Also a cyclist / commuter. I spend 10-12+ hours a week on my bike. It's wild out there. I follow all the laws, including Colorado's safety stop law. And I get yelled at constantly. Meanwhile every Ram 3500/F-350 that's rolling coal and jacked 3 miles in the air is going 95MPH in a 45, blasting through red lights and stop signs and turning right in front of me. I also love how I'm simultaneously an "elitist cyclist" and "too poor to drive" I get both of those yelled at me all the time, sometimes from the same person. There's also a clear "othering" of cyclists campaign going on. Everyone from Barstool sports to rightwing commentators are joking constantly about how it would be fun to run over cyclists, how cyclists deserve to die, etc...
Just yesterday, I was riding through the town of Morrison in the foothills outside Denver heading towards the mountains. I came up to a red light, stopped and then continued because it was clear. A few seconds later a Camaro with a ~65YO guy pulls up next to me and this guy is fucking livid. Red face, yelling, and the first thing I hear clearly is "I'm gonna smear you on this bumper f***t." I ignore and continue on and wee hit another red light, he's in the left turn lane. He continues to berate me, I ignore him, and he turns and I continue on. But I see that he turns left but immediately pulls an illegal u-turn into the grass and is using the oncoming traffic exit to re-enter the road. I forget to mention that a cop was also at the last light next to me. I just stopped, waved frantically at the cop and started pointing at the wacko. Thankfully, the cop stopped. Had they not been there not sure what I would've done.
Just yesterday, I was riding through the town of Morrison in the foothills outside Denver heading towards the mountains. I came up to a red light, stopped and then continued because it was clear. A few seconds later a Camaro with a ~65YO guy pulls up next to me and this guy is fucking livid. Red face, yelling, and the first thing I hear clearly is "I'm gonna smear you on this bumper f***t." I ignore and continue on and wee hit another red light, he's in the left turn lane. He continues to berate me, I ignore him, and he turns and I continue on. But I see that he turns left but immediately pulls an illegal u-turn into the grass and is using the oncoming traffic exit to re-enter the road. I forget to mention that a cop was also at the last light next to me. I just stopped, waved frantically at the cop and started pointing at the wacko. Thankfully, the cop stopped. Had they not been there not sure what I would've done.