Range Rover plows through bikes at NYC annual ride.

[frosty2013]

We all get pissed off at people in traffic for different reasons, some justified, some not. That does not mean we get to dish out our own form of justice on the spot. Only a judge has that power, and only after a proper trial. But we all have a right to defend ourselves with deadly force when threatened (at least for now..).

The biker that initiated the sequence of events (knowingly slowing down in front of the SUV) that caused an accident is guilty of reckless driving (and if someone died) manslaughter. No jury will convict that SUV driver who was about to suffer the same fate as Reginald Denny (LA Riots truck driver pulled from his truck by a mob at the intersection of Florence and Normandy in LA).

Just like none of us will ever tolerate anyone taking over a plane we are flying on. We all know how that ends, and that's why it has never happened since 9/11 and probably never will. For those of us that lived through the LA Riots, we will not let any mob pull us out of a car without a fight.

We live in a society where some people seem entitled to make their own rules and dish out their own form of punishment. The biker got what was coming to him, and got off easy in my mind. More than one would be dead if they tried to pull me out of my car with my family in it.