Road rage driver who knocked cyclist off bike on busy Glenrothes road jailed

An angry driver who knocked a cyclist off his bike on a busy road has been jailed for almost four years.

Craig McComb, 37, struck the back of an e-bike being ridden by a pensioner on the A92 in Glenrothes, on August 12, 2022.

The 67-year-old sustained serious injuries, including ligaments at his collarbone being severed. He was also left suffering from PTSD.

McComb was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.

He had earlier been convicted after a trial in Edinburgh of assaulting the man to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment as well as to the danger of his life.

Lord Scott jailed him for three years and eight months.

McComb, also of Glenrothes, was banned from the road for a total of nine years and ten months.

The judge stated: “You used your car as a weapon to assault the victim. The injuries which you have inflicted upon him are serious, severe and long-lasting.”

The keen cyclist had been out that morning for a bike ride when he became aware of McComb in his black Vauxhall Astra hitting his horn at him.

The victim ignored him, but McComb’s car then “shot up” from behind and stopped in front of him, forcing the OAP to do an emergency stop.

He had to desperately avoid being hit at that stage.

He carried on cycling before eventually being struck.

The victim told prosecutor Dale Hughes: “The car rammed me from behind. His front bumper hit my wheel.

“My wheel was locked. It could not move, and the car was pushing me along.

“I was thrown over the handlebars and ended up on the tarmac. I lay on the ground and counted to ten before I decided to move.”

The cyclise watched the car reverse with his bike still attached to the motor.

He added: “I thought he was going to flee the scene or he was getting ready to run over the top of me.

“I gritted my teeth – I was going to roll over on my side if he was going to drive towards me.”

McComb instead came storming up, described as “very enraged”.

The victim needed surgery in hospital and continues to be affected by his ordeal.