One of Western Australia's top police officers has issued a fresh plea for tolerance on the roads after three cyclists were injured yesterday.

WA Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich told 720 ABC Perth the state's road users needed to improve their behaviour.

"I think underpinning the problem is our attitudes on the roads, and that goes for cyclists and other road users," Assistant Commissioner Anticich said.

"I think there is a sense of entitlement and I think we have thrown tolerance out the window.

"We are human beings, we should be interacting in a normal way but for some reason on the road we become completely different creatures."

Drivers and cyclists alike took to social media to vent their frustrations in sharing the roads.

Yvonne: And make every vehicle driver cycle for a day and see how aggressive and arrogant some drivers are...and how vulnerable cyclists are.

Leesa: Cyclists to ride single file at all times and to stay off small busy roads. The Government needs to install more cycle lanes. Some roads are just too dangerous for cyclists but that doesn't stop them!

Grant: A pedestrian recently tried to push me off my bike on a shared use path because he thought (wrongly) that the path was exclusively for pedestrian use.

Michael: As a driver I am very careful around cyclists because I also happen to ride a lot. Sadly there are a lot of arrogant cyclists that stretch the tolerance of the average motorist.

Mr Anticich said it was important to note that in any incident involving cyclists and vehicles, the rider was far more likely to be injured or killed.

"I'm a cyclist, I commute to work most days by bicycle. I cover around 30 to 50km a day and I travel on the roads," he said.

"I've experienced all the things we read about. I've been very angry when I have nearly been hit by a vehicle, I have had things thrown at me, I've been abused and I get it.

"There's got to be a better understanding on both sides as to how we are going to get on."

Mr Anticich said WA Police were looking at strategies to improve conduct on the roads overall.

"To be brutally frank, I think we probably have some of the worst driving behaviours in Australia," he said.

"I think enforcement has played a role but we need new ways to change people's behaviour.

"We have talked about [it] with recidivist or at-risk drivers, personalising how we handle them and making it quite directed."

Opposition transport spokesman Ken Travers said he wished to work with the Government on improving conditions for cyclists.

"In a growing city like Perth the roads won't cope if everyone drives, we need to encourage people to cycle," he said.

Mr Travers said there was over $70 million in the state's road trauma trust account which could be used to fund improved infrastructure for cycling in Perth.