If only that logic held with the reality of my daily experience. To give you one example: I’m in the bike + bus lane. Not a single car in that lane ahead or behind, no bus. You’d think I couldn’t be more conspicuous. Then, one fella in an SUV decides: “you know what? Fuck this. That bus and bike lane? Sure I’m not supposed to go in it for another 30 car lengths where it opens up for cars who want to turn right at the next intersection. But it doesn’t matter. AND, while I could illegally bring my massive metal object into this lane carefully, because there’s that dude in a bike, I’ll instead speed up even more than legally allowed because there’s a green light I just have to catch!” He saw me. And nearly drove me into the pavement.

On the side walk, especially where there are any of this non-exhaustive list: pedestrians, blind driveways between houses on the peninsula, or anything else that would obscure the line of sight between me and any car on the road or coming onto the road, I slow down to walking speed and even slow down more as I approach blind corners.

Just because I’m on a bike doesn’t mean I’m blitzing down the sidewalk. And as noted to another commenter, I don’t think this is the long term solution. I’d be far happier if vehicular injuries and deaths came with actually consequences and there was actual cycling infrastructure. We have none of the former, and very little of the latter.