...This is where someone would chime in about the cyclists clear inability to communicate parity to the motorist, and perhaps the motorist was doing the cycling pack a favor by educating them about proper following techniques.... I channel the spirit of 'blame the cyclist' for this thread.

Was the group of cyclists effectively communicating to other road users about their parity and vehicularity? Did le lanterne use panache and hand signals to effectively communicate to overtaking motorists?

Perhaps the offending motorists, confused by the ambiguity of being confronted with a large group of uncommunicative cyclists, took the group to be second class, inferior road users? The motorist might have been treating them as if they weren't even there

I believe none of the above, just wanted to provide some counterpoint previously seen on this forum.

Road rage occurs even when motorists have clear and unencumbered passage around bicyclists. some motorists get enraged by bicyclists. those motorists should have their liscense suspended after this type of harrassing/ injury incident.

Sadly, the motorists often get treated with a favorable bias by police and the courts when accused of biker harassment/assault. In a recent case of road rage i experienced here in the US, even with me and two witnesses stating the motorist tried to deliberately hit me with his car!!!, nothing was done....