I got hit (right hand turner)

[Eden]

I think its more about attitude than anything else.... When we were cycling in Spain we never had a motorist bother us - in fact they were super polite - even the semi-truck drives who had to pass us on narrow roads (they were cheering us up the mountain even..) or the guy that I accidentally slid out in front of at a four way stop once when it was raining. No one ever passed too close or became impatient, even though the roads were small. In the small towns few streets had sidewalks (pretty much only the main streets or larger modern towns), but I recall no conflicts between pedestrians and cars. They never developed the idea that cars are superior to everyone else - they accept that there will be all types of road users from weekend cycling teams, to granny or grandpa with a mule even!
Heck when there was a bicycle race the people in cars all stopped to watch... they were pointing down in the valley - bicicleta! bicicleta! (they knew we were foreigners... cycling is a huge pastime in Spain, but touring is and odd thing to them - touring pretty much = foreigner) We were wondering if we'd done something wrong and we had to go back down in the valley until we saw the front of the race....