Driver knocks cyclist off bike on purpose – then claims she used to be police officer

This case has more than a slight whiff of police corruption about it. If it were me I would be making a formal complaint to the force and in the event the outcome was not satisfactory I would then take it to The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Had to stop watching at "don't call me names". She knows her rights, one of which is to knock people off their bikes if she deems fit.

You'd think if she really used to a police officer then she would have had some training on 'driving without running anyone over'... 

Just incredulous and without the video footage, which by rights should have seen the lady responsible be disqualified from driving, the cyclist may well have been denied access to restitution for the injuries he suffered and damage to his property or even be handed a warning from a Police force who apparently blamed him for the incident without even assessing available evidence.

In the absence of justice, I hope at least that her insurance renewal is denied or the premium increased extortionately for the next few years.

I find it utterly disturbing as to the attitude of Cheshire Police in relation to this incident.  This is nothing more than a motorist with a superiority complex who had to try to get in front of the cyclist at all costs.

From my perspective, he is approaching a junction with a cycle lane to the left, and the lane is for going straight on or turning left.  I would only ever use the cycle lane if I was turning left at the junction.  I would have taken primary position as he attempted to do before the pink haired hag tried to kill him.

Using the cycle lane for going straight on in my opinion is likely to put the cyclist in more danger than holding position in the lane, because anyone in the lane could possibly be turning left an by being in that lane you are putting yourself in position for a left hook whereas holding the lane is a clear indication that you are going straight over at the junction.

It's interesting how the insurance company can find the driver to be 100% at fault yet the police took a completely different view.  Sounds very much like police corruption to me, especially if she is an ex-copper.  But part of me simply thinks she was grandstanding and trying to intimidate the cyclist into not pursuing the matter with their insurers because she knows she was in the wrong.

I think you should have done something, so it's ok for me to assault you.

What hope do we have of changing the toxic anti-cycling culture that is rife in this country, when those that are there to protect our rights are almost guaranteed to absolve themselves of those duties? If the police can't do their job, then those they answer to must act. We need a government led national education program seeking to promote/clarify the rights of cyclists, with the punishments/penalties for failing to do so.  We need the government to issue new policing directives/guidelines and ideally laws to help protect vulnerable road users, with an independent panel set up to review close pass footage or cases that have been inadequately dealt with. It's a lot to ask but it's what needs to happen if there's to be any hope of things getting better in the future.

I still can not get my head around the logic of those wanting to scare people off their bikes and into their car? Unfortunately logic is in short supply with a lot of motorists, superseded by their entitled beliefs and the irrational acts of aggression towards anyone that impedes their progress.

The Yorkshire Evening Post article published on Facebook of the Tour de France spectator was harrowing reading because it illustrated the mass of toxic anti-cycling views, with at least 40% of commenters celebrating the carnage rather than showing concern for those injured. So many people don't see the person riding a bike as human and therefore there is no empathy or concern towards their well-being, just as the woman in this video showed. We are light years away from the standards and culture of other countries.
 

From a personal viewpoint, no motorist will ever scare me off the roads, anyone that close passes me will be caught up to and lectured accordingly. If things deteriorated further still, I'd deal with that too.

Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey!
Bent coppers everywhere!

This is a very worrying incident. I would have positioned myself in the same way as the cyclist when moving at the same speed as the car front and particularly with the "cycle lane" (murder strip) coming to an abrupt end. I too often encounter this sort of attempted overtake when following cars in primary position, where they want to overtake but there is in fact no room between me and the car in front, therefore wanting to force me to ride between them and the kerb, which of course is very dangerous. Usually holding my line and looking over my shoulder with a hard stare at the driver will cause them to drop back. I even had to do this with a police car not long ago. 

Hard to stay calm when witnessing this level of callous corruption and incompetence.

You know what: I can't bring myself to watch this one.  I'm sure it'll just p!$$ me off... 

"Police attended the scene, but Neal said that even before they had viewed the video, an officer told the cyclist – as he was being put in an ambulance – that they would take no further action against the driver.

“To make matters worse, this officer began to lecture our cyclist on ‘Not going through the lights in front of the path of a car’ – and even when this was challenged, and our cammer explained what went on, he said, ‘Well, cyclists should be moving out of the way and keeping out of the way of the cars’.”"

Yes, she used to be a police officer.  Along with the failure to subsequently take action, and the reviewing traffic sergeant saying that the cyclist accelerated into her blind spot, an outright lie, I'd say it was proved beyond doubt that she was.

No information about whether the cyclist took it further?  I would have been tempted to do so.  Still, it would have been a lot of hassle, and he'd got paid out for the damage, so I can understand why not, especially since the driver would have seen a gigantic hike in her insurance premiums.

Did he ever find out for sure that she was police?

Institutionally anti-cyclist. And to quote a recent report, institutionally corrupt

NWA had it right