...well, thankfully, these dickheads are the minority - but unfortunately they are out there...
I commute by bicycle and for the most part everyone behaves themselves.
I was cycling down the road once overtaking parked cars on the left. A car came the other way and as he passed by me I shouted "Lights" because he had no lights on and it was dark...the muppet came after me, overtook me and slammed his brakes on...got out his car and started shouting, asking what I was shouting for...I told him, rather calmly, "I was just letting you know your lights weren't on mate"
Humble pie was eaten by the ton! ;)
For the record, the cyclist undertook the car whilst moving AND coming up to a junction - not something I would recommend cyclists do - but that doesn't justify the actions of the driver who basically used his vehicle as a weapon and ran the cyclist off the road.
If I know the British legal system, absolutely FA will happen to that driver. The cyclist is not protected in this country.
So far, in 6 years I've been taken off my bike on a roundabout once, I've ran into a car that was pulling out of a roundabout in front of me and stalled and I've had a car pass me so close his wing mirror hit my handle bars. Those are the only "contacts" I've had...there have been many, many other close shaves with people just not thinking. The two most common things are drivers pulling out of a junction in front of me and drivers over taking me but not reading the road and having to brake hard in front of me, forcing me to pile massive amounts of pressure on 4 little strips of rubber!
It's hairy - but for the most part, I'm banking on if I keep my wits about me, I'll be ok.
I'm pretty sure he'd be facing vehicular assault charges in the US.
Unfortunately - these people don't help keep the roads calm...
And that's not the worst video I've seen on cyclists behaving pretty poorly on the road. Forget the guy knocked off (though he does plenty wrong) - look at the other guy coming through!!
Yeah, that was pretty dumb.
These guys really piss me off because they make the roads a more dangerous place for people like me