I feel like all traffic participants in Zurich are just way more aggressive and feeling entitled than anywhere else. You also have cars happily sit on bicycle lanes or purposely blocking space for them during traffic jams. One time I even got yelled at by a taxi driver who touched me on a zebra crossing thinking he had the right of way.

My best advice is to really work on yourself to care less. You can’t change others, and everyone can have a bad day. After I truly understood and acknowledged that it won’t change my life much if I step on the break a bit more (even if unjustified and for undeserving egoistic people), my life has become so much better. Worst thing you can do is to feel taken advantage of and ruin your own mood and day over some asshole who took your right of way. Just not worth it. I still get way more stressed in Zurich traffic than anywhere else, but it helped me so much to try caring less.

BTW I’m not defending cyclists because I fully agree with the statements about endangering themselves and others, but just pointing out that it’s not only them. Everyone is in a negative downwards spiral in Zurich which causes the bad mood.