Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94

You seem to forget about all the "chain of events" that one is depending on to prevent an incident, while in a bike lane or shoulder, like depending on motorists seeing you while pulling out from a driveway or side street, when turning right, when turning left from the other direction (especially turning left right after a large vehicle passes). No thank you, I prefer to minimize those odds as much as possible, by being as visible as possible.

You do realize that you're also dependent upon those same chain of events when driving your car (or truck as I believe you do?) to prevent an incident, right?