It’s nothing to do with individual choice and everything to do with design.

Oh the I’ll just be 5 mins carpark

In Germany, we have the wonderful Radwegebenutzungspflicht (obligation to use cycle paths). Unfortunately most drivers don’t realize this only applies to about 10% of Germany’s cycle paths, which are marked by a blue sign. They think the obligation applies to all cycle paths, and so they keep giving cyclists shit.

bike lane? did you mean painted gutter?