I've had car drivers moving aside to let me pass, which I appreciate when travelling to work.
Having said this, I've had car drivers pull out whilst looking directly at me, pull to one side whilst queuing to stop me filtering; the best was a pickup driver who saw me coming (or am I being hopeful he bothered to look?) and pulled out of a service station anyway! I let rip with the horn (I was rather annoyed!) and all I got was the finger! I've come to the realisation that if I can't hurt them, they don't really care if they hurt me. The guy who taught me to ride used to say "assume that everyone's out to kill you!"; he has a point!
I've also heard from a Police officer that he's had car drivers on the 'phone WHILST BEHIND the Police car! If they don't care what the Police think, what help do I have?!
I agree that I've never felt any of this 'abroad', with the possible exception of a brief visit to northern Italy - mental!
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