Cyclist/Driver hatred

Way different. when driving a car **some people **get an increased sense of self esteem and of invulnerability. They feel isolated from the consequences of their actions, often because they are in a 1500kg re-enforced steel box. This isolation can encourage arrogant and even reckless behaviour, towards other road users.

This is key. Some drivers don't show respect for more vunerable road users, because their steel box disconnects them from how vunerable peds and cyclists are.

Sure there are rubbish cyclists around, but for the most part they're only a danger to themselves. Rubbish drivers though are another matter, especially the idiot this morning who overtook me on the right while I was turning right.

The penalties for dangerous driving need to be higher to encourge drivers to think a bit harder about other road users and the consequences of their actions