I know I have more room to talk than some because my commute days are over, but, I swear to God, if I was still into commute, and had to spend much...if any time in traffic, or on a so called freeway, it would not be on 2 wheels ! I'd get me a little cage of some kind so that I could "ram rod" my way thru, just like everyone else does. But, if you insist, you better be able to play defense and offense both at the same time.
My biggest problem, them 4 legged Deer are out to get me ! And they don't seem to understand any kind of verbal or sign language abuse !
Even the "kerpowies" don't phase them one bit.
Anyhow, glad you survived it.