Originally Posted by Blue Order

Second Canadian to suggest that. While I understand that Canadian laws are perhaps not quite the same as U.S. laws, I can hardly believe that assault and battery are not criminal or civil offenses there. Assault and battery using a weapon? Most likely a felony. Definitely a criminal and civil offense, weapon or not. It transforms the innocent cyclist into the guilty felon in the blink of an eye, and suddenly it's the cyclist who is being prosecuted, and the driver who is state's witness (and later, the driver who is collecting the damages from the cyclist.). Attacking the vehicle instead of the driver (probably what you're suggesting here)? Still a criminal and civil offense, still a potential felony.