Coming back from WFO-4, Bluestreek and I caught some traffic on I-5 in Seattle. We came upon a line of cars in a left lane off-ramp. As I started to pass one guy went ballistic . He was raging in his car, slipping me off, flailing his arms, etc., etc., then grabbed his cell phone and made a call. He was being so crazy I pulled back and paced him until he got off the highway since there was no room to get "clear" around him without being trapped in traffic. I kept giving Bluestreek the "What the heck" signal and he just shook his head. When we stopped South of Olympia we talked---nothing wrong, nada, zilch, zip---no idea what set this guy off.
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of man?
Still, as others have mentioned, these bikers were in "some" control. Had they merely rode away from the initial incident perhaps nothing would have happened. Still, the retaliation was premeditated, but even that may be mitigated, in the eyes of the court or D.A., by the bikers actions. There are no "winners" here...everyone loses. How sad.