As almost everybody now surely knows, the BBC presenter Jeremy Vine, while cycling through Kensington, filmed an altercation with a motorist, posted it online and reported the matter to the Metropolitan Police.

We now know that the motorist concerned has been arrested and is currently on police bail awaiting a decision as to what, if any, criminal charges she should face. I will say nothing more about the circumstances of that particular case. But already there are some people who are insisting she has done nothing wrong.

Personally, I take pride in the fact that Mr Vine now joins me as the object of abuse from a well-known motoring and producer-thumping columnist.

As a senior barrister and keen cyclist who frequently represents other cyclists in civil claims and blogs about cycling law, I am well acquainted with the level of hostility and incredulity which is sometimes directed at cyclists who simply exercise their rights as road users.