Noted cyclotourist Russ Roca recently getting attacked in New Zealand -whose laws do not treat bicycle traffic differently - for riding assertively and courteously on a two lane each direction roadway blows johns 'american' theory about angry drivers right out of the water.
I'm confident motorist harassment of bicyclists occurs in Great Britain.
Some motorists endangering and harassing bicyclists is going to occur regardless of local traffic laws.
How could the issue in Carmel be countered?
GREATER legal protections for bicyclists, better bikeway planning, better safe routes to school programming, education of motorists, not a lack of these countermeasures.