In all seriousness, it's a mobile phone addiction. Dopamine triggered when discovering something on the phone which is a feedback loop causing the person to repeat the exercise.
Absolutely. I have said this for a long time. The action of holding the phone is similar to a baby’s pacifier or dummy as we called it. It’s also as bad as a heroin addict needing his fix. It really is that bad. I challenge anyone to walk along their main street where they live when the traffic is at walking pace and I guarantee you will see many people …mainly young ones…with their phone either in their hand or resting on their thigh.
It still leaves me dumbfounded as to the amount of people that do this. They'd be less than understanding if someone ran into the back of their car whilst texting or emailing. Just think how many more are out there.
Interesting at 5:32 how the driver of the silver Mercedes rolled forward a short distance whilst still texting just as a jogger crossed directly in front...and the traffic ahead was still stationary! I wonder how much further forward the Mercedes would have moved if the car in front had honked it's horn, either to warn the driver about you or indeed in error. Interestingly I believe the car behind did indeed honk it's horn just before you turned off your camera by mistake.
I prefer banana milkshakes to chocolate. There’s no point in comparing them to vanilla because vanilla is pretty much the base flavour to most milkshakes so in my eyes that would be like having a plain milkshake. Straight mixer, you know what I mean? Anyway, I hope you make the right decision the next time you’re faced with the option. Banana flavour is so overlooked and if we don’t work together on it, it just might disappear. As the old saying goes “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. I hope I can count on you, lb S.
It really angers me to see so many drivers using hand-held devices while operating a car. It doesn't make a blind bit of difference if they are stopped in traffic at a red light. Some 25 years ago, I was rear ended of my bicycle by a driver who was "Surprise! Surprise!" on their mobile phone. This was before it was made illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving. I was seriously injured, majority of injuries healed. However, I will have my slip disc T6-T7 for the rest of my life. My newsagent is only across the road from me. For perspective, I live in a cul-de-sac that is in the shape of a circle. However, the newsagents is part of a larger complex, consiting of a barbers, bookies, pub, said newsagent, chemist, hairdresser, 2 empty units and a chipper, and apartments above. There are 2 entrances to the carpark area of the shopping units, one on the main road and the other that comes onto the road connecting the main road to my neighbourhood. I was walking back from the shops yesterday evening and I saw a neighbour exiting the carpark and turning into my estate from what we call the side carpark entrance/exit. She was on her mobile phone while she was driving. Well, I let an almighty roar at her to get off the phone while she is driving. I didn't care how near she was to home. Well done, Mikey.
Mr Audi explains the part where he realised you were there, not knowing you have over a minute of evidence of him fiddling with his phone while driving. Noice one mate you really got away with it
The grinning, flagrant contempt of the law, and clear knowledge of potentially fatal risks to pedestrians and road users once again here for all to see. Yet to these drivers it continues to mean nothing.
The cabbie should know highway code better, that was very disappointing. PJ70ZWW wasn't even in control of his vehicle most of the time, especially while edging forward.
@@him5695 I could have agreed with the idea that the cabbie was just trying to be kind... Until he deliberately moved his vehicle over to hug the white lines. At that point you can be certain he wasn't trying to be kind, he wasn't suggesting that it would be safer on the left, he was just being an a-hole.
@@him5695 It's hardly a _"very narrow two way road"_ when it's got a third lane in the centre, and even less so when you consider that said centre lane is coned-off to traffic. So I think _"in the middle straddling centre lines"_ is something of a mis-statement.
Was that really a genuine Taxi driver has he didn’t seem to have a clue about the ‘rules of the road’? - Very worrying. Why do these Muppets keep using their phones? Keep up the good work Mikey! 🙂
That Audi driver is supposed to have a very decent integrated bluetooth, I don't understand why these people would not use that, Mercedes driver would deserve an extra fine for not wearing a seatbelt.
Keep them coming Mikey, you should get an OBE for keeping death of the roads. One point I honestly believe all those you caught should re-take there driving test, and any one caught using there phonein there car..
Great job, Mikey. As bad as the phone drivers were, the most concerning part of the video was the so called "professional driver'" who had no idea of the Highway Code.
I wonder if 01-04-2021 is when he bought the car, or when he sold it. 😊 EDIT: Third option. He was from a dealership, and was delivering the car, in which case the new owner will have been shocked, when the FPN dropped on his/her doormat. 😊
Six points remain on your licence for four years. Insurance can increase by 68%. A second offence, and you are back to being a learner driver after the ban has been served. These are stupid people. I had one guy barely stopping from speed behind me reading a newspaper spread over the wheel.
How funny. I was just thinking you need to play the music from Jaws and then there it was. I know a lot of people don't like you for what you do but I think you may be saving lives. People who are guilty often attack the one who finds them out.
Thanks for the earworm...! I haven't listened to Musical Youth for a few years now... 🤔😎👍 Time to be a good Generation Xer and go and listen to them again...!
The misinformed "lecturing" taxi driver might want to practice the "tyres & tarmac" principle when stopping behind other vehicles. He kept stopping way too close to the errant Audi in front. Look at 0:22 for example. Plus he was even tailgating the Audi when they moved off. Funny how some drivers seem to think they "know best" about driving matters... except that they don't. Plus, he doesn't seem to appreciate that you are trying to keep the roads safe... including for him!
I doubt very much if they bother paying attention to any updates once they have passed their driving test. Interestingly though, the amount of cyclists who carry and read the most recent version of the Highway Code; would probably surprise most people...! Vehicular cyclists are more likely to be versed in the most recent changes, than the average motorist...! Strangely...or maybe not so... 🤔🤨
Aren’t seatbelts mandatory in England. I never really paid attention, but after a comment was made about the guy in the Mercedes not wearing seatbelts, I noticed the driver in the black car you stopped before the Mercedes wasn’t wearing seatbelts either.
Yes , seatbelts are mandatory in all parts of the UK, the only time you do not have to wear a seatbelt is when you are reversing or have a medical exemption.
@@Horizon301. For the driver and front seat passenger, the only people going to be affected by a lack of a seatbelt is themselves. But I'm sure I remember an old advert about an unsecured passenger in the backseat slamming into the front seat and killing a driver, but surviving the impact. "Julie knew her killer..." or similar... Belt up, guys - no-one really wants to scrape/those you off your windscreen.
@@eddyblackmore2834 There was one advert that claimed an unbelted adult male, would be thrown forward with the comparable force of a two ton bull elephant at 30mph. It would crush the person in front, even if you weren't ejected out of the front windscreen...!
I live in the Netherlands now. Over here, phone use whilst driving is also massive. Whilst riding on the motor ways (especially in traffic) I would suspect that 1 in 10 are using their phones. In stop start traffic i suspect that goes up to 3 in 10... none of them ever notice me peering into their car windows... I am thinking of filming them for you tube.. hahahaha
He’s clever this guy. But he is doing a good/right thing. At the end of the day drivers need to understand that they are in a moving vehicle whilst they’re on the roads. Accidents do and will happen. If drivers are not fully focused on the roads they put the lives of pedestrians at risk. Distracted drivers are part of the problem not part of the solution.
@@eddyblackmore2834 At least he took it in stride, which is more unfortunately likely to get him convicted. One of the more friendlier encounters, the sad truth is, had he been more like GD70CAO, no doubt he'd get away scot-free.
Ha! Based on previous experience I'm convinced most of these drivers were prosecuted. It's possible a small fraction of the prosecutions failed or were dropped, but that's not very likely given the good quality (IMO) of my evidence.
Not taking away from what they have done, I wonder if they changed the timing of the lights to allow more cars through whether it would stop a lot of the phone use?
The problem with that is that they'd obviously have to have the poor bastards on the perpendicular roads sitting at red lights for longer, which would simply relocate the problem, rather than alleviate it...
I was driving to my family gp as they wanted to admit my daughter to hospital for strep. Her dad was phoning and texting as I'm panicking driving there. Even when stopped in traffic I did not look at my phone. These people really make me angry
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Bloke in the Audi on the phone "There's some geeza at my window with a video camera" Bloke on the other end " Say hi to Mikey for me"
LMAO
🤣😂🤣
In all seriousness, it's a mobile phone addiction. Dopamine triggered when discovering something on the phone which is a feedback loop causing the person to repeat the exercise.
Phone use is addictive, so are cars. Most car journeys are unnecessary too.
Absolutely. I have said this for a long time. The action of holding the phone is similar to a baby’s pacifier or dummy as we called it. It’s also as bad as a heroin addict needing his fix. It really is that bad. I challenge anyone to walk along their main street where they live when the traffic is at walking pace and I guarantee you will see many people …mainly young ones…with their phone either in their hand or resting on their thigh.
I stopped using Facebook, using a phone, no Internet etc for years. I'm only using RUclips these days and even that is from a computer and not a phone
It still leaves me dumbfounded as to the amount of people that do this. They'd be less than understanding if someone ran into the back of their car whilst texting or emailing. Just think how many more are out there.
Keep up the good work Mikey, hope you have an amazing 2023, and continue to bust more bad drivers.
Absolutely 🤗💯%
Unbelievable. They all carry on as if nothing is wrong!!! Well done Mikey. 2023 is going to be another busy year!!!
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Interesting at 5:32 how the driver of the silver Mercedes rolled forward a short distance whilst still texting just as a jogger crossed directly in front...and the traffic ahead was still stationary! I wonder how much further forward the Mercedes would have moved if the car in front had honked it's horn, either to warn the driver about you or indeed in error. Interestingly I believe the car behind did indeed honk it's horn just before you turned off your camera by mistake.
I prefer banana milkshakes to chocolate. There’s no point in comparing them to vanilla because vanilla is pretty much the base flavour to most milkshakes so in my eyes that would be like having a plain milkshake. Straight mixer, you know what I mean? Anyway, I hope you make the right decision the next time you’re faced with the option. Banana flavour is so overlooked and if we don’t work together on it, it just might disappear. As the old saying goes “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. I hope I can count on you, lb S.
The jogger likely triggered the car to auto-start it's engine (auto stop-start) , not sure about the roll though.
It really angers me to see so many drivers using hand-held devices while operating a car. It doesn't make a blind bit of difference if they are stopped in traffic at a red light. Some 25 years ago, I was rear ended of my bicycle by a driver who was "Surprise! Surprise!" on their mobile phone. This was before it was made illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving. I was seriously injured, majority of injuries healed. However, I will have my slip disc T6-T7 for the rest of my life. My newsagent is only across the road from me. For perspective, I live in a cul-de-sac that is in the shape of a circle. However, the newsagents is part of a larger complex, consiting of a barbers, bookies, pub, said newsagent, chemist, hairdresser, 2 empty units and a chipper, and apartments above. There are 2 entrances to the carpark area of the shopping units, one on the main road and the other that comes onto the road connecting the main road to my neighbourhood. I was walking back from the shops yesterday evening and I saw a neighbour exiting the carpark and turning into my estate from what we call the side carpark entrance/exit. She was on her mobile phone while she was driving. Well, I let an almighty roar at her to get off the phone while she is driving. I didn't care how near she was to home. Well done, Mikey.
My phone goes into a £5 phone holder before I start my engine. It’s really not difficult to do.
Mr Audi explains the part where he realised you were there, not knowing you have over a minute of evidence of him fiddling with his phone while driving. Noice one mate you really got away with it
It just shows what liars they are. Mikey should have pointed out the phone use prior to the call...
The fact that the guy admitted that he was using is phone is so funny and a classic one
So many people think because they are stationery it's ok. They need to catch up on the law. Great video and great work 👍
Well done Mikey. It's amazing how many people think that the rules don't apply to them.
These videos make me want to be a better driver. Keep up the good work Cycling Mikey.
Oh a cabbie that only knows the Myway Code 😂
The grinning, flagrant contempt of the law, and clear knowledge of potentially fatal risks to pedestrians and road users once again here for all to see.
Yet to these drivers it continues to mean nothing.
X3 SPY?
You caught James Bond? 😁
The cabbie should know highway code better, that was very disappointing. PJ70ZWW wasn't even in control of his vehicle most of the time, especially while edging forward.
@@him5695 I could have agreed with the idea that the cabbie was just trying to be kind... Until he deliberately moved his vehicle over to hug the white lines. At that point you can be certain he wasn't trying to be kind, he wasn't suggesting that it would be safer on the left, he was just being an a-hole.
@@him5695 It's hardly a _"very narrow two way road"_ when it's got a third lane in the centre, and even less so when you consider that said centre lane is coned-off to traffic. So I think _"in the middle straddling centre lines"_ is something of a mis-statement.
Happy New Year, all the best and greetings to all phonedrivers. Thanks for uploading.
Was that really a genuine Taxi driver has he didn’t seem to have a clue about the ‘rules of the road’? - Very worrying.
Why do these Muppets keep using their phones?
Keep up the good work Mikey! 🙂
Nice haul, Mike!
So lovely to see culprits try to wriggle their way out of being caught red handed, lovely!
Keep up the good work and ride safe :-)
That Audi driver is supposed to have a very decent integrated bluetooth, I don't understand why these people would not use that, Mercedes driver would deserve an extra fine for not wearing a seatbelt.
Diakuyu for your efforts, Mikey. Good going. All the best regards to you 🙏
And yet still more drivers not wearing seat belts. Happy New Year Mikey and keep on keeping on!
Keep them coming Mikey, you should get an OBE for keeping death of the roads. One point I honestly believe all those you caught should re-take there driving test, and any one caught using there phonein there car..
Absolutely.
@@cubs6583 why
Hold up what was that at the end 😂😂
Go Mikey, Never Stop Doing This. 😇
Well no wonder that Aston Martin driver is an X SPY - his situational awareness is abysmal!
Nice one.
Great job, Mikey. As bad as the phone drivers were, the most concerning part of the video was the so called "professional driver'" who had no idea of the Highway Code.
I wonder if 01-04-2021 is when he bought the car, or when he sold it. 😊
EDIT: Third option. He was from a dealership, and was delivering the car, in which case the new owner will have been shocked, when the FPN dropped on his/her doormat. 😊
Respect to you Mikey. May the perpetrators learn their lesson and change their habits before causing a serious accident
I see the taxi driver moving over for you 😀
Six points remain on your licence for four years. Insurance can increase by 68%. A second offence, and you are back to being a learner driver after the ban has been served. These are stupid people. I had one guy barely stopping from speed behind me reading a newspaper spread over the wheel.
I love the Jaws theme song while on the prowl.
These drivers are so unaware, you could literally siphon gas from their car and they wouldn’t even realize it
Loving the shark noise 😁😁
It is my favourite bit
How funny. I was just thinking you need to play the music from Jaws and then there it was. I know a lot of people don't like you for what you do but I think you may be saving lives. People who are guilty often attack the one who finds them out.
Aston martin man has owned since new Mikey, guess it could have been a plate transfer/change of address hence the 4/2021 reg doc issue
What's the significance of a logbook change? Has he put the car in someone else's name?
Pass the Zuma and the duchy on the left hand side.
Thanks for the earworm...! I haven't listened to Musical Youth for a few years now... 🤔😎👍 Time to be a good Generation Xer and go and listen to them again...!
Just crazy. Phone addiction🤬
I'm guessing X3SPY will claim diplomatic immunity 😄
May have a license to text from MI5 you never know.
Happy new year mikey have great new year
Keep the videos coming be safe
I hate what you do but I love your videos 😂
I love what he does, and love the videos
London cab driver should know better, "cyclists have to ride on the left" So what happens when the rider wants to turn right?
Can't, have to keep going left in circles
♪♪♪ When will they ever learn...? ♪♪♪ Probably never, but then there is Mikey🕵♀👮♂Happy and well new year, and be careful on the roads.👍
Doing great work, please keep it up. Thanks for your service :)
The misinformed "lecturing" taxi driver might want to practice the "tyres & tarmac" principle when stopping behind other vehicles. He kept stopping way too close to the errant Audi in front. Look at 0:22 for example. Plus he was even tailgating the Audi when they moved off. Funny how some drivers seem to think they "know best" about driving matters... except that they don't. Plus, he doesn't seem to appreciate that you are trying to keep the roads safe... including for him!
Nobody breaks the law more then taxi/cab drivers.
That's not true in London. Cabbies are usually good, I rarely catch them.
Can you quote your source for that statistic? Or did you just make it up?
Shocking that someone who drives for a living i.e. the taxi driver, doesn't know the highway code
I doubt very much if they bother paying attention to any updates once they have passed their driving test. Interestingly though, the amount of cyclists who carry and read the most recent version of the Highway Code; would probably surprise most people...! Vehicular cyclists are more likely to be versed in the most recent changes, than the average motorist...! Strangely...or maybe not so... 🤔🤨
Taxi driver was lacking "Knowledge" LOL.🤣
A cabby with attitude ? Who would have thought it ?
Great work.
Was the last one also done for not wearing a seatbelt?
one of these days. you will see someone looking down and it will end up being a book in there had. (is it illegal to read a paper book and drive)
Aren’t seatbelts mandatory in England. I never really paid attention, but after a comment was made about the guy in the Mercedes not wearing seatbelts, I noticed the driver in the black car you stopped before the Mercedes wasn’t wearing seatbelts either.
Yes , seatbelts are mandatory in all parts of the UK, the only time you do not have to wear a seatbelt is when you are reversing or have a medical exemption.
@@georgebarnes8163, or you’re a working taxi driver, or a private hire driver (minicab) with a paying passenger on board
Phone use is more of an issue than not wearing seatbelts. Ultimately, you have to be pretty dumb not to use one
@@Horizon301. For the driver and front seat passenger, the only people going to be affected by a lack of a seatbelt is themselves. But I'm sure I remember an old advert about an unsecured passenger in the backseat slamming into the front seat and killing a driver, but surviving the impact. "Julie knew her killer..." or similar...
Belt up, guys - no-one really wants to scrape/those you off your windscreen.
@@eddyblackmore2834 There was one advert that claimed an unbelted adult male, would be thrown forward with the comparable force of a two ton bull elephant at 30mph. It would crush the person in front, even if you weren't ejected out of the front windscreen...!
No seat belt with the last one! 😱
Why are people so obsessed with their phones?
For the same reason they're obsessed with their cars, it's called addiction.
Nice video. Happy New Year and stay safe.
I live in the Netherlands now. Over here, phone use whilst driving is also massive. Whilst riding on the motor ways (especially in traffic) I would suspect that 1 in 10 are using their phones. In stop start traffic i suspect that goes up to 3 in 10... none of them ever notice me peering into their car windows... I am thinking of filming them for you tube.. hahahaha
nice little GR Yaris in shot
The look on their faces when they realize they've been busted.
you need a polariser filter to cut the reflections on the car windows, give it a go
Thanks! It's in theory a good idea, but I've been there, tried it, and it's impractical.
keep fighting the good fight
Good job Mikey!!
That "lovely car" is an average C200 not a luxury one, it only looks good because it's new
Fines need to be income rated, someone in an Aston Martin isn't going to care about the fine or the insurance costs.
Another top video Mikey, keep up the good work.
Good work mikey..stay safe.
The last one said I am in traffic I might as well E mail that summed it up right there his attitude.
definitely changed logbook to pass the buck onto someone else
Like shooting fish in a barrel...... they've only got themselves to blame. Good hunting in 2023.
Seems like a busy day.
came up from behind... may be i like that hahahahaha
Twatty taxi driver trying to position himself as close to the right as possible to stop you passing...
I think if you can afford an Aston Martin, you can afford a chauffeur.
"It normally comes through here (bluetooth)".....yeah course it does, mate.
You came up from behind... yes, exactly the same direction that the police tend to turn up from...! 😂
… and no seatbelt!
busy day grr Mr Freeman
Perhaps there should be a charity that will provide hands-free kits for impoverished drivers.
Did the taxi driver respond to your twitter ?
I don't remember, unfortunately.
So, the taxi driver is a professional driver and yet he doesn't know the highway code! Shocking.
Cabbies like to have an opinion and make sure they let everyone know it - most of the time they are wrong
The Audi has Bluetooth why do they not link the phones up to the car? It’s unbelievable
what did LR62UDK do? sad man
He’s clever this guy.
But he is doing a good/right thing.
At the end of the day drivers need to understand that they are in a moving vehicle whilst they’re on the roads. Accidents do and will happen.
If drivers are not fully focused on the roads they put the lives of pedestrians at risk.
Distracted drivers are part of the problem not part of the solution.
"Maybe I like that!"
🤣🤣🤣
"There's so much traffic, you might as well email." Oh dear. That's just the attitude that means this will just go on and on.
It's also the line that should cement his conviction. 😂
@@eddyblackmore2834 At least he took it in stride, which is more unfortunately likely to get him convicted. One of the more friendlier encounters, the sad truth is, had he been more like GD70CAO, no doubt he'd get away scot-free.
Amazing the amount of cyclists that go through the red lights and not a word about them…….
Those drivers who moved forward, with both hands on their phone, should also be done for not being in proper control.
Always the Audi Dtivers, Audiots as they are commonly called.
What... a cabby with something to say that's completely wrong... never. Lol.
Cabbie should not be on the road given his lack of knowledge on the HC
Either that or perhaps he could be made to sit a retest... with special recourse to cycling on the road...!
You came up from behind because you like that ;-) Superb
Happy New Year, stay safe cyclists out there
He was talking to his Solicitor
I like the JAWS tune HA HA HA HA well done keep doing it good job
NIP = No Intention of Prosecuting
Ha! Based on previous experience I'm convinced most of these drivers were prosecuted. It's possible a small fraction of the prosecutions failed or were dropped, but that's not very likely given the good quality (IMO) of my evidence.
We'll just NIP it in the bud... 😏
I bet the bloke in the Aston, X3 SPY, gets away with it.
X3 SPY is not very Mr Smiley today!
Not taking away from what they have done, I wonder if they changed the timing of the lights to allow more cars through whether it would stop a lot of the phone use?
The problem with that is that they'd obviously have to have the poor bastards on the perpendicular roads sitting at red lights for longer, which would simply relocate the problem, rather than alleviate it...
Have you ever been to inner London? This isn't even heavy traffic. This road also runs through a park, it should just be closed to cars
Its like shooting fish in a barrel 😐
I was driving to my family gp as they wanted to admit my daughter to hospital for strep. Her dad was phoning and texting as I'm panicking driving there. Even when stopped in traffic I did not look at my phone. These people really make me angry