Two cyclists are suing after they were nearly run over by an angry BMW driver in ritzy Newport Beach. 

Luke Fetzer and Ben Byra were enjoying the beautiful weather on Saturday by taking a bike ride along the E Coast Highway while they were training for a Sunday race. 

However, their peaceful ride turned dangerous after a BMW 4-Series driver swerved into the bike lane behind them and began tailgating the friends, who were riding through the California town single file.

‘The driver honked at us, swerved at us, and then the passenger rolled down his window and yelled slurs at us,’ Fetzer said in a video posted to social media. 

Fetzer and Byra found themselves stopped next to the BMW at a set of traffic lights moments later, with Fetzer admitting that he squirted his water bottle at the car because he was angry. 

‘These guys had just tried to kill us,’ he said. 

The small act of retaliation by Fetzer would make matters worse, enraging the driver further, who Fetzer claimed then ‘tried to run us off the road.’ 

Fetzer started filming the situation for his and Byra’s safety. 

Luke Fetzer and Ben Byra (pictured) were riding in the bike lane on the E Coast Highway in Newport Beach on Saturday when an angry BMW driver dangerous tailed them 

After running Byra off the roadway, the car then sped up and tailed Fetzer in the bike lane before speeding around him 

Byra could be seen holding his arm out toward the car behind in a ‘why’ gesture as the blue car sped up on him. The car, which did not have a front license plate, tailed Byra for a moment before the cyclist was forced to hop the sidewalk to safety. 

Seconds later, the blue BMW sped back up to catch up with Fetzer in the bike lane before driving past him and throwing a water bottle at him. The car then sped up again while the passengers flipped the men off. 

That’s where the viral video, which garnered more than nine million views, ended, but Fetzer said in a follow-up that the BMW, as well as a black and red Corvette, continued to harass them for several miles. 

The two fancy cars later stopped and joined the line that was spilling into the roadway and bike lane at Shake Shack. 

‘Cars will usually park and wait in line at Shake Shack, blocking cyclists, which is fine. We move to the left and we go around,’ Fetzer said. 

‘But this time, these four individuals got out of the cars, ran into traffic, pushed into the two right lanes, blocked us, they told us that they were going to kill us, and tried tackling us.’ 

Fetzer said the men were also aggressive toward two other cyclists on the road. 

The other cyclists called police, and the group filed a report against the driver, whose identity is known to police. He has not been named and there is no criminal investigation underway. 

Fetzer said the car and another later stopped in the Shake Shack line up head, which was spilling into the roadway, and attempted to ‘tackle’ them 

Byra (pictured, and Fetzer, alongside two other cyclists who were harassed by the driver by Shake Shack, filed a police report

The passenger of the BMW also threw water on Fetzer as he drove by. Fetzer admitted he had previous squirted his water bottle at the car at a spotlight after the car got too close 

The men said a driver and passenger in a black and red sports car also hurled slurs at them and attempted to harm them 

It is illegal in California to throw anything at a vehicle or at occupants on a roadway. 

Fetzer’s attorney, Steve Rosen, who is also a cyclist, said the two men were ‘actually where they were supposed to be,’ he told KTLA, who first reported the incident. 

‘We are seeing a very unfortunate growth in aggression and hatred toward cyclists on our roads,’ he told the Daily Mail.  

‘We are hopeful that the authorities will open an investigation and pursue charges for this driver’s reckless, life-endangering actions. We will continue to work with local authorities to see that through,’ Rosen told the Daily Mail in a statement.  

‘We were in the bike lane,’ Byra echoed. ‘So, I really don’t see what we were doing wrong.’ 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Fetzer’s lawyer and the Newport Beach Police Department for comment.