I watched it a few times. My opinion is evolving. Or rather I'm less certain.
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Ironically, the more there really was a back & forth in the road rage "words were exchanged" (see 1096dad's link), the more guilty the sedan driver is. Because blind spot / surprise / reaction goes away and we're left only with knowing intent to swerve in with sedan of whoopass.
Rider is still a douche and in lots of trouble for fleeing the scene. However, unless the driver is an octogenarian with bad hearing, my money is on the sedan for most culpability here.
Well considered. I'd only add that the operative thing for me, since I wasn't there and won't be called to serve on a jury to hear full evidence, is that there is instructional content here.
The 1%, for example, which would be nigh 0% in groups like this, probably get a lot more than they bargain for more often than not. Once that highway turned into a bumper car ride the biker was at extreme risk. Cars are like Jurassic Park's velociraptors. The real danger is from the one you didn't even know was barreling down on you. You can avoid much of what you're aware of. As happens in cars, with their huge, often poorly respected blind spots, large four-wheeled things really can sneak up on a preoccupied motorcyclist. Target fixation isn't just what slams you into things, it gives you tunnel vision.
Solid lines, at least in Texas, are a mixed bag. The law says they are a traffic barrier not to be crossed. In cities like Dallas the drive-time radio stations talk about white line patrols ticketing cars who cross a solid white line to move ahead on the shoulder.
On the other hand, out in the country, it's a different deal. On my oldest son's first night drive on his learner's permit he was driving about 60 in a 70 on a farm to market road out in the country. I'd chosen the night for its clear skies and full moon, and he'd logged enough daytime miles I thought it was time to expose him to night time driving.
A car eased up behind us about a half mile from our turn. Just as my son was about to signal his intent to turn a second car stacked up, then sprinted around and ducked directly behind us.
That's when he hit his lights. Texas DPS.
He gave my son a warning ticket. He was nice, but critical of my son driving ten miles per hour under the speed limit and said he needed to move over to the shoulder any time another vehicle stacked up behind us.
Crossing, of course, the same solid line that inspires tickets in Dallas.
In Texas, central left turn lanes are guarded with solid in-your-lane stripes everywhere except at intersections. It would be silly not to use the left turn lane to enter businesses, but that's another case where a solid line, if a legal barrier, isn't a deterrent.
Of course, the reason the DPS Trooper stopped my son was because he looked hyper-cautious and could have been drunk. Guilty. Of being cautious. My son was nervous because of the night conditions.
Anyway, the takeaway from this video for me is there is a bleak future for acting like a 1%'er, yet they are out there, and don't trust signs or markers limiting traffic, especially cars. Most of them, even the ones nearly killing us, are driven by at least marginally nice folks. Being nice doesn't mitigate the threat.
The car culture has its 1%, too. Idiocy is bad enough. Add rage to idiocy and fatalities await, no matter the choice of vehicle.