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Originally Posted by Joe Bob
Fully agree, you can be dead right on a bike. The problem is, bike riders DO have rights.
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A guy who walks up to a grizzly bear and punches it in the nose has a right to live, too. Doesn't mean the grizzly is going to respect that right.
Regardless of what your "rights" are, if you're going to be an ass, better be aware of what kind of disparity of force you're dealing with--and be prepared for the consequences.
For all of those ascribing pure malice, homicidal intent, etc. to the driver here, consider this: if he had really intended to do what he is
claimed to have done--an unprovoked attack on a group of lily-white innocent cyclists all minding their own business and not restricting traffic--wouldn't he have made sure to leave no witnesses? That would seem to be a good policy for killing people, wouldn't it?