Originally Posted by
JonnyHK
I don't believe the bikers "started it", but they had at least TWO clear moments to back off and avoid being dragged further down - yet they, as a group or due to poor 'leadership' by one of them, boldly dug themselves a deeper hole and one of them paid a very dear price.
The fact that ANOTHER cyclist in a SEPARATE incident on a DIFFERENT day had a problem with this a-hole driver does not absolve this group of 4 from being called stupid.
"A problem" is an understatement on your part. "The problem" as I see it is in the one commenting cyclist not reporting his incident to law enforcement, since it might have been the trigger to get law enforcement to take more serious action against this motorist at an earlier stage.
I wouldn't call the cyclists "stupid" maybe "foolish" in their decision making in this incident, but we've all made foolish decisions at points during our lifetime. Their decision to address this issue may send this motorist to prison for a very long time due to his prior criminal history, possibly saving a number of other cyclists considerable grief.