They genuinely don't realise on the whole how lethal they are being or how intimidating it is. It's just a series of little computer game type challenges from door to destination and you're one of many little obstacles. Unless someone's a proper menace (and we know that some are), I find that a lot of the time if I get the chance to ask why someone's done something like that^ they're genuinely surprised that I'm pissed off or upset. Still annoying as fuck though.
It would be good to get drivers on a bike for day or week even to get some empathy going, they need to realise just how intimidating they are. I remember there was a cyclists who went under a lorry in London maybe 2-3 years despite riding in the cycle lane. Bit of raised iron, he twitched right and he under the wheels. It felt like if I had twitched in any way I would have been deaded.
It would be good to get drivers on a bike for day or week even to get some empathy going, they need to realise just how intimidating they are. I remember there was a cyclists who went under a lorry in London maybe 2-3 years despite riding in the cycle lane. Bit of raised iron, he twitched right and he under the wheels. It felt like if I had twitched in any way I would have been deaded.