You kind of sound like you're bragging about being a jerk on your scooter, so I hesitate to respond, but yeah, I'm a better person on a bike than I am in a car. I think it has more to do with the negatives of being in a car than anything Zen-like about bikes, though. When you're on a bike, and you get stuck in traffic, the small mass and footprint of a bike make other options possible. You may not be moving quickly, but you're always moving, and a traffic stop is sometimes a welcome break to catch your breath. In a car, when you run into stalled traffic, you're stuck in your small box, and there's no escape. You desperately want to move, but often can't move at all, and this leads to frustration, which in turn leads to bad behavior. Only last week, I was driving my car, and a driver ahead of me absolutely refused to make a right turn for fear that a pedestrian might enter the crosswalk, even though no one was actually crossing the street. I honked my horn. A pedestrian gestured to me to chill out. I pointed to the empty crosswalk. The pedestrian got irritated and said, "People are walking!" On my bike, I would have smiled politely at this Portlandia moment. But, since I was in my car and not on my bike, I gave her the finger, unrolled my window, and told her to f*ck off, busybody assh*le. There's something about being in a box that makes some of us respond to the angels of our baser nature.