I have rode bikes for over 30 years and have only had 3 real scares beyond the annoying dog chase.I had a guy try to hit me on purpose no clue as to why he just swerved over at me and ran me in the ditch nothing really I could do then.i had a big arse pitbull come at me and I found out a nice tail whip with the rear peg to his head changed his mind real quick.the last run in was with a group of asshats trying to steal my race bike while I was riding it all I could do was look for a hole and pedal like all hellll....I now carry a ballpean hammer in a loop off the seat post just in case. people ask what it is and I say it's a mirror removal tool lol