the dangers are, and I have a lot of control over how much risk I take. On my commuter, no matter how I ride, some subset of drivers get pissed of at my existence, and there's another set that aren't paying enough attention to notice my existence at all. There are ways I can ride that help mitigate some of the risks, but ultimately my safety is largely in the hands of the drivers around me. As of a few years ago I actually quit riding on the road altogether. It seemed like for every mountain bike acquaintance I had that broke their collar bone, there was a road bike acquaintance that ended up dead or paralyzed. The risks no longer seemed worth it, especially given the fact that commuting by bike had begun to feel stressful instead of a nice way of getting some exercise before and after work.