I think it, (this case), has been a classic example of things aren’t always what they first appear. I don’t think it’s all that much to do with the transport per sa, (bear with me), but a personality clash. Yes, the driver had the advantage, so to speak, but if the roles had been reversed in that situation it may well be that the man cycling would have exacted a similar revenge attack instead. Did that makes sense?
To put it a different way, if the cyclist had a gun or baseball bat and the ability to catch and attack the driver during or afterwards, who’s to say he wouldn’t have started shooting or beating the driver over his head, or just punch his head off to a charge of GBH? They were clearly
both incensed so I don’t think it’s a great leap to consider the non-factual angle. (Maybe I should write for the Daily Mail
).
I have had abuse from a fellow cyclist the once. I was riding along minding my own business towards Clent Hills on my mountain bike when a cycling mob came up behind me like a swarm of wasps. The one voice rang out behind me “you’re slowing down the peloton!” I thought to myself “This is as much my road too you know; fec off!”
The one wolf in the pack, deliberately or not, nudged my arm as he went by. (I think it was you ed
).
Seriously, I’m just trying to say that it’s not ‘anti-cyclist’ to point out they are not all whiter than white, as indeed the guy in this incident wasn’t, and I speak as a devoted cyclist who should be out on it now on this lovely day.
Add: To be clear I am not, for one second, condoning the driver's action!