I have no reason to doubt your sincerity or your word but in all my years of driving the only "offense" I've ever seen by motorists against a cyclist is driving too close - and even that was unavoidable. I have never seen a motorist try to run down a bike.
On the other hand I have witnessed innumerable acts by cyclists against motorists, pedestrians, and other cyclists. Failure to yield, failure to signal, running lights and stop signs, as well as striking cars and pedestrians. I know that they are out-gunned when it comes to comparisons of sheer kinetic energy, but all the more reason to be wary instead of belligerent.
I have. I've been the guy on the bike who was assaulted, and I wasn't doing squat. Riding down the bleeding sidewalk and minding my own bidnezz.
Oh yeah, it happens. A lot. Not to be disrespectful, but I've been there. That is one of the reasons I got my CHL.
I ain't making no excuses for richardheads on bikes, but we got no chance against a car, even a Prius. That's why I respect the cars, I don't need any more crashes resulting in surgeries and extended recovery times.
We ain't all morons, some of us are just like y'all.
One thing many people forget is that a LOT of cyclists are also motorists.
On my bike, I consider stop signs as Yield signs. In my car I see them as stop signs. The reasons for the difference are too many to go into here.
Also, when you see a car driver doing something boneheaded, you don’t say, “stupid car driver!”. They are not perceived as a “group” because you are one of them. But with Bicyclists, Motorcyclists, large trucks, motorhomes, etc. People tend to judge the group, which is ill advised.