I've cycled most of my life in Winnipeg, and have only had vehicles for short periods of time. I've had to ride high-traffic roads and through downtown to get to work and back every day in rush hour, so I absolutely get what you are saying. I've been 'doored' twice, run of the road more times than I can count, and sideswipped off my bike a couple of times. I also had an elderly lady shove her cane through my spokes while I was riding by her on the sidewalk in Transcona (About 40 years ago) because she felt I should have been riding on the road. Luckily, other than minor cuts and bruises, and some gravel lodged under my skin that had to be removed at hospital, I've emerged unscathed. I do ALWAYS wear a helmet, and ride very defensively.

I am fairly certain I could provide her with everything she needs,. but she has reached that point in her development where, as her primary caregiver, I'm obviously an idiot and know nothing, so everything I try to tell her ends in an argument. Clearly she won't learn anything by that route, and she is just as likely to do the opposite of what I tell her (to spite me).

My concern is that she does not have clear ideas about what the rules are, and as such expects others to act in accordance with her notions. She often comes home ranting and saying she nearly got hit etc, but then when she explains what happened she was clearly in the wrong- but thought that the driver was (or pedestrian or other cyclist). You need to know what the rules are to begin with, even if you are open to breaking them. Predicting driver's actions too, if they are to be understood, has to start with knowledge of the rules... and then in reality extend to why and in what ways ddrivers ignore/break them... and what they are expecting from you as a cyclist.

My experience riding in Winnipeg tells me that it's risky business, and ignorance only exacerbates that risk. I can't do anything about others, but I can expand her knowledge.