There are too many aggressive drivers. I ride my bicycle for exercise and it’s something I’ve seen often. Sometimes they’ll intentionally miss you by inches, yell stuff, throw stuff, no reason given. There are road rage incidents I’ve been in—you do one little thing they don’t like and now they want to be your worst nightmare on the road.
Stay off of the road. If there is no bike lane, don’t ride down that road. You are just begging to be hit, especially at 8:30 PM.