Dramatic footage has emerged showing the moment a man driving a white BMW appeared to lean out of his window and push a passing cyclist - captured in Bristol, UK on Monday evening.<br /><br />The filmer wrote online: "Last night, 7th March, at approximately 17:20, while cycling home up Wordsworth Road, in Horfield, a white BMW travelling in the opposite direction slowed and swerved across the road towards me.<br /><br />"The driver leaned out of the open window, put his hand on my right hip and gave me a strong shove. Although it unbalanced me slightly, I was able to stay upright and no injury occurred."<br /><br />A spokesman from Avon and Somerset Police told the Bristol Post: "We have had a report of an incident between a cyclist and someone in a car in Horfield last night.<br /><br />"The cyclist reported the incident, which happened in Wordsworth Road to us at about 9.15pm, advising that he had been pushed by someone in a white car which went past him earlier in the evening.<br /><br />"We are treating the matter as common assault and police enquiries are continuing.<br /><br />"If you were in the Wordsworth Road area and saw anything which may help our enquiries, call 101 and quote reference 5216049921."<br /><br />++CLIENTS NOTE: No blurring of identity - police appeal ongoing++
