He always looked over his shoulder, afraid that someone was pursuing him.
I think everyone, including myself, can relate to this statement. Definitely not to the same extent as Coyote, who is fearing dangerous consequences, maybe even death. However, I think everyone has been in a scenario where they wanted to help out, everyone told them no, and then they went through with it anyway. After actually doing what was advised against, everyone gets angry, and you fear punishment when really you had no ill intent to begin with.