not defending the cyclist, going back and smashing up the car is road rage, but that reporting is piss poor, totally biased, if it was covered in the same manner as when a driver hits something/someone, it would be “bike comes into contact with car windscreen during a road accident” or similar piffle.
Journalist adding in the sob story about sick mother is also galling. If cyclist was on his way to cure cancer would he be let off?
As others have said driver’s actions before/during/after look highly dubious, but we’re just guessing.
<edit>Had some knobber intentionally nudge me with his car couple months back, would have been tempting to do something similar to the guy in the OP but just kept my head, took a deep breath and got his number before he sped off. Police did speak to him but NFA, the view from the moral high ground is a bit shit frankly 🙁