Motorcyclist kicks car and triggers chain-reaction crash in apparent road-rage video

[Ms. Toad]

97. It's hard to tell.

I only ride a people powered bike, and I have kicked a truck in self-defense.

It pulled out into me without looking. Despite the fact that his street was postered with signs warning about heavy bike traffic on that particular day. Despite the fact that he stopped at the sidewalk giving the appearance that he was attentive to the possibility of traffic (foot, bike, or vehicle). The kick was accompanied by a scream. That got his attention enough that he stopped and, miraculously, the only damage done was a momentary entanglement of my pedal with the pedal of the person coming up behind me. And a big adrenalin rush so the miles to the next rest stop went by pretty darn quickly!

So I am familar with the concept of kicking to defend my lane. Here, there isn't much lead up on the tape, but it didn't look to me as if the car was pulling into the bike's lane.