I know what you’re saying, and I have ridden a fair amount (though I am not as good of a rider as I am a driver). If I bought myself a bike I’d do a few track days/schools for sure, and make sure I was as well prepared to get myself out of sticky situations as possible.
And you’re right, who knows how bad it would have been for somebody in a car to get hit the same way (a lot of that depends on the vehicle). But you still have a lot better chance. I’ve lost friends that would NOT have died in the same situation in a car.
One of the very, very best riders I’ve known lost the lower 1/2 of his right leg on a bike. There was simply nothing he could do to evade the situation, and it was not his fault.
Walking out of your front door every day is a gamble, no matter if you’re driving to work, jumping in a plane, hopping on your bike, or just going for a job. But everything has different levels of risk. Especially here in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley the “other drivers” are just SO bad the risk on a bike is very high and very real. I don’t feel the need to subject myself to that.