Most of us as cyclists have had run ins with drivers. There might be some shouting, some histrionics, a close pass here or there, the kind of thing that's so common that we discount it often. A few of us might even have had the misfortune to be hit by a vehicle.
However, what the majority of us have thankfully not experienced is assault, as happened to one rider last month while out on a regular Sunday ride. One minute Charlie Moloney was enjoying a regular route in the sun, the next he found himself in the bushes at the side of the road.
