abbaskip said:
Yep, I have this argument all the time. Australia is the only nation that downright refuses to share the roads.
Who argues otherwise? Australia is the only place I have had things thrown at me. It is the only place I have seen drivers deliberately "buzz" cyclists (occasionally killing them, of course). Accidents happen, but sometimes they're not accidents.
Here in Canada, where I live now, drivers sometimes show lack of judgement, and are sometimes impatient, but unlike Australia, I never get the sense that they would really prefer just to injure or kill me, just for being on the road.
I lived in the UK for a few years. It is similar to Canada in that there is more-often-than-not mutual respect, sometimes frustration but rarely aggression and assault. Europe is better still.