ok Robster I'll bite.
There are selfish and inconsiderate people everywhere, but perhaps a few less per capita on this side of the pond.
Consideration and tolerance go hand in hand. Give and take, unless it is all take and no give.
I will use your analogy of revving bikes.
It will be annoying the few times that happens.
However, when your neighbour decides to open a motorbike tour business to exercise his "free enterprise" and you have the revving 7 days a week, morning to night every 15-20 minutes, you may just find that more than a little irrating.
Of course, if the law says its ok, I'm sure you won't mind them exercising their freedoms.