It always puzzles me that to satisfy the requisite intent for murder the courts seem to require a long premeditated state of mind prior to the events of an individual dying. But when drivers are behind the wheel .............. when the red mist comes down, some drivers can turn into total pyshcos in an instant who clearly have the intent to kill IMHO. What if they thought "I'll kill that f*****g cyclist by driving into or over them!" As the courts are basically car biased do gooders who you often hear state "no one gets in their car with the intent to kill some one". No, but they can subsequently in a split second still form the requisite intent. The law as it stands is far too lenient toward killer drivers. If they deliberately drive at a cyclist(s) at speed, when they collide with the cyclist, there is only going to be one likely outcome - a dead cyclist. They might be lucky and not kill them merely severely injuring them, but then the charge should still be attempted murder, not a driving charge which is based upon negligence. The law still has a long long way to go in my view. Unfortunately the CPS/Government won't get very strict with drivers as 1) the prisons are full and 2) they are so up the car industry's backside they need a torch.
As so often said, if you want to kill some one, do so using a car.
But in the instant case the police and CPS must feel that they have compelling evidence to charge the driver with murder. Still there could still be bargaining and a CDBCD charge accepted ..........