That’s right. The motorists should sit down, take a stress pill, and think things over. I honestly mean this! I can understand how people might feel frustrated and angry being stuck behind bicyclists on the road. I don’t understand how they can reinforce and incorporate this feeling into their philosophy of life. C’mon, Kumbaya, people. Oops, I know, red flag.
There are certainly people who get frustrated and angry being stuck behind other drivers. I've seen a greater percentage of drivers who cut people off, drive through crosswalks while pedestrians are in them, illegally pass on the right or drive in the shoulder (let's not even talk about speeding) - because laws be damned, they're in a hurry!
The main reason drivers get more irritated at bicyclists than at other drivers is because 1.) bicyclists are more notable, due to their infrequency, so they are more noticed; 2.) roads are supposed to belong to cars, not humans trying to use them for other purposes.
Remember "The Straight Story," about Alvin Straight, who rode his lawnmower 240 miles to visit his ill brother? He was subject to a lot of abuse - and he was driving in the shoulder. (Somebody torched his house in 2007, because they didn't like what he'd done, according to this news story. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/16181)
All I can figure is that their high blood pressure will get these guys if they aren't killed in an accident first. Let's hope they just don't take anyone else with them.