-
He followed with plenty of verbal abuse some shoving and then kicking before he injured himself enough to be stopped. Had a cyclist pulled/pushed at the cars mirrors in the same way as the driver did the riders camera/bike then it's not unusual for punches to be thrown.
Would you say the driver's response to that was proportionate and/or constructive re improving rider awareness?
You can apply all the questions you are to the rider to the driver...
The same amount as any reasonably intelligent adult should have when it comes to conflict resolution in the public domain. I would also take slight issue with 'attacked', he drove quite close to him, this imo =/= attacked