There's a part of me that feels like you do. It does depend on the context and who is saying it. There may be a little bit of judgement that goes along with the genuine concern. However I just choose to ignore any judgement that might be present and assume that it's just their way of wishing me well.

I think if we are to be honest with ourselves, a good number of us believe that we are taking on some additional risks by playing on the streets amongst multi-ton vehicles without the benefits of airbags and crumple zones. And there's the fact that we are sometimes just not seen. My brother has a few titanium screws in his pelvis that frankly he wouldn't have had he been driving a car instead of on his bike.

I don't get upset when people tell me to drive safely when the roads are bad or if I'm going on a long road trip, so I'm not going to get upset if somebody tells me to ride carefully.