Originally Posted by Daily Commute
Part of riding or driving in traffic is that people slow you down and you slow others down. Sometimes both cyclists and drivers forget this.
Finally, someone gets close to the root cause - everybody is too freakin impatient, rude and in a hurry. Even that isn't going all the way to the root - what causes us all to be in this agitated state way too often? IMO it's the stress of our rat-race way of life. Until that changes, until people can learn to relax, enjoy life and exhibit good manners, the roads will never get safer for anyone, including us cyclists.
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