Exactly this, thanks very much for jumping in before I could. Australia has borrowed a lot of the post WW2 USA urban planning, including car dependent sprawl.

Exactly this, thanks very much for jumping in before I could. Australia has borrowed a lot of the post WW2 USA urban planning, including car dependent sprawl. One study (via [1]) came to a simple conclusion for the dislike: "They think roads are built for cars alone." This great BBC article goes into detail on the psychology: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130212-why-you-really-hate-cyclists https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130212-why-you-really-h... [1]: https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/cyclist-hate https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/cyclist-hate