And yet (anecdotally) when I was in France cycle the drivers were so much more polite to me. I saw bad driving in terms of lack of consideration of other drives

And yet (anecdotally) when I was in France cycle the drivers were so much more polite to me. I saw bad driving in terms of lack of consideration of other drives, but when it came to cyclists they were generally extremely friendly, indicating and passing very wide and only when it was safe to do so. This was for both country and city cycling. In the UK most drivers seem to treat cyclists pretty poorly.