[burnthrow]

The driver stopped short, causing a cyclist behind him to crash. That's a crime. He can play victim all he wants in his BMW SUV, he got off lucky, both legally and extralegally.

Of course the video's edited to only show the pissed of cyclists.

Having done a lot of this kind of riding, let me tell you what likely happened: The kids were riding as a group, acting stupid (running reds, popping wheelies, etc.). BMW driver either said something to them, or drove aggressively near the group. The group rides, surrounding his car to fuck with him a little. BMW driver hits his brakes rather than slow down, cyclist crashes into the SUV (this part is confirmed). Kids are livid, and the pedestrian camera rolls.

The alternative to that sequence is that these kids are beating the shit out of an SUV with their bicycles unprovoked. Not buying it.

[TedDoesntTalk]

What would they have done if they'd gotten into the car or the driver got out?

[burnthrow]

They wouldn't realistically get into the car (they didn't), but if they did, they'd trash the interior too. If the driver got out to fight, they'd beat him up obviously. If he just got out to "clear things up", they'd insult him and maybe slap him around a bit.

The driver's problem is he's in his own little bubble and was infuriated by bicyclists inconveniencing his drive (oh dear). I bet he'll tell people how scary NYC is, like commenter `goldenkey` above, and hopefully won't return to be so inconvenienced by kids on bicycles. His conundrum was 100% avoidable by not being a tool.

Anyway I hate selectively edited videos like that, making the driver look like some victim. It's Andy Ngo-quality material.

[goldenkey]

Would you please provide full video or evidence backing up your claims?