Typical of someone criminally minded trying to use false identity to get away with his wrongdoings. His driving cause suspicion which later uncovered this tactic.
'something the defendant chose to characterised as ‘veering wildly into my right of way' '
WHAT? Nobody told this missile they do NOT have right of way? !
'“The defendant also claimed that my (admittedly fruity, but then I get like that when people try to kill me) bad language after the incident proved that I was in ‘an aggressive state of mind and probably not fit to be riding a bicycle on the public highway’.'
And I would argue it was a natural reaction to YOUR agressive behaviour. The cyclist was acting under shock, and duress.. you were under no threat from them. You were bombing down the road not paying attention.
Could it have been the case the driver, through their own negligence, was concentrating solely or mainly on over-taking your wife?
Or was
Whatever the case, their speed is clearly significant as shown from the footage. Indeed. The footage was significant enough for an otherwise over-stretched and at times, dispondant police force to swiftly send the driver a Notice of Intended Prosecution.
Too busy flicking my bean to drive properly