First blood was the scooter rider kicking the car.
The car was driving in a straight line in his lane and the bike came over into his lane, got close enough and then kicked him, at which point the car tried to get him away.
I see this as the biker at fault. Notice he also did a hit and run.
The motorcyclist had a reason to get mad...before the video started.
Plus you have to credit his skill; he went in a big underdog against a sedan. Maybe he has done this before.
Traber, who works for a local power company, was riding in the passenger seat when he noticed the motorcyclist pass them in the fast lane, he told ABC News. About 100 yards ahead, Traber said he saw the silver sedan, which was in the carpool lane, swerve to the right to enter the fast lane, almost hitting the motorcyclist.There might not have been any injury or property damage at that point, though.
I can understand the motorcyclist (scooterist) being really angry and scared, but kicking a car in incredibly stupid.
The scooterist is lucky he's not dead.
I'm all for prosecuting the scotterist, but the driver looks like he tried to kill him. If the altercation was going on for a bit, and he's flipping off the scooterist then he can't claim surprise, and in fact his swerve to the right is attempted murder.
So, they both need to be charged, but vandalism is not the same as attempted murder. The driver needs the bigger punishment, plus he lost control based on his own murder attempt, and seriously injured someone as a result.
“The car was driving in a straight line in his lane and the bike came over into his lane”
According to the witness the biker kicked him on the passenger side. Then we see in the video the car over to the right with the biker on his left and kicking.