Motorist who chased cyclist through Barnsley after road rage incident says she doesn't know why he rammed her car door

Weird & worrying that it feels, having read about another bemused motorist attacked by rabid cyclist story today, that you almost have to have a video camera now not just to record those near misses on you,but as your independent witness to prove you did nothing wrong in these style of encounters either.

Huge holes in her story. The "I have no idea what he thought I'd done" is particularly enlightening.

Does it sound credible that a cyclist would just pull up on the passenger side and start banging on the window and roof for no reason? Occam's razor.
Sounds like a dangerous driver that got what she deserved but unfortunately has not learnt her lesson.

The pulling into a layby to talk to him... most of us have probably experienced this. The driver who put you in mortal danger, oblivious to what they did, wants to give you a lecture on why it's your fault that their actions nealy killed you.

Some of the comments are getting abit embarrasing here. I have said that some of the story seems off in my opinion, however misogynistic comments / Jokes are not needed here at all. 

Well I have a weekend off social media and I come back to this, this thread looks like a bombs hit it! A bit like Jane Barrett, this comments section makes no sense. 

I read this as the driver tried to overtake, then pulled up while still next to the cyclist at the lights to turn left (on the basis that if the nose of the car is past they have overtaken... ignoring the 4m of vehicle behind their head). The cyclist hit the car to alert the driver to his presence.

Per case law this is legal (and any damage is the drivers liability).

After that it gets far less clear, but I would expect the police to do nothing to the cyclist given the driver tried to chase them. (Cyclist claims the driver pulled in dangerously on them, then forced them off road into layby, then persued them... Without other evidence that makes any case almost impossible.)

Two things:

1. Always take a primary position in the lane approaching red traffic lights. Then no one can get passed to cut you up.

2. Don't filter down the inside, it is dangerous. 

Pulling in close enough to the kerb to prevent a cyclist filtering actually makes it more difficult to turn left. The rear left wheel will go over the kerb or you need to take a very wide line or, even worse, pull out to the right while indicating left. I would suggest that this is either a poor driver or one who deliberately tried to stop a cyclist overtaking on the inside. I know how annoying this is but not a reason to damage a vehicle.

Difficult to comment otherwise without all the details. If the cyclist did collide with  the car and didn't stop to exchange details then I guess the only way to get the info is to follow the cyclist. A case where a camera on the cycle would be useful in the event of a claim by the motorist, if the cyclist is in the right that is. I've used a camera since lockdown was lifted and driving standards plumetted. It's already been useful.

The discussions on this forum are always informative, and I genuinely have learnt a lot from the very knowledgable correspondents over the months

This particular thread though has also - in very limited places - caused upset to people ( myself included ). 
I don't think there's a rhyme or reason to why it is so, but certain words do have the power to be over-the-line offensive - yet others can just about be gotten away with. I guess a lot of it is about the baggage they carry...usually it's about historical oppression...which in turn may explain why there's perhaps this certain inequality of why it's just some words and not others. But that's just how it is.

Trying to think of the main ones....   Unacceptably Offensive (in my humble view):
B*nt   
B*tch     
C**t   
P**i  
P**ey    
N****r    
N***a     
Y**   
Ch***y   
C**n   
W**    
D****e

Please don't respond by playing guess what each actual word is. I love your humour but this is not one of those serves to bat back 

Maybe her account is accurate and the bloke on the bike was just a dick, there are a few of them about

I'd like to know who Syrinx is who commented on the examinerlive - are they on road.cc ?

"Alternative version: Driver performs dangerously close-passing MGIF (must get in front) overtake on cyclist who bangs on car roof indicating that the car is too close. Driver gets in a rage, pulls over and has a shouty rant, cyclist (who was nearly killed just moments earlier), understandably loses it. Words exchanged. Road raging driver then pursues cyclist in 2 tonne killing machine whilst taking pictures on her blue/green mobile whilst behind the wheel of said moving vehicle. Cyclist gets off road in fear for his life taking to the canal path, but road raging driver lies in waits for him where the path comes out again (4 miles away). Cyclist finally manages to escape mad woman in killing machine. "

From the two photos in the Examiner article taken by Jane Barrett on her mobile phone (you can see it reflected in one of the photos) whilst behind the wheel of two tonnes of metal, the cyclist was in Wilier kit and the bike looked to be a vintage Wilier too (classic red and white paint job).

I very much doubt anyone would launch their pride and joy at a car from 6 feet away without having felt their life was very threatened.

Other elements of her story also don't add up - he launched bike at car from 6 feet away, yet she would have been trapped if she wasn't holding the door,

Too much speculation.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/road-rage-cyclist-chased-...
Completely one sided and anti-cylist reporting from Examiner Live, having failed to question why she drove without due care and attention, into the path of the cyclist and about her views on cyclists and she gave chase, and placing her child in danger.
As by her own admissions, this driver is entiled, provocative and dangerous, and no doubt a potential killer of vulnerable groups, including children.
She drives around in her 1.5 ton battering ram with callous due regard towards cyclists and, having endangered their lives, she plays the victim card and goes on a chase, very likely to run the cyclist over, as it has been known.

I think she is a bit clueless as to what she did ie endangering the cyclist.
Seems very odd that you'd throw your bike at a car.
I suppose he could be a bit unhinged, in which case, he is likely to be known to police.

Predictable misogyny and conclusion-jumping in the comments here.  Tedious.

("They like to weave around traffic, don't they?”)
These words are typical anti-cylist views from ignorant selfish drivers, who feel entiled and believe have right of way over cyclists.
Certainly, from this female driver's admissions:
“I just went past him and then stopped at a red light. All I can think is because I was turning left, I was close to the kerb, so he couldn't get past"
She clearly cut the cyclist up in a left hook, hence his alleged reaction, having, verly likely endangered his life and is, potentially, the victim.
This is a common feature of callous dangerous drivers seeing cyclists as inconsequential and insignificant.
And, this driver in particular, fails, or chooses not to understand, why those on 2wheels have no choice but to filter, aa drivers like her blocking their paths, causing gridlocks and pollution and harming vulnerable groups, including children.