For me there are dangerous things you can minimize and those you can't.
The ones former are pot holes, riding in the rain where nobody can see well ( I head for the sidewalk),
turning semis ( don't filter).

For the latter they are turn and merge lanes. Two examples that happened last year.

Coming back to the city, in rush hour, on a highway I was on a wide shoulder that became a right turn lane.
Usually I head for the dotted line, but no such luck here. So I was getting near the forced turn median and was looking
over my shoulder at a bunch of vehicles obviously in a hurry and totally ignoring my plight. A suv stomped on the gas to make sure he wasn't going behind me. Then without looking I just cut across left, right behind him and the unseen PRICK
honked their horn. I refused to justify their existance with a response. This was an ordinary lighted intersection.

Situation 2 I was also coming back on the busiest highway and going across various merge lanes while riding the shoulder. So I'm supposed to have the right of way and I get to this 100 yard merge. There are about 7 vehicles coming evenly spaced. I was going about 22 mph and 5 cars went by on my right, fine with me. So then theres 100 feet left before I get
sandwiched between 2 straight lanes. The next guy was a senior in a van that obviously wasn't thinking of going behind me or slowing. So I had to just shove across in front of him also. I suppose I need a air horn in these case. WTF