The only explanation I can see is if you've never had to walk nor bike around, only drive, and only talk to other people who also grumble "fucking cyclists" when they realize they have to share the road with them.
> German car owners fear nothing more than damages
Well, cyclists and pedestrians have to fear bodily injury from all collisions. You yourself admit that automobile drivers have such little skin in the game that they primarily fear the inconvenience of damage.
I hope you'll forgive me but your post shows a lot of ignorance. I live in Copenhagen, I cycle every day and drive nearly every week. Berlin is hell and I dread driving and cycling there every single time I visit. I swear half the cyclists there would lose their driver's licenses when cycling here, the sheet unpredictability and complete disregard for driving rules (the same that cars follow, I swear they behave like they don't apply to them) are incredibly dangerous.
Its precisely comments like yours that illustrate perfectly the arrogance of proponents of the cyclist movement.
I ride bikes and am an pedestrian since all My life in said cities. Yet people like you feel inclined to judge any one who doesnt agree with them into the class of „unworthiness to talk to“.
You people cant even read my Statement correctly: I was talking about the dangers to the pedestrians by the cyclists.
Not everybody who rides bikes is a dick, and yes car driving dicks have the advantage of their bodies being protected.
But my Main point, that got lost in peoples mouth foam is, that at least dick-drivers are accountable. Cyclists arent. They can leave marks on cars and ride off. They can insult „fucking pedestrians“ and ride off. They can attack other (slower) cyclists, and ride off. Cars cant because in dense urban areas they arent as easy and as free to navigate.
And besides from being stolen, in all those interactions the cyclists doesnt have to fear damageto his vehicle.
I am a daily bike commuter in Berlin. I think dickish people are evenly spread on all transportation modes. Difference is, dickish car drivers kill people, dickish biciclists don't. There has been 9 deaths of biciclists in Berlin in 2017[1] so there is definetely a reason for higher identifiability for car drivers.
The suggestion that cars are more at risk from damage than cyclists is preposterous.
In my experience of cycling in many different countries, cyclist militancy is directly proportional to the safety conditions. Most notably, the quality (or otherwise) of the drivers.
