Risk assessment of assertive cycling

One of the keys about the primary position is, of course, that you don't always have to be in the primary position. The point has been made above but I thought I'd pull it out into a shorter post.

Well pulled. I think this can get lost sometimes.

I regularly ride down a 3 lane radial into Manchester, and spend very little time in Primary. What I do is spend alot of time looking over my shoulder, so I know what each vehicle is doing as it approaches to pass me & can tell if they've acknowledged my presence.

This approach (right or wrong) may well be based on my development as a trainer in Cov, not in London or elsewhere, where it's easier to ride in this manner.