The UK motorists have decided cyclists are an "out-group" and because we are an "out-group" everything falls on us and it's OK to see us as "cyclists" instead of "fellow road users".
Whereas car users are like other people... so they get the benefit of the doubt and don't get lectures everywhere.
Hit the nail on the head clearly there, and x10 for the attitudes of Australian drivers. People go travelling overseas on bike tours from here, then come back and tell us how wonderful the drivers in the UK and USA are towards cyclists
