Anecdotally, my experience has been that most people that get hit by cars as bicyclists are those that are following the rules diligently. Every accident I am p

Anecdotally, my experience has been that most people that get hit by cars as bicyclists are those that are following the rules diligently. Every accident I am personally aware of (n=5) involved the save courteous bikers I know. The aggressive bikers are typically far more skilled in operating their bicycles, but have has more near misses. They are generally far more actively aware of threats and constantly assess threat situations that they may get into and threat situations that might happen to them. Aggressive bicyclists know a lot more about how drivers are likely to behave on the road and can predict that behavior to their advantage.