Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
When an audible/verbal warning fails to get a drivers attention what is a cyclist suppose to do? A slap or punch sometimes IS what is required to wake up the brain dead/distracted driver.
I totally agree.
But if the slap/hit leaves a dent or crack, some maniacal LEO might charge the cyclist with assault regardless of any 'passing law' violation, and the cyclist would not get exonerated until it went to court. I was passed by less than the new 'passing law' in Maryland, at one point during the summer of 2011. An LEO saw it happen, yet did nothing. I am pretty sure, if I had hit the offending vehicle with my fist, the LEO would have arrested me out of spite, ignoring what the vehicle did.