Cars really need a variety of horns. Like one that politely says "pardon me, do you happen to have any grey poupon?" and one that says "move or I'll rip yer fucken eyeballs out!"

I don't know where you learned to drive, but I clearly remember that lesson from driving school "honking is only to be used in case of immediate danger". Which, here, is clearly not the case.

I just feel fear cycling. Like when a 53' long semi passes a foot away from me. Ironically most of my near-miss brushes with death have involved school buses - it's ironic because I'm a school bus driver. One time I even got smacked in the leg by a school bus' crossing arm.

It's good that you feel that way. I'd wish that was the case for the local bicyclers too.

Cars are obviously expected to slow down and keep behind the biker till able to pass (that's the law, though drivers often attempt too close passes anyway), that said, when walking on narrow pathways in the woods, cyclists will often come cycling way too fast and ring - without slowing down any significant amount - and apparently expecting me to jump to the side to not be hit.

I've had multiple close-hits, and they'll start screaming and be abusive if you don't give way (you know, since they're faster than you, and it's inconvenient for them to slow down just because of you). And no, the forest road is not a mountain biking path. Contrary, the paths are usually footpaths that are destroyed by the bicycles plowing up the loose dirt - the good side being, that the small roads often change and stay exciting.

There are a lot of good bicyclers out there, but I generally feel that the (locally) worst cyclers are the sporty ones and those who freely disregard the law. It's almost like "I'm not in a car but still faster than the walking plebians, so I can do whatever I like without real consequences".

I very much wish for proper, separated, biking paths, though that's mostly for my own comfort as it won't keep me from running into the two types of bicyclers described above. :(

Edit: Sorry, this got wayy too long. Good night. x)

Every time I board a subway in China or Korea, I should carry a projector and show the people waiting how good the Japanese are at getting on and off subways. As long as it's a platform with a full wall, and not the half wall a mob of people could potentially chuck you over.