It can be explained to people in the right circumstances, Facebook is difficult.
There was a bit of a rant by someone at a work meeting the other day about cyclists.. After meeting banter if you will.
Some guy who had to drive over from somewhere was moaning about held up by a cyclist ‘blocking his way’.
I stuck my neck out a bit, and explained about taking the lane when comming to pinch points, traffic islands, especially when there’s parked cars either side of the island.. You just ride straight down the center of the available space.
I was about to get shouted down, but it turned out there were a few motorcyclists in the group who immediately chipped in and defended me with a rather more harsh, but accurate examples.
I think it’s just lack of awareness in general regarding how people should behave on the road.
The idea that ones ‘progress’ should never be compromised by anything ever seems to be a prevelent mentality.