Safety Tips for Noobs

This is not true, not even as a piece of pre-emptive practical guidance. Very few motorists are actively aggressive towards you. They all know that hitting you--whether from the front, from the side, or from behind--will be a lot more trouble for them than it's worth.

Of course it can't be true ... wouldn't we all be dead for long otherwise?
Sorry, just forgot the 'as if'. And regarding the very few, well, that very few is still far too much. To be alarmist, certainly not, but very aware of your surroundings, definitely yes.