[thrownawaydad]

As detail, I live in one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. Lots of infrastructure, markings and signals set up to favor cyclists, and so on. Before moving here, I would have thought that that would lead to an excellent and safe environment for all.

It's not. Bicyclists regularly terrorize pedestrians on sidewalks, even when there are excellent purpose-built bike paths mere meters away. At intersections, they regularly flip back and forth between being "like bicycles" and "like pedestrians", making them dangerously unpredictable. They pound on cars when they feel they should have the right of way (they don't). Even when they are in the bike lane, a quarter of the time they're riding against the flow of traffic. No lights, no reflectors, dressed in black at night. The most bicycle-sympathetic drivers struggle to avoid hitting these knuckleheads.

It's a sad situation.