Group of professional cyclists hit by car in 'road rage' incident

a group, becomes singular as there is one group and so is 'was', two groups revert to plural and so its 'were'

I've never riden in the US so can't really comment on this, but swerving into someone, or a group, for no apparent reason just seems mental. It makes you pine for the right to bear arms so you can respond in kind with your own deadly weapon

Thinking about it, I think what makes the roads in the United States more dangerous than a country with their surfeit of space, wealth, and technology should be, is the sense of entitlement. Average Americans have an even more inflated sense of their own importance than Britons, if you can believe that. And it is no coincidence that they have had mass car ownership the longest. Experienced cyclists know how to ride in such a way as to minimise the risks from careless drivers. But that can make matters worse when you encounter someone who thinks he has the right to teach you a lesson for momentarily impinging on his freedom to drive wherever he wants, whenever he wants, at whatever speed he chooses.

So a group was cycling, but two groups were cycling??

I never sat exams at school, but I didn't think my English was that bad

I just thought, because it was a GROUP, meaning more than one, that they were cycling

I'm going to bed confused

Hopefully justice will be served.

As I always pick on Simon for his news, I'll leave you one. I'm sure the group of cyclists WERE out cycling......

In response to Mike's comment, driving a 1 tonne vehicle into a cyclist probably constitutes attempted homicide so any response of self defence should be acceptable.

Under Britain's idiotic laws it wouldn't be regarded as an assault because it involved a car and would therefore be prosecuted under Road Traffic laws (which are there to protect idiot motorists, rather than their victims).

less to do with the roads, more to do with the gun-toting swivel-eyed loons perhaps...

I have cycled a fair bit in the US, and never had any problems - mainly, I think, because their roads are almost all much wider than the pokey little ancient lanes in the UK. Yet almost every round-the-world cyclist seems to find the roads of North America more dangerous than all but the world's most active war zone and terrorist hotspots.

Tucson . . . I reckon you're entitled to carry a Glock in your jersey pocket and fire for protection. Justice the old fashioned way?

I wonder if the 'merkins will sentence this eejit appropriately - I know in the UK he'd get a slap on the wrist and sent home to think about what he's done