This is nuts!

[OakLeaf]

I think this is one of those that isn't so much about the bike.

Sadly, road rage shootings aren't that uncommon. It's just that in every other instance I've heard about, both participants were in cars.

This isn't meant to excuse the shooter one tiny bit. But I'm recalling the thread about road rage a few months back. This incident is just another reminder why we shouldn't escalate - get a license plate and a physical description, ignore their verbal threats, practice the cycling skills to deal as much as possible with their physical assaults, stay on your bike, do not stop unless the traffic situation requires it, and do not escalate. Besides being armed with a 3,500# blunt instrument, they might be armed with something else too.