The dehumanization of non-motorists, particularly cyclists, is for a lot of people fairly polarizing. Of course not every motorist does this, but enough do this to make it a pretty disgusting stance. I understand cyclists have a certain degree of responsibility to follow the rules of the road, and to ensure their own safety, but the viewpoints of a vocal minority is so far out of line with the rest of the population you can’t help but feel like there’s a lot of silent resentment among the many. The fact that on any given “cyclist killed in traffic” news story you have laughing emojis and plenty of comments supporting the murderer and laying responsibility on the cyclist, even if it’s a clear cut case of driver aggression, it’s pretty fucked up.

This might be more prevalent in rural/ suburban areas but that mindset poisons the masses.