>> I would have been just as defenseless as the man who was killed.

New Zealand driving habits are selfish ++ with plenty of road rage, but there's not a lot of shooting and definitely it's not Mad Max.

(If people haven't seen Mad Max II, worth a look. Forget about III.)

"They built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed." (highly selective snip)