PORTLAND, Ore. -- Recent conflicts between cyclists and motorists have many Portlanders venting their frustrations.

Last weekend, a cyclist ended up on the hood of a car during an alleged road rage incident in Portland.

 More: Cyclist clutches onto hood of car

And the week earlier, a different cyclist was arrested for allegedly attacking a driver and hitting him with his bike during another road rage incident.

 More: Driver says he was attacked by cyclist

“With gas prices on the rise there are bound to be more bikes on the road. We had all better learn to get along. It shouldn't be that difficult,” one kgw.com viewer wrote in the comment survey posted online.

 Share/read comments: Increasing car/bike tensions?

Some feel it’s just a matter of everyone needing to find common ground, while other kgw.com readers took sides.

These two kgw.com visitors are examples of some of the people who wrote about why they blame cyclists.

“As someone who drives and walks in the city every day, I can see why some motorists (and even pedestrians) are frustrated. There is a certain element in the bicycling community that seems to self-righteously demand the right-of-way while using the roadways that were constructed and intended for motor vehicles, and yet disregard the very traffic laws designed to protect them as well as motorists. As a pedestrian, I cannot count the number of times I have nearly been run into by a bicycle on the sidewalk. As a motorist, every single day I see an epidemic of bicyclists running red lights and stop signs, not traveling in the actual lane of traffic, failing to signal, and generally disregarding the very traffic laws that they, too, are bound by.”

“Cyclists think they own the road and act like they're immune to following the law. Our dear city should immediately begin ticketing any cyclist who breaks the [traffic] law.”

Others feel that drivers should be held more accountable.

“There are good drivers and bad drivers, just as much as there are good bicyclists and bad bicyclists. Drivers don't yield or pay attention, and cyclists blow stop signs and cut off cars. The only difference is that a car can kill a person on a bike, and not vice-versa. So bikers beware and drivers be careful.”

“In my daily commute I encounter bikes all the time. I am aware of them, and for the most part they share the streets well. I understand that they may need to swerve suddenly because running over a small piece of road debris can cause a bike to wreck much easier than it can cause a car to wreck.”

Something everyone did appear to agree on, for the most part, is that both sides will need to step up and make some changes before conditions on the road will improve.

“Both the cyclist and the motorist need to be careful and watch out for each other. Unfortunately, I think we are going to see more road rage between cyclist and motorist.”