[Widdershin]

I started cycling again a few years ago.

I avoided taking the lane while I started, but after being forced into the gutter and nearly side-swiped multiple times, I started regularly taking the lane for my own safety.

That’s what really disappointed me about motorists as a cyclist - you give them an inch and they try to kill you.

[PrimeMcFly]

I entirely get that, it's a crappy situation. But the answer is to build better infrastructure, because ad-hoc road sharing is a terrible solution.

[Gigachad]

There is something about driving that sends otherwise normal people in to a psychopathic rage. If you were walking and someone steps in your way, you wouldn't immediately jump to punching their head in. But same thing in a car and people will just run you over for slowing them down.