Originally Posted by
GovernorSilver
Maybe that makes me a sitting duck, but it can't be helped. If I'm rear-ended by a car behind me, the car in front of me will also be rear-ended. I have no doubt that what keeps me alive as a cyclist or pedestrian is the fact that most motorists do not want anything to touch their cars - that is their main incentive to not randomly rear-end anybody or anything they please, whenever they please like in Grand Theft Auto or bumper cars at carnivals.
It helps that my car is a beat to hell 1997 Saturn, with at least some damage to every panel from the previous owners. Other drivers don't even want to get close in case it's contagious.