[coldtea]

>There really is no acceptable, rational reason for animosity towards cyclists.

No rational reason for drivers in a road predominantly used from big vehicles to not like smaller, hard to see, vehicles with greater flexibility and much more fragile going around them?

The added care you need to have as a car driver, and danger they impose of accident, is not enough?

Especially since most of the time (e.g. in highways, interstates, etc) you get to have the road to just cars and don't have all this?

[efnx]

Being careful and aware of your surroundings is a prerequisite for driving. If you can’t avoid small vehicles you need to get off the road.