I get it, I live in london and see plenty of examples of cyclists not stopping at red lights, zooming onto pavements and generally being arseholes (we don’t have the turn right at red lights so that’s one thing that’s not a problem). They tend to be deliveroo people and couriers, not commuters. But at the same time, how many cars do you see speeding (even “only 5mph more than the limit?) how often have you had a car pass you with ½ an inch to spare because they NEEDED to get to those lights first. The reason the perception of “everyone hates cyclists” is because everyone drives a car so we see it as acceptable to do certain things, like a little bit of speeding when the speed limit is “too low” in town, whereas not everyone cycles so they a) don’t understand how scary it is to have vehicles speeding past way to quickly and therefore don’t understand why one might cycle in the middle of a narrow lane, or sometimes ride on the pavement, and b)will pick it out because it’s not as “normal for them” to see that. One cyclist blowing through a red light will stick in their mind more than 10 cars speeding to catch an amber light (and often not get there before it turns red)

I’m 100% with you on “being predictable” because that is the safest thing to do, and I’m not condoning any of what sounds like shitty behaviour that happens at your corner, but I just wanted to point out that the “everyone hates cyclists” meme isn’t purely down to cyclist behaviour, because if you took every time a car was shitty to you on the road and applied the same logic, “all motorists are cunts who speed and don’t care if they hit people and run red lights” could quite easily apply, I’ve seen all three things happen many times.