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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Mike van Erp, known as CyclingMikey, is a camera cyclist who films motorists behaving badly and reports them to the police. He rides around London with a GoPro recording punishable acts such as mobile phone use while driving. He has reported more than 1,400 motorists to the police, leading to at least 1,800 penalty points being given to drivers.
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Mikey does an incredible job and I can't understand why the MET Police don't create a team of cyclists that do this kind of work. It would require minimal expense and the word would soon spread around the UK that if you use you phone whilst driving, you will get caught.
Not enough money to pay them unfortunately. So they rely on cyclists wearing cameras to do it for them for free.
@Dibley8899 "But he breaks the law himself sometimes" does he?
A team of, say, five people doing that role would cost hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. I'm not saying it's not a worthwhile job, but there are more high priority crimes that they will be channelling their limited resources into.
@Dibley8899 No, it’s not.
@Dibley8899 assuming you don’t have a uk drivers licence because if you did you’d know filtering is perfectly legal for cyclists and motorbikes.
Great work Mikey, and thank you to The Times for promoting your efforts towards road safety.
Thanks very much!
As a cyclist I am broadly in support of your actions, e.g. Gandalf corner and filming people driving whilst texting, I am uncomfortable with the repeated pursuit of stationary motorists in Hyde Park, particularly the polite and repentant ones.
@@regbarnard2866He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
@@CyclingMikeyHe's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
@@mrbensir 🤣 ive also seen motorbike police parked in a cycling lane on the pavement just chilling and mikey went and spoke to them about a phone user, and nothing about them being on the pavement 🤣🤣😂
Not many would have the guts to do what Mikey does, I applaud him for that and the great work he does!
While it's a valuable service, there is also a degree of pleasure watching people who really don't think the law applies to them get caught.
I can’t understand why police forces don’t have officers or specials on mopeds recording drivers on their phones, they would bring in fortunes!
That would require them to actually leave the station and do some police work . No chance 😂
Cut backs. Blame the Tory government.
1. That would require much more numbers, which they are already limited on.
2. If they could and did do that, you would ironically slate them saying “they should be out catching murderers”.
@@benjiskittshahahaha
@@TheBlitzkrieg the fines would pay the salaries.
What a sad life
You have.
@@glenearl9506 and I’m sure you are a Lycra wearing bum bandit friend of his
Mike and many others who record bad drivers are a positive to the UK.
No there not.
@@Scottish1996 If you're going to troll someone with a response then at least get use the correct grammar
@@GenialHarryGrout no, they’re not. Better? 😂 soft c*nt.
@GenialHarryGrout he can't...all the skin's missing from his knuckles from the friction.
no they are snitches....
The only issue I have with CM is his engagement after the act has been captured. This causes people to become irate and arguably puts them at more risk of having an accident, as their mind is elsewhere. Film the act and move on discretely. The offenders will get their FPNs in the post. Stopping people and obstructing roads is unnecessarily inflammatory.
No it isn't. These folks need to have an emotional reaction in order to appreciate the magnitude of what they are doing.
@@Wilem35”the magnitude of what they’re doing” - very dramatic
You do realise we’re talking about people texting in traffic jams?
@@georgereed5266 Nope, talking about folks breaking the law and putting others at danger.
@@Wilem35 *by texting in traffic jams
If it’s putting people in danger, how do you explain there being no accidents in any of mikeys videos?
@@georgereed5266 Are you obtuse? They break the law when driving quickly as well.
I follow Mikey on you tube and applaud what he is doing. I am a driver and a cyclist and I'm well aware of the poor driving of many motorists . These phone users seem to think they are exempt from the law if they are stopped in traffic . Mikey is teaching them otherwise and the more publicity he gets the more the message will get out there . Don't use a phone while driving , even if you are not moving
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Nick is wrong. The more using the phone becomes a habit , sitting at lights or otherwise it leads to another thing to do whilst in the car. So many times drivers are so engrossed with their phones gaps open up not realizing lights have changed colour and when they start off driving it’s with a lurch and more speed not checking if anything is nearby to their car. A mandatory £1000 fine for a first offense and a £2000 fine and a 6month ban for a second etc. look at the videos of horrific accidents of people using their phones while driving.
The traffic in London is so slow it's no wonder that people are looking at their phones,its a addictive habit and mainly they are stationary whilst on the phone.
It’s against the law.
@Dibley8899err, no it doesn't. if it was a requirement, how would you be able to satisfy the other requirement "use hand signals to indicate when you are about to turn"?
@Dibley8899 That law is not a legal requirement. The rule states: "You should ... keep both hands on the handlebars except when signalling or changing gear"
"should" in the highway code means that it is a recommendation - not compulsory.
How about listening to audiobooks instead? Or is driving at all really that important for most of the drivers in London? I highly doubt that even half of them are carrying heavy cargo or picking up 3 kids from school that would make it impossible to choose public transport or even cycling over driving.
A vile, self entitled little man who goes out to cause trouble.
Yes you are, but we all love Mikey.
You numb nut
if you want to describe yourself in that way
*reports crime* "out to cause trouble" . Please refrain from voting. Thank you
@@KentRoadsIf you have any respect for this inadequate, sad little weasle then you are as deluded as Mikey is!
@@KentRoads Worst come back ever...
If I was ever caught by someone like Mikey, it would be my own stupid fault for doing whatever it was in the first place. I hope those caught change their behaviour, I also hope those watching his videos think about their own behaviour.
They could reflect on their own behaviour (and the possible disastrous outcomes of it) or….they could just throw a hyper-aggressive wobbly in RUclips comments at the idea of the laws of the road being enforced.
CM will one day meet the wrong person... and it can’t come fast enough
You’re twice as likely to crash using a mobile phone as drink driving which makes you stupid.
" I am just an Oik on a bike" you said it mate !
He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
He ignores cyclists when they commit road traffic infringements
There's another guy like him . And he got twated.
He ignores pedestrians too, it's as if his only concern is making the roads safer 😮
@Dibley8899 How will he make the roads safer? By concentrating on motorists and ignoring his biker pals for committing the same offences.
@Dibley8899He won't confront cyclists because if they give him a good hiding, he knows they will probably get away with it.
Car drivers cannot because of the fact they are easily traceable by thier registration plates. So he can hide behind that safety net.
Personally I dislike snitches. He really hates drivers. Probably can't afford a car, as he can't be in a full time job, given the amount of time he spends doing this.
On the one hand, he's not the police, so he's not obliged to be impartial. On the other, 99.99% of road deaths are caused by motor vehicles, so why would he waste his time focusing on the 0.01% that aren't?
Well done!!! I am a cyclist and I can empathise with your experience cycling.
Thanks very much!
He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
I was badly injured by a cyclist who didn’t stop after colliding with me. I cant understand why it isn’t law that all bikes be fitted with some type of bell / horn in the UK ?
💯
Bet he wouldn’t be doing that in a city in South Africa.
Well, no, he's in London.
@@rogerkearns8094well yes. He is south african
@@alrightdave6135 He is actually Dutch ;)
@@alrightdave6135 Well no, I've no connection with South Africa.
@@alrightdave6135he's Zimbabwean
one day very soon he'll meet someone he shouldn't.
I for one can't wait...!
You are excused.
I think he's well aware that someone out there might try to assault him, but he's prepared to take the risk. We can't be held hostage by bullies.
@robmcrob2091 But you're happy to bully motorists
Lets hope we get to see the recording!😂
@originalforgery these people are not victims. At best they are careless, at worst they think they're above rules which exist to prevent accidents.
Road rules for truck drivers, car drivers and motorcyclists. Apparently cyclists are exempt from road rules. They can ride through stop signs; stop on pedestrian crossings; over take stopped vehicles by crossing onto the opposite lane; not stop for pedestrians. Like this hypocrite.
About time you understood. ruclips.net/user/shortsjgacSmLBSIQ
When he's crossing the road with his own kids and the special needs kid he works with .....he really needs to look out for cyclists running red lights more than anything
only really endangers the perpetuator funnily enough. Is it right? no. Is it the same as running a light in a 2000kg box of metal? no
Wow, using phone in standstill traffic. What a hero
It's still an offence even when you've stopped in traffic. I suggest you familiarise yourself with the law and I'm sure Mikey will be happy to explain why it is still an offence. Mind you, if you bothered to look at some of his videos, I'm sure you would easily find the explanation.
@125brat the engine cuts off, so what's the offence? 😅😅😅 familiarize yourself with new cars
@@LikingMeLikeViking good luck trying that line with magistrates! (Spoiler, you'll still get 6 points)
@tomquinn9765 it's not the point. The point is there is no point to film driver in standstill traffic. The guy thinks he's a hero so he rather go on the bridge and see who's driving with the phone in the hands then it will make sense
@@LikingMeLikeViking I am very aware of stop-start engine technology as it's in the car I have BUT it still doesn't allow you to hold the phone and use it. The only time other than in an emergency is when the vehicle is parked, i. e. Engine SWITCHED off and parking brake applied.
Well done son....more balls than the entire MET put together. Not even the comforts of a truncheon, pepper spray or stun gun either❤❤❤
GoPro cameras over heat and batteries only last minutes, I suggest he stop acting the vigilantly and leave the detective work for the police. One day someone will film him doing the wrong thing because we all do.
not a "vigilante", please go check, it takes seconds, he passes the info to the police, a vigilante does the judging and punishment as well.
@@007floppyboythose are weasel words… he passes it to the police knowing that the guy will get a fine. It’s like throwing someone into a lion enclosure then saying it’s not your fault if the guy gets eaten. Bullshit.
@@georgereed5266no, its the difference, and if you dont know that then you are part of the problem
@@007floppyboy if this guy was taking money from people you’d have no problem referring to him as a vigilante, but somehow because he’s getting the police to take money off people he’s not one. Your just an idiot.
Chairman Mau would be so proud
In my experience, some of the worst road users I've encountered in the UK are cyclists with a stinking attitude
But they don't kill and severely maim 10,000s of people each year, and kill another 4,000 or so via air pollution. I'd guess it's partly a reflection of of London attitudes in general, partly a reaction against how cyclists are treated by cars in general.
@@jonahwhale9047the people CM catches are predominantly in stationary traffic and they don't kill or maim people either
@@dubreg6711 About 20 people were killed and 500 injured in road traffic collisions in Great Britain where the driver was using a mobile phone. That alone is about 10 times more than ALL pedestrian deaths cyclists cause, never mind all the other deaths car drivers causes, including the 1,000s from air pollution & illness caused by noise.
@@jonahwhale9047 how many are caused by stationary drivers.
@@dubreg6711 How many stationary phone users carry on using their phones once they are driving? Basically every one Mikey videos. It's against the law. 6 points plus a fine & an insurance hike if you get caught.
The people who hate this man use their phone while driving. Simple as that. He's on the right side of history, and if there were more doing this, our country would be a better place.
An unusual term to use "on the right side of history " No doubt, extreme I grant you, Herr Hitler believed his actions were on the right side of history. Didn't necessarily make it right though?
@@martinmilam53 Sure, Jan.
@@mandellorian790really? which law? and that's a "real" law, a highway code "MUST", not a "SHOULD" and not one you've just made up like "cycling up the inside of a traffic jam" or "cycling in the centre of a lane"
Nasty Vigilante society - in a country that has a good road safety record.
This guy is off his rocker, truly snd honestly - an omnipotence complex that he should seek therapy about.
Well, he is S. African !
They is no privacy in public .fool
What a great chap, if only there were more people doing just this. Well done Mikey, keep up the sterling work of helping to keep all of us just that wee bit safer on the roads of London... and beyond.
Why dont you do it?
Yeah why don't you do it? Or are you one of those guys who like to encourage others to do something you don't want to do yourself?
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what grassing
Do the cycle’s who go though the red lights as well
These guys? The ones who are no danger to others? ruclips.net/user/shortsjgacSmLBSIQ
what a complete tool. oh no, used a phone will stationary... call the police! cyclists follow zero rules of the road!
If you want to use a phone in your car pull over and park up. That's what the Highway Code says. Rsearch has been done to find out how much mobile phone use affects drivers and it's about 3 times worse than drunk driving.
@@jonahwhale9047that is absolute horseshit, there is no way using a phone when your stuck in traffic is anywhere near as dangerous as drink driving. Send me a link to the evidence.
@@georgereed5266 Mikey has the bar chart on basically every video he does. Try watching the actual video. It's to do with reaction time. Now, on the other hand, the drug effect of people hooked to social media is another well studied phenomenon, e.g. a recent study by Harvard University found they light up the same part of the brain that also ignites when taking an addictive substance.
"Phones" aren't phones these days. Watch the videos and you'll see its people addicted to their Facebook, WhatsApp, news feeds etc.
@@jonahwhale9047
Can you point me to this?
I'm all in favour of the current mobile laws. However...all the studies I've seen about mobile phone distraction seem to be from the perspective of a moving vehicle, not a stationary one.
Of course using a phone at the wheel is a distraction. I just think it would be interesting to see full data on it.
@@danjames4086 If I find it, I'll re-post it. It was partly due to the emotional investment/disturbance people have with & from their messaging which makes sense. More than one studies has found that the mere presence of a mobile phone can be distracting by impairing attention.
This wasn't my original source but try starting with, 'The mere presence of a mobile phone: Does it influence driving performance?' Authors Priscilla Chee et al & work through the references given with it, e.g. 'Accidents and close call situations connected to the use of mobile phones' by Leena Korpinen et al
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
Gandalf corner has to be the best ... You Shall not Pass
He wouldn't last 5 minutes here in Poland, the driving standards are terrifying here, there is no curtesy, no letting people in or out, stopping on a zebra crossing is an alien concept here! Stay in the UK Mikey.
No take him.
That’s not something to brag about and no one wants to go to a gutter like Poland
Please take him, we don’t want him
Since this guy obviously sees himself as a vigilante, how about reporting cyclists without lights in the dark, cyclists running red lights, cyclists on the pavements, cyclists wobbling along the middle of a lane holding people up?
I do not like the way he sneaks up on people, especially on Ladies, filming them in their cars. There must be privacy laws to stop this. its not his job, its down to the Police. He never does anything against cyclists breaking the law. Please go back to Zim, they deserve you we don't. Its sad his Father was killed by a drunk driver. I agree using a phone whilst driving can be dangerous, hands free kits are cheap and so many cars have them as standard. But whilst stopped in traffic, really.
No no no his cycling buddies wouldn't like that at all😂😂
You 'obviously' didn't watch the video as Mikey himself days he doesn't see himself as a vigilante.
@@Adventures_with_Sog Actually I did I've been aware of his peeping tom antics for some time now.
@@robinoconnor1203
Sounds like you're a little bitter there, been caught by him yourself have yer? 🤣😂
I drive a car, motorbike, I cycle, run and walk. Car drivers are always an easy target. Why stop at cars what about cyclists, e bikes, e scooters and the like who disregard the rules too, talk on their phones, ride on pavements instead of cycle lanes etc etc. Unfortunately we are turning into a police state like the former East Germany where neighbours report neighbours, does it give one a buzz that we can use the law to get others fined etc? I personally don't wish to live in a police state but I guess that is where we are heading.
it's not really some rocket science to understand why. It's because drivers have the biggest potential to cause harm to others on the road. Cyclists, ebike, escooters don't. It's just really that simple. BUt you can believe in conspiracy theories rather being reasonable.
@@tyren818 where do you get conspiracy theory from? Next you are going to read right wing racist into this !. I have had too many close calls from e-scooters etc on pavements. A few weeks ago, if I had not been very close to my 99 year old uncle, he would have been knocked over on the pavement by an e-scooter. I find this unacceptable, the rider did not even stop to see if my uncle was ok. I cycle too . I stop at the lights I obey the rules of the road. I do however see far too many cyclists who just don't care for the rules of the road. Are you saying the rules of the road should only be enforced for car drivers and the e-scooters, e-bikers and cyclists can do what they like?
The kind of people who snitch on someone using a phone in a stationary line of traffic are the same kind of people who will snitch on their neighbours for smoking a joint imho. Thank god they are the tiniest of minorities.
Yes really. In nearly all these mass shootings in the US the perps have been cannabis users. It triggers psychotic episodes in certain people. Surely we need to snitch in our neighbours if they are users? @@homie3461
You're not the sharpest are you? And you are missing the point completely. It's pretty obvious that texting while stationary in a motor vehicle is an order of magnitude LESS dangerous than a cyclist jumping lights or an e-scooter zooming along the pavement. @@tyren818
Awesome job @cyclingmikey. You are making a difference. Thank you.
Thanks very much! There are lots of people doing this, not just me.
He doesn’t have a job, he’s a retired rollerblading instructor and ever since his wife left him, he’s been patrolling the streets of London reporting people to the police for traffic offences. How sad can you be?
Yeah, I agree. There must be something far more important in life instead of wasting his time doing this for RUclips.
Why leave this irrelevant comment. This is about motorists breaking the law and having their offence brought to the attention of the judiciary. Mickey is not on trial.
@@normanboyes4983 The offence your referring to is looking at your phone when your stationary in traffic. I’ve done it a thousand times and I’ve never hit anyone so I know your not even talking about the safety side of things - you just care that it’s illegal, that it’s against the rules. Your almost as sad as him.
@@georgereed5266 Thank you for confirming your rather immature view of law breaking.
@@normanboyes4983 so is there no laws that you would consider breaking? You just blindly follow them without questioning why they’re there in the first place. I think your the one who’s immature, at least I can think for myself.
Great article highlighting the great work you do Mikey!
Just become a cop. I am sure Mikey has some bad habits. One more camera to spy
on our every move. Give it a break.
4:08 Cyclist rides over a pedestrian refuge to tell a driver off for doing the wrong thing. Another hypocrite!
Do you see anyone on the refuge? And before you say "That's why the driver went on the opposite side, because it was clear" Just not the same though is it. Even if someone was walking, what on earth is a 12kg bicycle moving at 5mph going to do? There's people who weigh more than the rider and bike combined walking around.
@@user-oe7ks3jm6mBreaking the law to tell someone off for breaking the law, do you not see how hypocritical that is? It doesn't matter how heavy the bike and rider are, they broke the law too. Why are you defending law breaking?
The reality is that what Mikey is doing is probably saving lives.
Probably ruined a few too.
yea getting people to drive off in an agitated state is all about road safety
He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
What search terms do I put into RUclips to find this clip? I’m sure you must have posted the clip at least once for every time you posted your comment, right?
Oh, you have posted no videos on your channel.
He is allowed to stop on a pedestrian crossing in order to stop injury or damage. Would the court accept that filming / stopping a driver using a mobile phone fits that criteria?
Any magistrate will say yes and you should spend two hours cycling in London to see how dangerous it is and how many drivers are on their phones before you pass judgement on him.
@@brianm102 actually, Mickey already admitted he did wrong.
We need more police out there, not a twenty first century, UK branch of STASI. Just another example of "inform on your neighbors, if they leave home twice a day", during 2020. I have seen police ignore road traffic offences, but it is not our duty to enforce the law. Does CyclingMikey have a number plate, or is he, like almost all other cyclists, anonymous, and so avoid any penalties for ignoring the rules or causing accidents.
He just seems like the sort of teacher's pet, who never grew out of grassing you up at school. Sad man.
I've never used my phone while driving but damn, Mickey is an unbelievably unbearable human being. An ineffective altruist at its finest. Hypocritically trying to do good while inevitably creating zero awareness around safety. His behaviour is also eerily sociopathic with a narcissistic approach of using the law in favour to nurture his invalid power.
Many people he reports are prosecuted and fined so how is he ineffective?
@@CB-xr1eg He's literally caught the same guy twice, which proves catching a guy once doesn't work. The "I've got you on film" tactics don't do anything towards the education of safety.
@@monovon If the guy is caught twice doing the same thing then he's a moron. Most of the people caught don't re-offend.
@@CB-xr1eg yeah so Mikey has zero power over morons. Education fixed morons, not Mikey
@@CB-xr1eg I don't think I'll ever be convinced that what Mikey does has any real benefit on society.
Does he record himself going through red lights as most cyclists do?
Do you have stats to back up your anecdotage?
You should be on stage...
he's well known and easily recognised. no cyclist with their own head cam has ever stuck up a video of him. so maybe, shockingly, he's another cyclist who actually follows the law there
@@SteveLoughran He's been featured on many cycling channels doing a bio on him and he's goes by the same name on cycling forums too. He's at risk of sensationalism and what that can bring, let's face the truth, that driver he's shopping could injure anyone's loved one, so he's actually doing EVERYONE a favour 👍
Cyclists don't kill and maim 10,000s of people each year. And don't kill 10,000s of people with their air pollution either. Each road death costs the nation about £1.5m each & that doesn't include the cost to their families.
I don't condone what he is doing he thinks he is a police man . As someone said he'll do something to some one and he will get badly hurt .
He might be doing a good job ..buts he's creepy ..
He does look like he could be caught on peado hunter
spends his free time recording strangers, he is a creep
@@dubreg6711 Only strangers that are breaking the law. Maybe you didn't notice that?
@@CB-xr1eg use your brain that's the only footage he posts
@@dubreg6711 Ok genius, what/who else do you think he films?
Have just caught sight of this video, I 100% support what you are doing, it's a shame though that you have to do it as it really should be the police doing this. Keep up the good work
I hope that Mikey's videos serve as a deterrent to other potential distracted drivers.
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Should be same as drink driving caught once you’re done! As an hgv driver I see it all the while…people driving towards with their head down looking at their phone 🤬
Cyclists are amongst the worst for flouting laws.
Like riding on the pavement and going through red lights.
Makes me laugh, as nearly all cars have hands free so talking on the phone is not an offence. But when they are face timing or checking emails etc. then they are complete knobs.
This is the truth. The people of Palestine are under constant bombardment because of America’s support for Israel’s crimes. The last bombing it did was bombing a hospital, which led to the death of 500 Palestinian citizens. Because of Israeli terrorism... cutting off water, gas, Electricity for the Palestinians, an undisputed people whose homes were destroyed by indiscriminate Israeli bombing, orphaned children, women, men, Old people are either waiting for their fate or have met their fate under the rubble.....#Palestine🇵🇸.....Save Palestine from the injustice of Israel and the hypocrisy of America.
Never met a nice south African
They're bereft of any sense of humour or even sense of the ridiculous!
Born in Zimbabwe and in Zimbabwe at the age of 19 (when his father tragically lost his life) although he denies being South African. His accent sure as hell sounds Rhodesian
0:33 A cyclist going through a red light on the wrong side of the road.
@@davet11 All taxpayers pay "their share" of the cost of roads and emergency services, anyone who thinks otherwise simply has no idea how the UK Tax system works. However, the fact is that most cyclists or walkers pay considerably more for the upkeep of our roads than any damage they could do to them, it is motor vehicles that damage the roads due to weight and sudden acceleration/braking, not the average person walking or on a 10kg bike.
I ride a bike, rarely stop at red lights. If its clear I'm going through
@@Anygodwilldo That makes you a criminal (amongst other adjectives) in the UK.
@@BeeblebroxTV Ignored the test, licence and registration issue there.
@@drummerjo571 Victimless crime
I'm cool with that
You go to Zimbabwe and try catching drunk drivers there
when was the last time you saw a cyclist stopping at a red light??
Many motorists don't stop for them either.
How many cyclists have killed pedestrians.....er ...about 2.
I see more car drivers ignoring traffic lights than cyclists. I see more car drivers ignoring road traffic rules and regulations in general.
@Donkavision-sx4js take it ur a cyclist??
Thank you Times for promoting Mikey and his amazing job. This means a lot to me somehow.
That's the job of the police that's what we pay them for
Unfortunately the Tories have cut about 1/3rd of their budget leading to 23,500 less personnel which is why they seem to do bugger all these days.
Why aren’t the police out there doing this.
Sitting on there bums, thieving, shootings, murderers,druges, knife crime dosent make money.
I loathe the guy. God help this country if we all don our go pros or bodycams and go out on the street with the intention of catching our fellow man involved in some indiscretion whether technically illegal or just plain embarrassing. I despise this new "trial by youtube" culture. And the people egging on this behaviour are equally as bad.
Actually, it's trial by magistrate court. The point of it is to upload the footage to the police website.
No it's not. The point is to upload it to his "channel". And if you've read the posts on his "channel" you'll realise a lot of these people are seriously unhinged. It should be illegal to do this. Hopefully the law will be changed.@@jonahwhale9047
Your attitude is loathsome. All Mickey is doing is provide evidence to the Police and Judiciary - it is then down to due process. No one is being tried on YT.
I'm 100 percent with you. Police state by proxy - it is a nasty, disgraceful slippery slope
@@Lalallalu You just the freedom to act illegally.
Then someone should be out checking on cyclist's behaving badly
Not really. Cyclists are basically zero risk to anyone else to themselves in comparison to car drivers. It's not about "behaving badly", it's about cars killing people and the threat to everyone on the road that they are.
Don't worry car drivers will start fighting back.
What for, your "right" to break the law?
@@jonahwhale9047""law"".
A word the majority seem not to comprehend the accurate definition of.
Lawful rebellion is against the "law" according to many police *OFFICErs.*
1829 and the overwhelmingly opposed institution of the Metropolitan Police in London should give you an indication as to why this is. 😠
@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 As soon as you bring up something like the Magna Carta, the rest of us all know you're into "freeman"/sovereign citizen movement stuff and move on. None of that stuff is real.
@@jonahwhale9047 who gets to decide that?
Logical determination??
@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Government and the courts. Almost all of the Magna Carta has been repealed by later legislation (Statute Law Revision Act of 1863).
What a narc
Keep up the good work. We need safer roads.
Where?
Ever been to Istanbul, or Naples?
@@Anygodwilldo yes, been to both. We need safer roads in Britain.
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WATCH OUT MIKEY THE RAT IS ABOUT
Whatever happened to punctuation?
WaHt EvEr hApPeNeD tO PuNcTuAtIoN?
Never seems to catch a cyclist doing anything wrong such as going through a red light or being on the wrong side of the road - weird that isn't it.
He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
And?
Not really. The vast majority of fatalities and serious injuries on our roads are caused by bad drivers of motor vehicles. If you feel so strongly about cyclists breaking the law you are completely free to start a campaign of your own.
you are free to do that yourself-nobody is stopping you
@@michaelhaslam6089 I don't feel strongly - it was an observation. One rule for those he dislikes and one for those he likes.
Cyclists in the UK want to be treated like a car but also break the rules when they feel like it. CM does a great job of collecting revenue for the Govt, he is all about monetizing his YT channel and harassing drivers for clicks
I'd describe it more as "exposing car drivers for the dangerously aggressive, negligent, & entitled dicks they are".
Can you explain how he earns money on YT when it is streamed without ad-sense being enabled and does not carry advertisements- who do you think is paying him and what is the mechanism?
@@normanboyes4983you still get revenue streams look at yt terms and conditions
@@normanboyes4983 ask him yourself he admits on his Good Morning Britain interview that he makes money from doing this. its very easy to find
@@normanboyes4983Eh? I just checked 5 of his videos - all monetised....
I have no problem with this as long as he also records and reports cyclists breaking the law
How would you feel if the police diverted resources away from drunk or uninsured drivers and instead directed it at cyclists
@@philroo1 what a bizarre comment. Of course not. I would prefer people to not polarise this debate about road safety into 'camps' or 'groups'. Instead, 'any' road user who is breaking the law and endangering others should be reported to make the roads safer. I don't care if it's car drivers, horse riders, cyclists or anyone else - if their actions are dangerous, they need to face the consequences
@@OldCarsNewVan that's a nice ideal you've described there, back to reality though, should crimes that cause the most harm be prioritised?
Why should he? The vast majority of road deaths are caused by cars
@@EdwardLindon Because it would be less confrontational and more 'open' to get everyone on-board to road safety if the title read 'The Cyclist catching Britain's ROAD USERS behaving badly'. That way these 'camps' wouldn't rise up and the important message wouldn't be lost
It's amazon how accepting people are in the UK for him to post their images, their phone contents and their number plates on RUclips. Don't they have privacy laws in the UK? Don't people write to RUclips and demand that they the video be removed? This is certainly illegal in my country.
Which country, and I bet its not.
The vids and images are all in a public place therefore no laws have been broken, go check on your countries laws.
Its like saying if you took a photo and someone was in the shot you have broke the law, that is not or ever will be against the law.
@@007floppyboy What do you mean, you bet it's not? A person's privacy is a constitutional right in my country. If you take a photo in public and someone was in the shot, you have to get their consent before publishing it. Maybe not in the UK, but here certainly and many other countries. Weird they don't take things like secuirty and privacy more seriously in the UK.
@@danquixote6072 which country do you live in?
@@007floppyboy Watch Black Barrister video where cyclist sues victims for defamation and and privacy. You'll see in comments, numerous examples of countries in Europe where what Micky does would be illegal.
@@danquixote6072thats because of what they said, not what they did.
If its in a public space, its public property. Stop confusing the matter.
Did you tell them about the court case u lost after jumping onto a moving car's bonnet?
Funny enough he "forgot" about that bit!!!! and what his father was up to serving with the Rhodesian security forces and "defending" the Rhodesian racist regime!!!
He knows the deal which is why he tries to pretend he is from Holland ... he is full of sh!t@@Donkavision-sx4js
As a motorcyclist I commend Mikey for helping keep the roads safer. My own channel has a load of phone drivers. Every one of those was reported to essex police. Who did nothing.
Mike , your actions speak for themselves, you are anything but ordinary.👍, sympathy for the loss you experienced
I'm worried that one day he will do this to the wrong person, or someone who is having an already terrible day and they will snap and he is going to get taught a lesson. If he wants to play policeman, go and join the police.
There are a lot of correct people in the cemetery.
Excellent work Mikey!!!
Wouldn't you love to live next door to this creeper.
Just stay off your phone when driving, fella.
Can you just drive safely and stop endangering people’s lives? Thanks.
There’s no other reason you’d be triggered by this other than worrying that you’ll get caught.
@@citizen3000 Yes sitting in the carpark that is London traffic is "endangering people's lives".
Little narcs that go around ratting people to the government for petty issues make life a misery.
We all secretly hate you. Just know that.
For the record I don't even drive. I just hate assholes.
The creep would be poking his camera through the gap in the curtains and filming your daughter getting changed ..... he needs a good "slap"
@@antiwoke6888 Feel free to try it, you’ll be caught on his cameras, you’ll get prosecuted for assault and then you can spend some time off the road and we’ll all be safer.
arent bicyclists supposed to wear helmets?...
No. They make things worse.
@@jonahwhale9047 you clearly got dropped on your head while not wearing a helmet
@@dubreg6711 It's a proven fact. Car drivers tend to drive closer to, & take more risks with, riders wearing helmets, than non-helmeted cyclists. They're a waste of time for average riders.
@@jonahwhale9047 that’s why they use them in all professional sports and are very useful for low speed crashes. Got it
@@dubreg6711 Mum on her shopping bike tends not to do 70mph descents down the Alps in the middle of a Peleton. They're not useful for low speed crashed because the head is not the part of the body most people fall on during them. They've done the science on it, e.g. helmeted cyclists suffer 14% more collisions per mile travelled than non-wearers; and helmets increase the risk of neck injuries.
In a Californian study, the prevalence of significant head trauma was 35% in the group of patients with helmet and 34% in the group without helmets, all significant trauma was 26% in the group of patients with helmet and 20% in the group without helmets, overall mortality was 1%. There was no difference in mortality between helmeted and non-helmeted patients.
Therefore all they are guaranteed to do is
a) Put people off cycling (fact).
b) Spoil people's hardos (also fact).
Standing still on a traffic jam and this guy comes up 😂 male karen?
cyclist your time is up , company have invented micro plates for bicycles.
Road Safety on his top. Yet no helmet
Mikey gets a small fortune from RUclips.
He does it for the money 😂
A professional Karen 😂
A "small fortune" in real terms means not enough to pay even minimum wages for the work his does to improve society, nor even cover the cost of his equipment. You need to look into how much people earn out of YT these days. It's nothing unless you hit a viral gold mine.
Grass 🐍
supergrass 😂
Stop smoking it.
Maybe he should watch out for the many, many really bad cyclists going over traffic lights on red, going over zebra crossings when people are crossing and cyclists with headphones on with no hands on the handlebars on their phones (saw this last week).
Why would he do that?
Maybe that’s a job for you, if you feel so strongly about it. Mikey has different priorities. We are all free to choose our own paths.
Amazing that he hasn't met the wrong person yet.
The police are too busy being pc and woke but self appointed vigilantes should not be allowed do such things. I never use a hand held phone while driving but see more cy lists than drivers flout the rules.
Mikey is very clear in the video. He is not a vigilante. Vigilantes take the law into their own hands and act as judge and jury. Mikey does the opposite.
Good for him
Well done Mikey
Please sir, can I have extra homework and wear two ties tomorrow?
Big fan of Cycling Mikey. Keep doing what you're doing. :)
He's doing a good job, catching all those drivers breaking the rules. The rules are there for all road users. In one of Mikey's videos he films himself stopping on a pedestrian only crossing, this is actually an offence that carries a fixed penalty notice of £30. He didn't pay anything. Too many people break the rules and Mikey is one of those.
Lolo. Cyclists are actually the most dangerous people on the road. Nearly all his victims were actually stuck in stationary traffic.
The stats and research dont back up your claim.
@@michaelhaslam6089 that’s because stats look at injuries etc…I am talking about cyclists are the most dangerous as they Blatantly break red lights, jump on and off pavements, swerve through, cut off traffic… they may not cause as many injuries but they are the most dangerous people. A bike colliding with a car causes no damage and is not recorded yet everyone sees what a nuisance a significant proportion of cyclists are. Just watch RUclips. And this bloke reporting drivers who are stationary stuck in traffic…
@@IansOddInterests I know you think you’re making sense and writing coherently but you’re not.
@@homie3461but cyclists can be very dangerous to pedestrians, when doing stupid things like riding on footpaths.
what u yapping about@@IansOddInterests
So his daddy was killed by someone in zimbabwe so he's takeing his bitterness out on the uk drivers think u should go over there and do your bitterness there cars r not even safe out there😌
Britain's super grass
The police should be doing this themselves so you don't have to. But would you report fellow cyclists and scooter rides who endanger pedestrians?
Negligible danger to pedestrians vs cars.
@@grekiki People have been killed and maimed by dangerous cycle and scooter drivers. But the real reality is that the most dangerous road users are negligent bus and lorry drivers.
@@julianaylor4351 I didn't say 0 danger, agree otherwise.
I wonder this as well. Have had quite a few near hits as a pedestrian with cyclists who thought that the red traffic lights did not apply to them 🤨
Bit hard to do for cyclists no plate to link them to the footage 🤷🏻♂️
Well go to Zimbabwe and do it
Well no. I live in London and there's nothing you can do about that.
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.
3rd party video reporting has exploded across the UK. In London in 2022 almost 15,000 such prosecutions were started. There are tens of thousands of people videoing and reporting bad driving.
Oh dear this chap needs to stop he will do it to the wrong person one day
What a broad streak of yellow.
@@EdwardLindonyes I just feel it’s an accident waiting to happen for this chap there are some naughty people about especially in the capital.
The person on the road, busy looking in cars, is reporting others for being distracted on the road.
That same person presented data (police prosecutions) that demonstrates the effectiveness of his process.
He wears a GoPro and has other cameras on him that do not diatract him.
Camera simply points to what he is looking at.
Looking at what others are doing in their cars does not cause a distarction to him.
Even if he was distracted, his potential to cause harm is considerably less than that of a distracted driver.
@@ramesh_manga Yes, I'm glad you agree, he is distracted, while reporting others for being distracted on the road. What a hypocrite and danger this self appointed cop is. It's funny you think cyclists have never caused accidents.
@Sam-nh7ns He's in the road and while he's distracted on his self appointed policing, he can definitely cause an accident. One of the restrictions on bikes is taking due care and attention while on the road. Which he isn't.
Looks way older than 50
And what about all the bad cyclists running red lights, cycling on pavements.
Last time I was in Notting hill I was almost knocked over by a cyclist whilst I was crossing the road.
Don't forget only the other year the lady knocked over and killed by a cyclist.
You are welcome to start your own channel since this has offended you so badly.
Fair Play Mikey keep on keeping on
Ive got great admiration for Mikey, ive talked with him over the years and he's a great guy, what he's doing is what we all should do, be more mindful for each other rather than take the p!ss...