Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
That's very selfish of you. Pissed off motorists take their anger out on cyclists on a regular basis and often with deadly consequences. There are a lot more motorists than cyclists and that equates to money and political pull. Don't think for a second that laws can be drafted to severely restrict our use of the roads. When I am a motorist I make an effort to blend harmoniously with other traffic. That doesn't change when I hop on my bike. You militants aren't doing us much good on the advocacy front.
I think it's a bit of nonsense that another road user doing something perfectly legal can somehow turn a reasonable driver into a homicidal maniac.
No one should care if they are ticking other road users off, and in my experience very few actually do. Everyone is just trying to get where they are going in an efficient, safe, legal and courteous fashion. When you turn left, does it keep you up at night that the people behind you are going to a few seconds later to their destination?