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The only strategy for increasing cyclist safety that has been shown to work is removing the cars.
Well I'm not sure actually. I've just got back from Germany where in towns and in a lot of the countryside too there are segregated cycleways. Cycling groups had been campaigning against the mandating of their use, because they are not as safe as having cyclists on the road. Mainly because the cars are not expecting cyclists on the road and hence are not looking for them when they do have to go on the road, and the fact that every single entrance or driveway crosses the cycleway first and it's right next to the fence/hedge/wall so there's zero visibility no matter how careful you are as a driver or cyclist.
To me aggression means kicking the side of a car or banging on their window if they try and cut you up, which Ive done a few times before rightly or wrongly. I agree with assertion, not aggression.
The Don speaketh the truth.
Here's a tip.
If you're assertive, people might bip their horn at your behaviour.
If you're agressive, expect them to stop and want to fight you.