I also prefer this approach, although commuting makes it a bit more difficult. I started wearing a hi-viz vest, despite my kids making fun of me, telling me that I look like part of the seemingly ever-present road crews around here. :green_lol:
Seriously though, I don't care how "silly" I might look - when I commute, I wear the hi-viz vest, keep my LEDs lit (during the day at least), and am MUCH more cautious and alert to vehicles around me and coming out from side streets and such. I've already been over the bars once because of an old lady who didn't see me, so anything I can do to prevent that again I try to do. It all happened so fast and although I shut down hard and tried to avoid her, I still clipped the rear quarter panel of the car. I've been over it in my head many times afterwards, wondering if there was something I did wrong, but I come up empty.
I remember years ago starting out riding on the roads when I was 14, and for many, many years afterwards, not even thinking much at all about all the dangers and other drivers being "out to get me". I just got on and rode, pretty carefree about it all. Later on I became a single dad with full custody, so I felt like during the years while the kids were younger, the responsible thing for me to do was not ride, risking leaving them fatherless in those important years. But once they got older I started riding again. We did, however ride dirt bikes together most of those years.
The dangers these days kinda take some of the "fun" out of riding, but I'm not giving up on it!