Originally Posted by slide
I think it as simple as the people in cages thinking they are so much stronger than we are that they can do anything they wish without any danger to themselves.
I've had numerous occasions to think about that too. It seems sometimes like the veneer of civilization is really pretty thin. Some people are indeed restrained only by what they think they can get away with, and the feeling of power and invulnerability conferred by a motor vehicle leads to displays of naked aggression that you would never see in a face-to-face encounter on equal terms. If there is a positive side, it is that this kind of thing seems to be mostly the province of males in their teens and twenties. Testosterone is a powerful drug, especially in combination with alcohol. Presumably most of these people will grow out of it eventually, if they survive -- but only to be replaced by others (sigh . . . )