I find for the most part that as a cyclist, riding my bike like I'm driving my car, saves me a lot of grief and crap from motorists. There will always be a**holes. However playing the Devil's Advocate I can see why from a motorists and cyclists point of view why drivers get angry with cyclists.

For example I had some guy on his bike pass me while rolling through at every stop sign, creeping through every red light, and in general just riding like a tool. These infractions were not done "by accident", they were done on purpose and without care. While I waited until the light was green or I had right of way only to pass this fool again. Then there was a guy who was trying to tell me to be more aggressive on my bike as he passed a car turning right on the right. Real smart.

All this was done in the presence of motorists whom I was sharing the road with just sat there and watched like I did. I bet I was thinking the same thing they were. "Fracking sh*thead is going to get himself killed one day riding a bike like that!"

As far as I'm concerned it works both ways. Aggressive, penis evny, sh*tforbrains drivers need to smarten up no matter what they drive. "I belong here so p*ss off" Cyclists on the otherhand, across the board, need to behave better on the roads as well.