On Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 8:24:32 PM UTC, Simon Jester wrote:

I think it is more likely the driver used his vehicle as a weapon and assaulted the cyclist because the cyclist held him up for half a second.
But assaulting someone with 2500kg of motor vehicle is not considered a crime.

I think M'Lud Lee said that using a D Lock in self defence was a good defence strategy in court.