I'm not exactly sure I followed the situation, but it sure is a bit baffling when people say things like that and seem sincere. Angry people are easier to just brush off, but what do you answer to something like that? There's a "youth page" in my daily paper for teenagers to write letters about things they care about, and one of them just wrote yesterday about how she was so upset about cyclists in the roundabouts and why didn't they use the sidewalks which were made for "safety"... And she's not even a car driver yet.

I want to say something along the lines of how riding in the street is the correct and legal and safest thing to do if you're a "fast" cyclist, i.e. faster than just doodling along (it is legal to ride on the sidewalk here, but you should pass pedestrians at a walkers pace), that I'd rather be the weakest party in the street than a bully on the sidewalk, and how I'm only in danger if drivers like you don't respect my right to be there... But I rarely get around to saying anything. There's so much attitude to change. I try to just behave like a car, be visible and predictable and aware, and hope that over time somebody notices.