I was on vacation last year and got left hooked. It destroyed my bike but I was relatively unhurt. My first ride was when I got back home a week later. I swear every other car was trying to right or left hook me that day, but I got through it and the fear went away. Next month I’m going back to the same area for vacation and I feel I have to ride down that same road of the collision. I need to pass by the spot I was hit and exorcise it out of my system. I wouldn’t consider myself a necessarily brave person, but my love of cycling is greater than the fear.