WOW. You should not be operating a motor vehicle. Please stop driving immediately before you kill someone. Anyone who gets fed up with following the law and side swipes me as vengeance for daring to use the road for travel, will shortly thereafter be arrested, in jail, and no longer a motorist.

On the one hand your entire position is predicated on the concept that drivers *hate* being inconvenienced and not able to operate at their full speed, yet you argue that bicyclists should ride on the sidewalks, because even if they must go walking speed at that point, well, why do they need to be going full speed anyway? It's totally possible to safely get around at 1/3 or less of your max speed on a bike, and safety is what matters. Except when vehicles are involved, in which case they can't possibly be expected to go 1/3 or less of their max speed for the sake of safety.

Here's a novel concept- everyone traveling should do so as safely as possible, which for a bicycle, typically means being in a road and taking a lane, and that's *despite* the "unsurprising" lunatics with murderous intent who would rather kill someone than drive safely. Having the mindset you do, it's totally unsurprising that you're afraid to ride in the road, but trust me, lunatics who suffer road rage and want to kill someone because they caused them a few second's delay are the extreme exception, not the rule. Once again I want to reinforce that you should stop driving immediately, cut up your driver's license, and immediately switch to public transit, or some other arrangement, for the safety of everyone around you.