Which pedestrian are you referring to as none on camera were necessarily crossing, none were by the kerb! Apply that to motor vehicles & you’ll have them stopping at stale green lights lest they change (ideally you should slow for stale greens).
Hi cycling mikey I watch motorway cops and I see on every episode cop car drivers using their hand held radios whilst driving at brake neck speeds chasing other cars ,one hand on the wheel another on the control/ volume button on their hand held radio on their shoulder just wondering what’s your view on this. There’s no rule for one and not for another as-you proved with the paramedic driver you reported
I think 35% is a bit low for reacting while texting. In 2005, while working for a white goods delivery company, one of my workmates was out with a jafa. (Just another frigging agency). The jafa was driving while my mate handled the paperwork and called customers. The jafa was doing 60 down a country lane in the 7½ ton lorry. The lorry was an 03 and could do 62mph. The jafa was texting. The night before, there had been a storm and in their path, a tree was half across the road on their side. You had to go around it. The texting jafa hit it and the impact tore off the bumper and headlight, the footstep and the nearside guard rail. It also threw the, almost, fully loaded lorry across the road, where it bounced off an embankment and landed back on the road. The jafa looked up from texting and exclaimed, "UHH, WHAT WAS THAT?" Thankfully, there weren't any other vehicles on the road. This all happened in Kent and Kent Police did exactly what was expected. NOTHING! Even though my mate gave a statement and told them he was texting while crashing, the jafa didn't even get a fine. The strangest thing is that the jafa drove his own car like he would a hearse.
There it is! The chart at 2:55. Trying to drive whilst doing ANYTHING with a phone, including just having a conversation, makes you drive worse than if you were over the drink-drive limit. Every driver should look at that until they fully understand it.
The government needs to get over this fallacy that having safety campaigns that make that clear would make more people drink and drive (rather than the reality that it would make less people use the phone while driving).
@@damionlee7658 Yes. But, if they think about it, there must be plenty of ways to show specifically how people can make stupid mistakes (walking into lamp-posts, not noticing what's going on around them in the office etc). They could define looking at a phone as a unique distraction, quite different from the alcohol distraction. , ie the resulting tragedy might be the same, but what caused it - either alcohol OR phone - are equally bad, but very different.
Some will say, a lot will say that the driver needed to be told, just like a child, to be told it is wrong, causing a distraction. Now when he gets home the same people will say, when he has messed himself, that he needs instruction on how to use a toilet, and then when throwing food down his front he needs instruction on how to eat properly, and finally, he dies because he has not been instructed how to breath
@@ultra1obscene every good cyclist and biker looks into every vehicle they're passing, it is just part of being aware of your surroundings (good drivers are doing the same, that you think it is distracting says a lot about the standard of your own driving). It isn't anybody's primary focus, just as when driving/riding/cycling, every good driver/biker/cyclist sees every traffic light and road marking, but it isn't their primary focus. You are clearly in desperate need of a rectocraniectomy. And stop supporting dangerous driving.
For those who claim hands free is fine, did they set up a hands free when taking their test? No, they damn well knew not to have an active mobile phone on them as they would have failed due to concentration being divided. The first thing impressed upon us when learning to drive is concentration, and anticipation, all which are interfered with when the mind concentrates upon a mobile phone. There are those who try and try and try again to justify using the mobile phone by saying that passengers are a distraction. No they are not, and they know it
Let's hope it is just a letter otherwise it proves how corrupt our police is. Mikey has failed to give way to a pedestrian. If it wasn't safe for him to stop like some have tried defending him not realising that makes is dangerous riding 🤣 So let's hope for Mike's sake 🤣
@@CyclingMikey So, if I was driving my car, while chasing another car driver for youtube clout. Even though the law clearly states that I must give way to pedestrians at crossings, and be fully aware of developing hazards. Would you be ok with me just ignoring it and saying "It was ok when I passed, 2 seconds later it wouldnt have been. There was no moral or legal reason for me to react"? No need to reply, everyone already knows how you would judge that.
I don’t particularly like CyclingMikey I think he leads a very sad life, however you are completely wrong about the laws around pedestrian crossings, you are obligated to stop once the person has actively started crossing, if they’re just standing there waiting to cross, you have no legal obligation to stop and allow them to cross.
@@user-ce8ld5nf8d like cyclists, pedestrians don't always abide by the laws when they use the roads. Road users should be aware of this. That's why the law states "Drivers should slow down when approaching a zebra crossing, as pedestrians can quickly appear"
The pedestrian that was several metres from the crossing when Mikey got to it? That same pedestrian that wouldn't have reached the crossing until after Mikey was across it?
@@juansstein The correct spelling is "hazard". Try reading a dictionary. And there was no developing hazard as he was still on the pavement, not the crossing. If every driver stopped because they thought someone "might" be wanting to cross, there would be shunts everywhere.
What about drivers who insist on turning their heads to look at the passenger they are talking to? How can you possibly drive safely looking down your front seat passenger's ear? You just have to follow a car with two women in the front to witness this strange phenomenon. They say women can multi-task. I agree - they can do multiple things badly at the same time. Surely , not concentrating on the road ahead constitutes" driving without due care and attention"? Driving down a busy road is most certainly not the time to be discussing the ironing or how you are going to tackle doing the dishes that evening.
You're right. One of "grandad's three golden rules" which I drum into my now-driving grandson is: "You can speak to your passenger. But NEVER look at them."
Phone driving is an entirely different thing to passenger talking. Phone driving causes massive cognitive impairment, but talking to passengers does not. That's what a little science tells us.
@@CyclingMikey Yes. When on the phone - any phone - folk will picture the other persons face as they talk. And they have got to drive as well. No way Pedro.
I also thought the BMW's turn on to the street was dangerous as the scooter in the opposite direction had to brake. I watched it a few times, and the scooter had stopped for pedestrians who was stepping onto the footpath as the BMW turned, forcing the scooter to take action. Probably cos the BMW driver was on the phone!
safe than sorry, good on you for caring. Unfortunately we have a large percentage that just cannot get off the phone, a drug, an addiction that rules the life, sad
True, road users "should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross". Mikey is one for the letter of the law, be interesting to know when" approaching a crossing" changes to "waiting to cross".@@simonrook5743
These are the same people who park on DYL or a disabled place, they also drop litter - anywhere - they play loud music in a public place and mistrust the police.
I like how you are so versatile, concern for the scooter/motorcycle, chewing on the phone driver and kind caring words for dad standing out of traffic. Inspiring. 🙏
@chrispatrick-q6k Thank you for your reply. I apologize for any miscommunication. Can you offer any meaningful suggestions? Details or examples of what you are talking about would be so helpful to me. 🙏👏😊
@@CyclingMikey That's not quite correct. You are allowed to filter past vehicles stopped by the zig zag lines. What you must not do, and what this rider did which is unlawful, is pass the vehicle closest to the crossing. It's in the highway code.
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn However you wish to define filtering, motorbikes are allowed to pass vehicles stopped in the zig zag zone, which was the central point of my post.
The first one going around the corner it looked like he was about to drive into the cycle path judging by the way the the front wheel was turning. Total lack of concentration.
well your distracted talking and looking at everyone else trying to get content for your channel and pressing you go pro button on your head ,keep both hands on the handle bars
Pressing a button on a device out of your field of vision, is much different to averting your eyes from the road to a device that is not attached to the vehicle. Would you look down and read a map, or a book whilst driving...? Does a cyclist take their hands off the handlebars for longer than necessary whilst indicating/signalling...?
@@y32charlie How can it be the same as talking to someone on the phone?🤣 He isn't holding a phone, he's not turning to look at someone he's talking to. He sets his camera to record before cycling and just narrates as he cycles,🤷♂
Moaning about hands free calling being distracting while cycling around giving the majority of your attention to the inside of other people’s cars. Bellend.
@@CyclingMikeyby looking inside every car you pass? Along side that BMW you spent 10 straight seconds looking into the car whilst moving before looking up to check your surroundings. How is that any different to a driver looking at their phone? You were also distracted by the conversation you had with them after leaving their side. cycling contradiction.
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
Thank you for stopping and waiting for him to pass by. Much safer for you. Plus nice moment here 2:27 🙂
A very nice looking classic Porsche 911 at the roundabout. A beautiful example...!!! 😍
Saw it, too. Very nice.
0:24 was there a reason that you didnt stop for the pedestrian at the zebra crossing?
Too late by the time he arrived, probably got traffic close behind which made it even more unsafe.
@apexjailor9349 I disagree, too much h time pointing the finger at others
The pedestrian was not at the kerb so CM did not have to stop
Which pedestrian are you referring to as none on camera were necessarily crossing, none were by the kerb! Apply that to motor vehicles & you’ll have them stopping at stale green lights lest they change (ideally you should slow for stale greens).
The chap was still at least 2 steps from the actual road by the time Mike went past.
Might want to check the reg plate in description. MT70...?
Yes; MT70RTZ.
A typo from Mikey is unusual . Well spotted.
Thanks!
@@grahamnutt8958 I wonder how many mistaken reports he has submitted in recent years ?
Hi cycling mikey I watch motorway cops and I see on every episode cop car drivers using their hand held radios whilst driving at brake neck speeds chasing other cars ,one hand on the wheel another on the control/ volume button on their hand held radio on their shoulder just wondering what’s your view on this.
There’s no rule for one and not for another as-you proved with the paramedic driver you reported
Police, have always been the same of recent years, above the law, and this is why we have so many police cars smashed up.
I think 35% is a bit low for reacting while texting.
In 2005, while working for a white goods delivery company, one of my workmates was out with a jafa. (Just another frigging agency).
The jafa was driving while my mate handled the paperwork and called customers.
The jafa was doing 60 down a country lane in the 7½ ton lorry. The lorry was an 03 and could do 62mph.
The jafa was texting.
The night before, there had been a storm and in their path, a tree was half across the road on their side. You had to go around it.
The texting jafa hit it and the impact tore off the bumper and headlight, the footstep and the nearside guard rail. It also threw the, almost, fully loaded lorry across the road, where it bounced off an embankment and landed back on the road. The jafa looked up from texting and exclaimed, "UHH, WHAT WAS THAT?"
Thankfully, there weren't any other vehicles on the road.
This all happened in Kent and Kent Police did exactly what was expected. NOTHING!
Even though my mate gave a statement and told them he was texting while crashing, the jafa didn't even get a fine.
The strangest thing is that the jafa drove his own car like he would a hearse.
You are doing a great job, mate!🎉
There it is! The chart at 2:55. Trying to drive whilst doing ANYTHING with a phone, including just having a conversation, makes you drive worse than if you were over the drink-drive limit. Every driver should look at that until they fully understand it.
The government needs to get over this fallacy that having safety campaigns that make that clear would make more people drink and drive (rather than the reality that it would make less people use the phone while driving).
@@damionlee7658 Yes. But, if they think about it, there must be plenty of ways to show specifically how people can make stupid mistakes (walking into lamp-posts, not noticing what's going on around them in the office etc). They could define looking at a phone as a unique distraction, quite different from the alcohol distraction. , ie the resulting tragedy might be the same, but what caused it - either alcohol OR phone - are equally bad, but very different.
Some will say, a lot will say that the driver needed to be told, just like a child, to be told it is wrong, causing a distraction. Now when he gets home the same people will say, when he has messed himself, that he needs instruction on how to use a toilet, and then when throwing food down his front he needs instruction on how to eat properly, and finally, he dies because he has not been instructed how to breath
Where on the chart was cycling with primary focus on what drivers are doing inside their cars?
@@ultra1obscene every good cyclist and biker looks into every vehicle they're passing, it is just part of being aware of your surroundings (good drivers are doing the same, that you think it is distracting says a lot about the standard of your own driving). It isn't anybody's primary focus, just as when driving/riding/cycling, every good driver/biker/cyclist sees every traffic light and road marking, but it isn't their primary focus.
You are clearly in desperate need of a rectocraniectomy. And stop supporting dangerous driving.
I always look forward to the next new video upload. Keep up the good work sir
For those who claim hands free is fine, did they set up a hands free when taking their test? No, they damn well knew not to have an active mobile phone on them as they would have failed due to concentration being divided. The first thing impressed upon us when learning to drive is concentration, and anticipation, all which are interfered with when the mind concentrates upon a mobile phone.
There are those who try and try and try again to justify using the mobile phone by saying that passengers are a distraction. No they are not, and they know it
Let's hope it wasn't just a letter, but maybe he's the one who would change his behaviour. You never know.
Let's hope it is just a letter otherwise it proves how corrupt our police is. Mikey has failed to give way to a pedestrian. If it wasn't safe for him to stop like some have tried defending him not realising that makes is dangerous riding 🤣
So let's hope for Mike's sake 🤣
@@sercanserj7804 As a matter of curiosity, what colour is the sky in your world?
Ironically not paying attention to developing hazards at the pedestrian crossing. Typical.
I saw him, there was no need to stop legally or morally. 2 seconds later and there would've been, but not at the moment I passed.
@@CyclingMikey So, if I was driving my car, while chasing another car driver for youtube clout. Even though the law clearly states that I must give way to pedestrians at crossings, and be fully aware of developing hazards. Would you be ok with me just ignoring it and saying "It was ok when I passed, 2 seconds later it wouldnt have been. There was no moral or legal reason for me to react"?
No need to reply, everyone already knows how you would judge that.
@@juansstein You aren't aware of the law around pedestrian crossings then, and are just making up nonsense.
I don’t particularly like CyclingMikey I think he leads a very sad life, however you are completely wrong about the laws around pedestrian crossings, you are obligated to stop once the person has actively started crossing, if they’re just standing there waiting to cross, you have no legal obligation to stop and allow them to cross.
@@user-ce8ld5nf8d like cyclists, pedestrians don't always abide by the laws when they use the roads. Road users should be aware of this. That's why the law states "Drivers should slow down when approaching a zebra crossing, as pedestrians can quickly appear"
The description in the video (on screen) says 07 not 70
Mikey has sorted it now.
Why didn't you stop for the person approaching the zebra crossing ??
"approaching"
The pedestrian that was several metres from the crossing when Mikey got to it? That same pedestrian that wouldn't have reached the crossing until after Mikey was across it?
The key word in your question is "approaching", he hadn't reached the zebra crossing or stepped off the kerb so there was no reason for Mikey to stop.
@@CB-xr1eg the technical term is developing hazzard. try reading up on the highway code.
@@juansstein The correct spelling is "hazard". Try reading a dictionary. And there was no developing hazard as he was still on the pavement, not the crossing. If every driver stopped because they thought someone "might" be wanting to cross, there would be shunts everywhere.
What about drivers who insist on turning their heads to look at the passenger they are talking to? How can you possibly drive safely looking down your front seat passenger's ear? You just have to follow a car with two women in the front to witness this strange phenomenon. They say women can multi-task. I agree - they can do multiple things badly at the same time. Surely , not concentrating on the road ahead constitutes" driving without due care and attention"? Driving down a busy road is most certainly not the time to be discussing the ironing or how you are going to tackle doing the dishes that evening.
You're right. One of "grandad's three golden rules" which I drum into my now-driving grandson is: "You can speak to your passenger. But NEVER look at them."
Phone driving is an entirely different thing to passenger talking. Phone driving causes massive cognitive impairment, but talking to passengers does not. That's what a little science tells us.
@@CyclingMikey Yes. When on the phone - any phone - folk will picture the other persons face as they talk. And they have got to drive as well. No way Pedro.
@@CyclingMikey Common sense says the same, and rally drivers do not use mobile phones but fellow passengers, navigators.
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn That is so true, and automatic
I also thought the BMW's turn on to the street was dangerous as the scooter in the opposite direction had to brake. I watched it a few times, and the scooter had stopped for pedestrians who was stepping onto the footpath as the BMW turned, forcing the scooter to take action. Probably cos the BMW driver was on the phone!
Bans for phone drivers needed ASAP
Definitely see a lot of dangerous driving and their hands free when you drive past
I never make calls, hands free or not, while driving.
My phone stays in my inside jacket pocket.
safe than sorry, good on you for caring. Unfortunately we have a large percentage that just cannot get off the phone, a drug, an addiction that rules the life, sad
What about the zebra crossing you went past? It looked like the pedestrian on the left wanted to cross.
What about you read the Highway Code?
You only have to give way to pedestrians on the crossing, not to those looking to cross.
@ Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind and zoom past the next time I pass one
True, road users "should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross". Mikey is one for the letter of the law, be interesting to know when" approaching a crossing" changes to "waiting to cross".@@simonrook5743
Looks like the Harley changed keepers in May this year.
Need a louder bell 😂
In my town I see people using the mobile phone & driving literally everyday
These are the same people who park on DYL or a disabled place, they also drop litter - anywhere - they play loud music in a public place and mistrust the police.
I bet this guy is the type that 15yrs ago would have walked about with phone in one hand, mic of corded handset in the other…. 🙄
Excellent work yet again Mikey 👍🏻🚲✊🏻
Another totally avoidable and expensive life choice 😮🤦🏻🤷🏻
I like how you are so versatile, concern for the scooter/motorcycle, chewing on the phone driver and kind caring words for dad standing out of traffic. Inspiring. 🙏
@chrispatrick-q6k Thank you for your reply. I apologize for any miscommunication. Can you offer any meaningful suggestions? Details or examples of what you are talking about would be so helpful to me. 🙏👏😊
@@namastezen3300 No it was my mistake, sorry.
Move to Thailand Mikey; you will have so much material. In fact, in ten minutes you will have enough material to fill an entire channel!
Well done Mikey. Take care 👍
Motorcycles can pass cars mikey. Filtering its called. Never did it myself.
Yes indeed, but not overtaking on zig-zag markings. That's expressly forbidden due to the danger to pedestrians.
@@CyclingMikey Agreed
@@CyclingMikey That's not quite correct. You are allowed to filter past vehicles stopped by the zig zag lines. What you must not do, and what this rider did which is unlawful, is pass the vehicle closest to the crossing. It's in the highway code.
Filtering is riding between two lanes of slower moving traffic - a motorway for example - it has nowt to do with overtaking in the ;traditional sense.
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn However you wish to define filtering, motorbikes are allowed to pass vehicles stopped in the zig zag zone, which was the central point of my post.
The first one going around the corner it looked like he was about to drive into the cycle path judging by the way the the front wheel was turning. Total lack of concentration.
But he didn’t though did he stop speculating
Bit early today.
well your distracted talking and looking at everyone else trying to get content for your channel and pressing you go pro button on your head ,keep both hands on the handle bars
How does a cyclist give signals?
I was on about him talking to youtube watchers isn't that the same as talking to someone on the phone .and yes your rite hand signals
Pressing a button on a device out of your field of vision, is much different to averting your eyes from the road to a device that is not attached to the vehicle. Would you look down and read a map, or a book whilst driving...? Does a cyclist take their hands off the handlebars for longer than necessary whilst indicating/signalling...?
@@y32charlie No, it's more like talking to people with the car.
@@y32charlie How can it be the same as talking to someone on the phone?🤣 He isn't holding a phone, he's not turning to look at someone he's talking to. He sets his camera to record before cycling and just narrates as he cycles,🤷♂
Moaning about hands free calling being distracting while cycling around giving the majority of your attention to the inside of other people’s cars. Bellend.
I'm giving the majority of my attention to the road around me, lad.
@@CyclingMikeyby looking inside every car you pass? Along side that BMW you spent 10 straight seconds looking into the car whilst moving before looking up to check your surroundings. How is that any different to a driver looking at their phone? You were also distracted by the conversation you had with them after leaving their side. cycling contradiction.
😂 lad
Cycling Mikey OBE for services to road safety 💪
Mikey get a woman in your life fella please 😂
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified.
The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you.
150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.