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@Dammit
If you are behind a vehicle they would have to reverse to hit you- it's fairly safe.
However, if you are behind one vehicle then you are likely to be in front of another.
If you are directly ahead of them so that they can a) see you and b) not try to squeeze past you, then fine- however if there is not enough room to stop the squeeze then I would move to the front of the traffic.
If you are anticipating the flow of traffic then this situation is unlikely to occur unless filtering, and I would definitely agree that filtering until a safe spot appears and then being happy with it is better than trying to get to the front at all costs.