Originally Posted by
bargeon
They hate you because you're in the way. Never mind if you're in a bike lane or on the side of a wide road, you're one more Bozo in the way. And if you're not in the way, well the last Bozo was and now here you are.
+1. Same as I said, different words, just as true. THEY (cyclists) are a PITA, always in the way, breaking the law, slowing me down. YOU (the OP) are a subset of THEM. Motorists hated you (them) before you were born.