My neighbor who actually is a really good friend tells me all the time that she hates bicyclists. It dumbfounds me as well- since we are friends and *I* happen to be such an avid cyclists. She uses the typical "You know the jerk cyclists that don't follow the rules of the road and ride in big groups blocking the roads". To which I have to explain that just like idiot CAR drivers, there are idiot BIKE riders as well- but that she shouldn't lump us all in one category.
She went as far as to say that she used to tell her kids as they passed a cyclist "quick open the car door"..
Boy did I give her the what for over THAT one! I chastised her for not only modeling bad behavior, but teaching her kids to have ill will towards other cyclists/human beings...
Did she get the hint?? Probably not.... sigh.... And this is a lady who is the mother of a severely handicapped little girl. If anyone should have compassion you would think it would be her? Go figure?!