Drivers hate everybody. Driving is a miserable experience that makes people dissociated, stressed, and angry. In my experience, it's especially true of the people who proclaim the loudest that they love driving. Rather, they love some idealized mental picture of what they think driving should be, but never can be. The dissonance sends 'em into a state of fury.
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USA Today decided to examine why drivers are killing cyclists and landed on a terrible Both Sides framing. We even have an avid cyclist appearance. This is a horrifically bad way to cover traffic violence.
Not the hood! What a terrible tragedy...
Real sick of capitalist media pretending property is as important as human life.
The part that’s missing is the driver of said car likely just endangered that cyclist’s life. How fucked does one’s perspective have to be to justify sending someone to the hospital or grave because they were running late, going to miss their turn, arguing with a passenger, on their phone, under the influence, etc., etc., etc.?
Drivers don't. Assholes do. Some assholes also drive.