Well I have to agree that many cyclists behave very well on the road - even Lycra-clad ones - I did say so much, in a reply to pfr. And, had I continued my cycling activities during my youth into the present day, I would very probably have become Lycra-clad myself (though it wouldn't be a pleasant sight now I'm in my 70s!).

And I don't have a 'gas-guzzling, climate-destroying, ultra-powered tin overcoat', nor do I have a desire for one - my six-year-old 1.6 litre VW Golf is more than sufficient to convey me, Mrs Backwoodsperson, our Border Terrier, a bunch of guitars, and a mandolin around the eight thousand-or-so miles it does each year (and strictly within the applicable speed limits at all times!), without any episodes of apoplectic rage on my part. So I feel justified in also defending drivers - I don't turn into a lunatic when I get behind the wheel, and I'm confident that I'm by no means unique.

So I return to the original point I made - there are bad cyclists, there are bad drivers, none of those who fall into either category are in any position to criticise those in the other category. Glasshouses, stones, etc.