A cyclist claimed he was pushed off his bike by a motorist.
Alexander Graham, 60, was allegedly struck by Benjamin Lang, 31, on April 7 2019.
It is said to have taken place on a road between Kirkintilloch and Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
Mr Graham - a self-employed builder - told Glasgow Sheriff Court that he had been cut off by a white Volkswagen Passat on the approach to a red traffic light at a junction.
Mr Graham stated that he had to manoeuvre himself between the car and metal railings to gain balance.
He claimed that he then moved up the railings near the bonnet of the car.
Prosecutor Jessica McGowan asked if something happened when he was doing that.
Mr Graham replied: "The driver of the car who cut in front of me raised his middle finger towards me."
The cyclist claimed that he was "upset" and wondered what he had done wrong.
He described the driver and a young man in his twenties but could not see his full face.
Miss McGowan asked the witness if he did anything in response.
He replied: "I gestured, shrugging my shoulders like what am I meant to do."
Mr Graham stated the lights changed after 15 seconds before he attempted to push himself forward.
He said: "That's when I got hit on the side."
Miss McGowan: "Where were you hit?"
Mr Graham: "I was knocked off my bike and hit on the right leg...it was over very quick, I was hit on the side of my leg.
"I have a problem with my knee which was brought to the fore."
The witness stated that the car then moved away fast and overtook the car in front of it.
Miss McGowan asked how Mr Graham felt about the incident.
He replied: "I was shocked, when cycling I have adrenaline running, I couldn't believe what happened."
Mr Graham was initially helped by a witness before a passer-by took him to a police station to report the matter.
He stated that he later attended physio for his knee and a shoulder injury he also suffered as a result.
The witness added that he still has shoulder pain and continues to do exercises on it.
Lindsay Gaughan, defending, put it to Mr Graham that he was the one who went over the car when making off.
He replied: "No...I didn't deliberately veer off into the car."
Self-employed gardener Benjamin Lang told jurors in his evidence that he overtook Mr Graham 150 metres from the traffic lights.
He stated that Mr Graham then stopped near the railings between him and another car in front.
Lang claimed that it was Mr Graham who shouted at him and stuck the middle finger up at him first before giving him it back.
Lindsay Gaughan, defending, asked her client if there was a collision between his car and the cyclist.
He replied: "Yes, my wing mirror hit his handlebars."
He refuted claims that he "sped off" and stated that it was Mr Graham who moved towards him.
Lang added that he looked at his mirror after driving off to see Mr Graham still on his bike.
Lang, of Glasgow's Cessnock, faces a charge of assaulting Mr Graham to his injury and to the danger of his life.
There is an alternative charge of dangerous driving to Mr Graham's injury.
The trial continues tomorrow before Sheriff Joan Kerr.
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