So with what are largely considered larger, safer, easier to drive vehicles on wider, less complicated roads with more instructional signage and consistently lower speed limits, the US has achieved a road vehicle death rate three times that of the UK.
I can't think of a perspective from which that isn't fucked up.
And now a brief word on shouting at cyclists from a moving vehicle. I presume it's abuse but it's a little difficult to tell, for all I know it's a recipie for chocolate brownies. This is because the combination of wind, engine noise, other background noise, only opening the window an inch or so and a roughly 2:1 speed ratio, we haven't got a clue what you're shouting. It's not that I'm particularly bothered, I support your right to freedom of expression and strongly encourage you to exercise that right when you feel compelled to do so. However, if you feel that it is important that the cyclist appreciate the fullness of your brief oral missive, I suggest the following remedial actions:
1) Wind your window down all the way.
2) Slow down and match the cyclist at an equal and level pace.
3) Enunciate.
If it helps at all, many cyclists I know are equally keen to know what it is that motorists have been shouting all these years.
In wholly unrelated news, I'm pondering the purchase of a belt mounted D-lock holster.