Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
I am unclear how any of the above changes the fact that the motorist in my example would likely be annoyed and the cyclist in your example would likely be annoyed. In both cases the annoyance is a result of their mistaken belief that they have a right to go as fast as they want without regard to the rights of others. In short neither the motorist in my example of the cyclist in yours have feelings that matter at all in those situations.
I was trying to talk about the possible root causes of the problem rather than trying to deals with the resulting problems themselves. You can try to deal with all the problems resulting from sharing the same road and argue about who is right and who isn't or acknowledge the fact that people have to share the same road at start where they shouldn't, in a perfect world.
Now regarding the problem that some people are annoyed it can be for many reasons not just because people believe it is their right to ride or drive and it isn't the right of others. Whenever you prevent somebody from doing something it can generate irritability, frustration, anger. Like most people I believe, I will be annoyed when the phone ring preventing me from eating my food, a driver open the car door just in front of me, if i ride slowly someone going too fast too close or if someone on the road slow me down. In the later case whatever the fact that i believe or not that i can go as fast i want without regard to the rights of others.
In short, people can be annoyed for many reasons that we don't necessarily know.