My commute starts at about the same time as yours but I stop at all red lights and even slow down a lot for stop signs (sometimes practice a track stand for a bit!). I agree that motorists hate cyclists because many of them run ride lights and I'm finding I'm feeling close to the same way more often.

Yesterday, actually on the ride home, there was a young fixed-gear rider ahead of me, running all the red lights and stop signs. Motorists were probably confused why fixie-guy blew threw them while I stopped . . . I did eventually catch and pass him on a long stretch without traffic signals (I could shift gears, hence my advantage).

But . . . I still found this scoff-law annoying, yet "hate" seems too strong a word to use. Kind of just pissed me off a bit, I guess.

Rick / OCRR