Re: Volvo drivers don't get a serve too?
Old Biker here - You're right that bikers particularly hated volvos in the 70-80 +, but for the wrong reason.
One of their selling points was the cars great structural strength, and their adverts at the time made plenty out of their ability to roll with the roof largely undamaged.
This was achieved by having hugely strong (and there for also hugely wide) support beams at the sides of the windscreen. (A Frame I think their called ?)
That resulted in huge blind spots when pulling out from side roads, in which a motorcycle could easily get lost.
As a result they took the top spot for years for accidents where the car pulled out from a side road directly in front of a bikes right of way, typically sending them flying with some pretty serious results.
SMIDSY (Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You), was born as a result of volvos.