Attacked

Most of the time it *is *just lack of consideration (or more likely lack of concentration)- I'm not sure that warrants any sort of violent confrontation.

I am not literally calling for violence at the slightest of driver mistakes, I am more making the following point:

The notion that it is somehow good to cycle off with a smug smile and a sense of superiority at your zen like calm in the face of murderous action after someone has attempted to save 15 seconds by gambling with your life is a bad way to live life.

I fundamentally disagree with the assertion that a calm considered approach somehow perpetuates bad driving and passes on a greater problem to other cyclists

Here we disagree.