Video: Car plows through group of cyclists at Brazil Critical Mass

Nature’s delicate balance between cars and cyclists was disrupted once again on Friday, as an estimated 16 people were injured when a car plowed through a group of cyclists during a Critical Mass bicycle rally in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It’s the same type of event that occurs often in the U.S., serving as both an anti-automobile protest and a way for cyclists to meet and network. Unfortunately, it also drew a lone nutcase in a small black car who didn’t appreciate the hold-up. Richard Neis, 47, was arrested, admitting that he hit the cyclists intentionally. The mayhem begins at about the :50 mark below.

Amazingly, no one was critically injured — all were treated at a hospital and released, according to Sky News.

At least 16 bicyclists in a Critical Mass ride event in Porto Alegre, Brazil, were injured after a driver in a VW Golf car drove into the group at high-speed. According to Sky News, the driver of the car, 47-year-old Richard Neis, has been apprehended by police and is claiming self-defense after being threatened by some of the cyclists.

Let me go out on a limb by guessing that the self defense plea may not be as rock solid in court as Mr. Neis now seems to believe.

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Driver Ploughs Car Into Brazilian Cyclists [Sky News]
Driver plows into Critical Mass bicyclists in Porto Alegre, Brazil [CBS News]