Why Are Cyclists So Hated...

Evidence that cyclists are hated:

• Road accidents where a motorist is at fault and a cyclist injured or killed hardly ever result in the motorist being punished appropriately.
  
• Large amounts of Police resources are regularly used to catch and punish cyclists for relatively minor road offences, whereas motorists committing comparative (and worse) offences are rarely targeted.
  
• Theft of bicycles, and consequent resale, is treated as such a minor crime that many victims do not bother to report the theft and thieves quite comfortably operate in broad daylight in busy areas without fear.
  
• Media descriptions of accidents involving cyclists deliberately use terminology which dehumanises the cyclists involved yet do not do the same when a pedestrian is involved in a RTA.
  
• A deaf cyclist is attacked and beaten in the street by several youths. Despite being caught red-handed by police and prosecuted, these perpetrators receive an incredibly lenient punishment, one which would be more appropriate for some minor vandalism or anti social behavior.
  
• Cyclists are routinely attacked by pedestrians, motorists and passengers of vehicles, sometimes with fatal consequences. There seems to be no reason as to why these attacks occur except that the victims are targeted for their use of a bicycle.