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Hopefully the prosecutor can get assault with a deadly weapon at least but yeah, the punishment will not fit the crime. Also, the driver probably has no assets so a civil judgment for injuries/damages is likely to just be a paper tiger.
Way back in 1974 I had a psycho try to run me over intentionally. He was unaware 2 friends in a car were following. I gained some distance and then pulled over. The moron pulls over and starts acting like a madman. He was coming at me and my friends took him down from behind and we all gave him a major beating.
That was 74, back when you could defend yourself without being arrested. Heck, now you can get arrested for yelling at someone, what a mess.
Without getting too political. It won't even make it to a judge. A lenient District Attorney will let him plea bargain it down to where he won't even do any jail time.
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