main thing is to keep a good look out,
words drummed into me during training,
but, post qualifying I did have one BIG
scare returing to E/Colne from the
Chelmsford area,
I was in a 172 & doing all the right things, but, the one that very nearly got me was a 152 bearing in on my port wingtip & just out of sight, at a constant relative bearing.
for some reason I lifted that wing very slightly & there it was, around 200' feet
away, fortuanately he was already taking avoiding action !!
Dont worry excessively about collisions,
but do keep a good lookout & just lift those
wing tips every now & then to be sure,
(I do actually prefer low wing types now.)
Its a big sky & an awful lot of the time you won't see anyone, but keep aware & you'll be ok,
enjoy your flying,