The question for today - are cyclists inconsiderate road users the whole world over? Based on my experience in the UK and Australia there is a prima-facie case for believing so. Over here they clearly believe they have the right of way on roads, pavements, pedestrian crossings and of course the walking half of the cycleway (having been run off it by a cyclist near Manly Yacht Club). Red traffic signals matter not a jot to the cyclist, neither does a one-way system.
The patterns of behaviour are uncannily similar to the UK - I recall seeing a cyclist gesticulating madly and shouting at a car driving the wrong way down the street in Luss (a small village on the shore of Loch Lomond). He got so angry and nearly fell of his bike he was waving so vigorously. The irony, seemly completely lost him, was that all the time he was cycling the wrong way down the street himself - clearly cyclists have a unique interpretation of the rules of the road and pavement.
