Or at the very least assault with a deadly weapon.

Road rage is why they did it, attempted murder is the crime.

It's a real phenomenon when talking about incidents involving two vehicles because you unconsciously dehumanize the person in the vehicle since you're not directly engaging with them, but their machine, and can't really see the person in it.

Same principle applies on the internet where people aren't seeing a person when they are verbally abusing someone online, which makes it much easier to ignore the empathic part of our brain. At least that's what I heard on the radio.

That being said, this one involves a cyclist so I'd just call it attempted murder too.

I felt like shit for bumping a guy's car at 5kmh because it snowed (not common here, so I was on summer tires) and I slipped while braking. He must have noticed it in my face because he cheered me up when he saw that the bumper didn't even have a mark

Can't believe some people would run into a cyclist head on on purpose and live with themselves after, dude's gotta have some anti social disorder

It's not a wise decision to hit someone's car to get their attention.

I assume he was on a bicycle in the earlier incident as well, not in a car.

With a car, sure. You tap your horn. You don't bump the car that is oblivious to the light change.

But the guy probably doesn't have a horn on his bike, isn't required to have one, and tapping the bumper with your hand is not going to hurt the car in question.

There are things that bicyclists do that very much annoy me, like blowing through red lights, riding the wrong way on the road, and riding with no lights at night. Tapping my bumper isn't one.

Tapping a bumper made someone tried to murder you? Nah dude, something is seriously fucking unhinged with many Americans and it needs to be called out way more. So many are so eager and trigger happy after one small interaction. Why is it ok to go insane after someone taps your car?

And it's disgusting that we believe it's justified to protect possessions with deadly force. Shit can be replaced a persons life cannot.

Here in the US, from grade-school on, we’re taught to protect possessions with deadly force.

Don't know where you grew up, but sure as fuck not where I grew up.

Tbh, if I were the cyclist, I would have used deadly force on the rager. I carry when I ride.