Your explanation is an oversimplification. I'm aged and ugly, and there ain't nobody jealous of my ass on a saddle, and I get the same treatment. More likely, cyclists provide a safe outlet for the rage that almost all motorists feel. Here they are, driving a vehicle which is easily capable of doing 80 mph, but it can't because of all the other jerks in the way. And while you are in the middle of a mass of thousands of people, your communications is restricted entirely to right blinker, left blinker, HONK and 2-3 obscene hand gestures. That's it. Frustrating for a basically social animal.

On top of that, your boss is a *****, your daughter is pregnant from some lazy schlmiel with acne and your wife just sent you an angry text because you left the bath towel on the freakin' floor again. And there's that @%$%@#! cyclist i hate his guts god he's smiling i'm gonna chuck my slurpee at him, the prick.

I think that's more how it goes.