As a Driver and a Cyclist, I've seen it from both sides. I've almost knocked cyclists off because they had no lights or bright clothing and driving down very dark roads. However as a cyclist, I've had a whole bunch of close calls with "Driver Bellends".
Shall we generalise them down to "Humans" - It's the stupidity factor in humans.
Put that cyclist with no lights on and wearing dark clothing into a car and you end up with a bellend driver who will race past cyclists, cut them up, knock them off and think it's the cyclists fault, even abuse the cyclist.
Put the driver who does the above onto a bike... and they'll ride around with no lights and dark clothes on and then start shouting and screeching at so called dangerous drivers.
Stupid is Stupid and arrogant is arrogant irresepective of the mode of transport.
ooh, and whilst we're at it, they're the same people who as pedestrians, will edge push chairs out into the road whilst their feet are firmly planted on the edge of the kerb. They're also the ones who will step out into the road in front of cyclists (not at pedestrian crossings and when on the greenman
), and cars and will undoubtedly have their face buried into a smartphone or even tablet (as I've seen on more than one occasion).
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