Cops use viral video to capture driver harassing cyclists

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This is getting all the.

Those -- two cyclists in Colorado shooting some frightening cell phone video that eventually helped police find the guy.

Behind the wheel of that SUV.

You can see that Ford Explorer following these bikers out for a ride on Sunday morning near boulder.

The driver stayed behind them honking the horn for a couple of minutes obviously.

A very dangerous situation and there didn't seem to be any cause for -- the road was wide open.

-- eventually police or state troopers found the 75 year old man who was behind the wheel he has been charged with.

Two counts of harassment and a few other things.

Dirk Freel is the -- cyclist of that group the founder of training peaks dot com.

You shot all of this on your cell -- that -- in front doing the shooting right there.

Yes definitely that was me shooting.

You know we -- out to enjoy a beautiful fall day in Colorado and Sunday morning.

We are right -- and -- you know that there isn't a big shoulder on this road but it's very quietly and so when we -- cars coming up from behind we would.

You -- go single file and after we went single file all the sudden we start hearing this foreign news.

OK you know we get we know you're there come on around when your room.

And then he just kept going and going going and I'd like it.

You know maybe I should record this so you know -- realize how much my follow -- pocket pulled it out and just start hitting record and I mean half of me who is was scared.

And -- from you was angry I didn't know how ugly this situation might become and that's why you pulled -- -- -- lasted.

We're we're running -- I think.

Intact as you shot it and you can see when you pan the camera forward the road is wide open he could easily get by you if you wanna -- but he just didn't take that opportunity.

Yeah exactly we were writing.

Rights of the white line.

And that's only about.

Four inches right there.

But in fact you can actually see during the video how there's a car behind the SUVC.

He's actually impeding traffic.

And that car eventually just decide to go around all of us.

You know and this incident went well beyond that the two minute video that was yeah YouTube it was actually about five minutes long the entire incident.

Well I know it's gone viral.

I know it's gone viral on YouTube I guess the good the good news here -- 75 year old driver has been ticketed.

But.

Share the road is that is the message that the organizations -- -- We are trying to her way -- raise awareness.

For cycling in general and but.

Bicycle Colorado.

Does a wonderful job of making Colorado bicycle friendly states -- -- they went with a lot of the governmental agencies.

It's -- it's a great and a healthy state to lowest body -- of Fannie in the nation I'm from there dirt trail thanks very much.

And you have to hardly any money that has laid -- -- that I had when I was a cyclist in Colorado a Phillies -- the former professional by the way former professional cyclist I was just you know.

And thinking what would give school around guys who knows now announcement.

He doesn't.

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