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Bigtwin I think you misunderstand the difference between an offence under the Public Order act and an offence under the Offences Against the Person Act.
It is an offence to use threatening and abusive words and behaviour (POA), but that behaviour does not become an assult until the victim believes that the threats are real and the person threatening has the immediate capacity and intent to carry out the threat (OATPA).
As stated, calling a person a cnut is offensive, but not in inself a credible and material threat of assault: given DJ's scenarion the driver will have trouble justifying his actions as self defence.