Motor Cars vs. Bicycles - Fight Fight Fight!

I take it you don't go round Elephant and Castle and down to Streatham much? Because I will say, it seemed like I barely saw it before I moved south of the river, but since I did? I've seen it a bunch yeah, mostly people intentionally swerving at cyclists, or intentionally trying to squeeze them off the road/into parked cars. Both risk killing the cyclist if the driver fucks up at all (and people do - a guy in the US who was trying to just "menace" cyclists killed several of them a few months ago). But Elephant and Castle, especially the roundabout seems to be some kind of hotspot for this shit. The long road down to Balham from Streatham by the park is also pretty damn special for this, I think because there are a large number of people cycling in the area - I mean, I'll be honest, it's special for all sorts of bad behaviour. I've seen, on that one road (which I used to walk 1.5 miles down twice a day for my commute):

1) Cars intentionally swerving at cyclists - multiple times. Obvious as hell too. I assume scaring is the goal, but as noted, it's risking their lives. Also just a lot of unfriendly/unsafe driving, even from bus drivers - people driving way too close to cyclists or intentionally trying to block them (which I'd put as different from swerving at them).

2) Cars refusing to stop for pedestrians and cyclists at two of the crossings, even the one with the traffic light - I get that the road before the light was kind of fast, but you don't get to just fucking drive through a red light because you're impatient, you shit. And yeah as someone mentioned, the fucking waving at people is just adding insult to injury. At least own that you're a crook, don't try and make out it's consensual!

3) Cyclists on the pavement - loads of 'em, all different types - but I'd have less sympathy if it wasn't for 1. Thankfully the Lycra Warriors tend to ride in the road, I guess it's part of their deal.

4) Lunatics on various mobility scooters, e-scooters, those weird two-wheel or one-wheel things the name of which escapes me (like a Segway but with no control column). Way more of a menace than the cyclists, because half of them - especially the white people, sorry but it's true! - can't control their vehicles. I saw an incredible confrontation between a man with three dogs and a mobility scooter OAP who managed to nearly run him and them down on the bridge over the railway. I've seen the same person nearly running over all sorts of people on the high street too - their scooter is gigantic.

5) Aforementioned "flying road block" paired rich mums with pushchairs, who as noted will happily make you walk into traffic to get around them unless you really give them the evil eye (which I honestly don't like doing to anyone who isn't an actual thug).

6) Countless "loose children" on scooters dozens or hundreds of yards from ineffectual parents. I mean, I guess that's fine, apart from the kids often nearly ram into old ladies and the like (or do!), and I feel like it's maybe unfair on the kids that their parents are letting them do this right next to a pretty fast road.

That road is a shitshow. But it kept me in surprisingly good shape walking it both ways every day, I do miss it.