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I carry one of those digital pocket recorders with me to make notes to myself. When I'm stopped as you were when he cut you off, I grab it and record the license number and a description of the vehicle. In many cases, LE will not act on road rage unless they personally observe it but there is no reason not to try to report it with appropriate details if you can.

I think that you handled the situation well. The key is that you tried to get out of his way at the first opportunity and to separate yourself from him several times. We had a similar incident with a woman in Waco while we were driving our RV. She nearly sideswiped us because she was texting while driving and I tapped my air horn. That set her off. She did the same kinds of things (swerved in front of us and slammed on the brakes). I cannot imagine how stupid a person must be to do that to an 11 ton vehicle. I changed lanes several times to get away from her but she could change faster than I could in heavy traffic. I signaled to take the next exit and, since she was in front of us, she went first. I simply shut off the turn signal and kept on I-35. She couldn't get back to us after that.

While the level of anger in the general population seems to be increasing, apparently driven by our current economic woes, I believe that the number of road ragers, particularly ones like you had to deal with, is very small when compared to the total number of cars on the road. If we can help to identify who these fanatics are and get their information to LE, maybe they will learn the errors of their ways.