The dimming headlights are evidence that Bryant was truly having trouble restarting his car (yes, all three times), and his panic as Darcy approached the car with possibly violent intentions is what (he claims) caused him to lose control. Given the evidence his car had actually stalled, and witness testimony that Darcy was out of control at the time, I can see how Bryant panicked and just wanted to get away as fast as possible.

This is no excuse for having a poorly maintained car, and not being able to control it, but it doesn't amount to purposefully running into Darcy. On the other hand the claim that he somehow purposefully made his car stall in order to have an excuse to ram into a cyclist sounds comparably contrived.


Faced with a raging, drunk cyclist (who had already had the police called on him earlier in the night and who had been antagonizing other motorists before Bryant) I'm not sure how many of us would stop. In an enclosed car, sure. But not in a convertible, and especially not with a loved one also in the car.

After the incident Bryant pulled around the corner, stopped, and called the police. If Darcy hadn't latched on to his convertible this may have been his original intention.