Nice addition to the post I made earlier!
I had never heard of the term defensive cycling before, but the tips you give are very good.
I have quite a good balance and I can also control my bicycle pretty well. With a road bike jumping on curbs is sometimes necessary, but scary since the tires are very narrow.
And braking is very important too.
Using your front and rear break together can be essential if you need to make an emergency stop. Never only use your front break for that ir you will be launched.
And maybe even important as braking is knowing when not to break. Sometimes in wet or icy circumstances braking can cause you to smack on the asphalt. I once decided not to break in an icy turn and drive my bike in the nearby bushes instead. It caused me some bruses, but braking in this case would probably have resulted in fractures.
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I actually stole that term from the driving school. Damn icy patches! I crashed on those twice when crossing Europe during the winter; the road looked perfectly fine, but I soon discovered it was slippery fuckery all around. The solution was to deflate the 2.35 tires down to the max and just keep on going. But just as you said, a tiny little touch to the front brake would wash off the front wheel
Here you just need to always be moderate, there are certain situations when you can fly like a mad fury. And there are moments when the situation is not in your favor and here you need to understand that you need to "slow down" and just get home.