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I am a motorist I guess, my whole family are really into cars. The majority of people in cars confuse me, driving seems to make people aggressive.
Most of what makes people dangerous in cars or on bikes or whatever is the need to rush and get to the place you are going in the quickest time possible. I do it wether I am cycling or driving, I just have the willpower to suppress the need when it will endanger someone else's or my own life.
But then I cycle more than I drive, so most likely I am a cyclist driving and my mindset of being more careful doesn't change.
From what I have learnt, people are selfish, if a risk is unlikely to hurt them (in a car) then they will take it, whereas on a bike you are more vulnerable so you will take less risks.