Originally Posted by
Slaninar
If I get hit, it's ultimately my fault: didn't do enough to account for reckless drivers, I knew they are on the road, I chose to ride on the road.
This seems like an extremely poor point of view to hold. You consider any and everything that happens to you on the road to be your fault in the end? It almost sounds analogous to "oh she was *****? Well it was probably her fault in the first place because of... (whatever)". No. Just no.
Do what you need to do to stay safe, ride visible and predictable, be assertive, all those things. But please don't ever feel like everything is your fault. And I hope you don't consider things that happen to other cyclists to always be their fault.