Originally Posted by
Cypress
I definitely get the "hit by a car" thing.
I see it that someone would have to literally be driving off of the road in exactly the right place in order to hit me. The rural aspect of my roads are such that I hear the cars coming from a waaaays off and their line of sight is generally pretty good. I honestly am more afraid of getting mauled by a cougar (literal, not figurative) than being hit by a car at this point.
That's sort of my view on it as well, and I tend to ride very defensively. I also have pretty much every crack and pothole memorized. The worst case scenario would likely be hitting a deer on a descent, which would take such a lapse in focus and is such a rare occurrence that I consider it a non issue.
I'm certainly not about tempting fate, but I'm seriously riding the same 10 miles of road over and over again right now with very little variation. It's about as controlled as outside can be.