@@edwardshirley9314 And me, "why were you doing 60 in a 40 limit?" "Because I didn't know you were there" Believe it or not he didn't nick me, Those were the days when you just got a bollocking.
@@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769There was no point cop putting siren on he was pulling someone only 50 yards away. If he had you would of said is there any need for that putting siren on?
One thing I learned in Brazil is that every time a motor cyclist at a red light looks back, it means he's going to jump the red light and is checking if there are any police cars behind him. This cyclist is clearly a newby
Why? There's places in the US where it's LEGAL for cyclists to treat reds as a 4-way stop. It's asinine to make cyclists follow the same rules at multi-ton motor vehicles. In my city it's illegal, but the cops don't mess with me if I look both-ways and roll through after stopping. Like I said, stupid rule.
@@rossfuller8025 yea if there's no traffic and pedestrians anymore I always jump it because then I won't block the cars as much when it gets green (because I can't accelerate as fast as them). stupid to just wait and block everyone
@Lee Shackelford Broken glass theory is bullshit and had been proven wrong many times. How does that boot taste in your mouth, buddy? Yes massa, no massa, better follow all the laws massa. Sir, yes sir!
Some cyclists think red lights don’t apply, and not just courier riders. I once saw a crazy accident involving a courier rider who was going so flat out through a red light he didn’t see the car or could not have stopped if he had.
The funny part is that because it was a T intersection he could have gotten off the bike, walked three or four metres on the sidewalk, and gotten back in the bike lane, in complete safety and without breaking the law.
The thing that winds me up most in London is cyclists who jump the red lights! As I am crossing the road I have often held my hand out towards them, pointing at the red light they should observe with the angriest look on my face I can conjure! If you are one of these offenders, beware of the stare I might give you!
I stopped giving a fuck about red lights as a cyclist when motorists kept stopping in the cycle box and passed me unsafely. Its more safer as a cyclist to jump a red if done correctly.
He has waited until the green man has gone off. This is now dead time, and makes sense for the cyclist to go, as it means they can be spread out when the cars catch up. They do this is Spain for cycles and scooters. It helps the flow of traffic for everyone. Some traffic lights have seperate cycle green lights specifically for this reason.
Another cyclist thinking the rules of the road don’t apply to him and every excuse follows justifying this behaviour seen this so many times without penalties at last to see this questioned .
What I think is funny is it proves he was riding without due care and attention as he had no idea what other road users were about him . Should be prosecuted for "riding without due care and attention" as well!
I’ve not been one for the lycra, unless it serves a good purpose. I’m certainly no MAMIL, (Middle Aged Man In Lycra), indeed? I was camping on the New Forest several years back, very near to Stoney Cross, and I went out on my £500 mountain bike, wearing £12 trainers, £0.99 socks, £0.99 boxers, £7.99 soccer shorts, & a £1.50 t-shirt. Some clobber to change into for going in to the pub for lunch in my 2nd most expensive bit of kit, my rucksack. And in minutes I was passing a pack of Mamils on their £2k + road bikes puffing away, as I cruised passed them once safe die to their literally being the proverbial pack, with me mildly out of breath & not pushing hard. I was a regular cyclist at the time & knew that the lycra would make VERY little difference to comfort or performance on my full suspension bike. Bless, being a Mamil is the poor man’s male menopausal porshe...
If only there was a way so people riding bikes wouldn’t interfere with cars...oh wait, there is. It’s called segregated cycle lanes. Ask the Dutch, the know quite a bit about this.
@@captain508 "BeCAuSE OthERS dO WrONg ThINGs CycLIstS CaN dO WrONg ThINGs As wELL." You know the numbers of people who were speeding because they got caught and fined: so should cyclists, since they have the same set of rules.
@@TehRuiAlv3z As a member of both cycling and car driving communities I agree that we should all obey the rules of the road. I observe a tendency among some car drivers to view cyclists as outlaws who recklessly flout and the law, and I was merely pointing out that many drivers contravene the law regarding speeding. Between 2007 and 2013 in the UK an average of 3 pedestrian fatalities per annum occurred after an accident involving a bicycle whereas the figure for motor vehicles was 317 per year. So motorists are involved in 100 times more such deaths.
Breaking the law is trivial to people like Patrick? Well I guess if a cyclist ran into him, when the cyclist was going against the red light, Patrick won't complain to the police?
No, I just looked closely at the video and the copper did see the cyclist as you can see him waving his hands about to try and stop him to have a word just as Magnatom follows the cyclist round with his eyes and camera, he only applauded the fact that the copper decided to do something about the jumper not stopping.
Planing stupidity in my opinion. Bicycles and motorbikes should be able to use a narrow corridor on the left side, when no pedestrians are crossing. Something like zebra crossings
No. Cyclists should have, as mandatory: Registration, number plate for vehicle identification, insurance, and a valid high way code//theory test certificate. Cyclists think they can do whatever they like, they will hit vehicles, people, break all sorts of laws then zooming away from the crime scene and nothing you can do about it, which is why THEY DO IT!
@@nvstewart K me has a good solution. A similar reason to why cars can turn right on a red light in the States. You refuse to consider it. I'm zooming away now. Zoooooooooom.
All these calls for bikes to have number plates etc etc. Anomymity seems to be a good thing when a motorist knocks off a cyclist and just drives off because there are no witnesses around......
I mean if he really wanted to run the red light, He could have gotten off the bike, walked on the pedestrian path to the other side and gotten back on the road therefore technically never running the red light
We I was a youngster a police officer would direct traffic at a busy junction, cyclist would use the other lane to overtake the waiting queue and impede vehicles travelling in the opposite direction, or cycle on the pavement. He would pull them over and leave them waiting 10 or 15 mins, before talking to them and ask them how much time they had saved and now wasted. Regular cyclist soon learnt and walked their bike along the pavement.
There’s a fantastic Trinidadian takeaway 50 yards before the traffic lights on the left. They sell doubles, roti, bussup shot and other fantastic curries.
You know people break more traffic laws in cars than on bicycles right? Always good to see a tosser get what's coming to them regardless of what they're on/in.
ivan kerr because drivers don’t speed, jump red lights , drive without insurance, drink drive and don’t even get me started on the 1000’s of pricks using their phones when driving. What an utterly idiotic post.
Yes a car can crush bones better than a bike that would be the outcome. The silly sod risked him self more. But he prob knew the light sequence and did look out for pedestrians. BMW and the like usualy speed through red lights or go round corners with 2 wheels off the ground.
@@triodehexode so it’s ok if he collided with some old dear with brittle bones, just so long as he’s not in a BMW? The Highway Code is there for all road users and it isn’t permitted to be selective about the bits you choose to obey or ignore so the cyclist should face the same punishment as any other road user, BMW or not.
@@steve5825 In this case he was going at about 4 mph as he crossed the red light not 40 mph as is usual with large German car owners. He was still in the wrong though. I would entirely agree with you if he had been a weekend lycra clad cyclist and went through the red light at 20 mph without looking as he would have done driving his BMW at twice that speed to a sales conference on weekdays. Yes cyclists can be arrogant Tw@ts too.
@@triodehexode got it. If we go slow we can ignore the light. I agree that a car would obviously cause far more serious injuries but that is not my point. My point is the law should be equally applied whether you ignore the light in your BMW on route to a conference meeting or you are just cycling to work. If someone drove their car through slowly would that be ok? This wasn't just a pedestrian crossing it is a light controlled junction. I'm curious where you live as there are obviously a lot of bad BMW/German car drivers there as they crop up a lot. 40mph through red lights is terrible, thankfully none here though. Are any other marques guilty of this?
@@steve5825 I agree law should equally be applied to all . Usually just drivers of Expensive German cars have that arrogant I own the road attitude they are everywhere closely followed by expensive 4x4s gangsta mobiles. They sometimes migrate to bikes at the weekend hog the roads. These types usually are found in tacky expensive modern estates on the edges of towns where prime farm land once was.
@@mookyzook obviously these people are gonna break the rules of the road no matter how much training they've had. Licence, insurance and a contribution to pay for the roads is what these pricks need.
I hit a red light running cyclist once. I was just getting off the green light and hit him. He had a bloody nose, but no more. His bicycle was really messed up, though. It looked like an expensive feather weight type by Pinarello. Although entirely his fault, I loaded his bicycle and took him to his destination. He was very apologetic about the accident. It could have ended a lot worse for both of us, especially him.
@@pineapplepenumbra There was not even slight damage to my car. It is a vintage vehicle with the huge stainless steel bumpers, metal body panels, and big lights. This is why I am very glad nothing happened to him. The old road dinosaur could have caused a lot of damage to him. I feel bad, though. His bicycle took a lot of damage and it was no cheap Walmart bought machine.
It’s actually no big deal. In countries like France and Germany there are signs at some traffic lights saying that cyclists can ignore red lights if they can see the junction is clear. If it was so dangerous to cross the red light then, why did the Police Officer proceed then?
Spot on. A perfectly harmless manoeuvre, when all surroundings and risks assessed. Just a lot of sour grapes from a lot of lemmings unable to think for themselves.
The police officer proceeded because the cyclist just broke the law directly in front of him. He is allowed to go through the light in pursuance of a criminal.
I’m a cyclist and people like this fella don’t do us any favours!! The ridiculous thing is he stopped at the red light and waited for the best part of it??
I see people on bikes run stop signs and red lights all the time. If you are driving your car and you stop at a stop sign and person riding a bike isn't stopping, the person on the bike will scream or cuss out the person who is driving the car. It great to see someone riding a bike get pulled over for going through a red light.
Oh what a surprise ! A cyclist jumps a red light in London ! I'm more surprised at the policeman stopping him. Most times they don't ! London's streets are lawless on a mass scale when it comes to cyclists.
You realise a number of cycling fatalities in london happened BECAUSE the cyclist was following the rules of the highway code. By pulling away early the cyclist makes themselves more visible to the traffic following behind, particularly lorry drivers who struggle to see cyclists on their inside, the very blind spot where cyclists have been crushed to death.
it's the same here in the wirral bikes do weeklies through the shopping center they don't care you can't walk on the pavement bikes riding on the payments grown men and women
@@cglees noticed more police stopping bikes coin through the shopping center and making them push the bikes cars have to be insured why not bikes and electric scuters they can hit you maybe not as bad as a car but still injur you
@@cglees What is your point ?!! Nowhere did i 'complain' about the police DOING their job in this instance. Saying i was 'surprised' at the police taking action is not a 'complaint'. It was simply an observation that stands true.
One of my biggest gripes is why the do a lot of cyclists not use cycle lanes. Really ignorant. They are often happy to use the pavement though. What is the matter with these idiots
@@pluskii5229 Why do they have 1/3 of al the worlds prisoners then? Why they have the most draconian penalties for breaking the law in the developed world? Wake up.
In italy with bike u can go on the highway and nobody say nothing, less people involved in accidents.. I'm beginning to think, there are some friendships between cyclist and sceriff
Riding in NYC running lights on bicycles happens non stop. But the infrastructure is more favorable for bicycles, so its not a big deal. Other states are much less bicycle friendly and dangerous.
I believe the ULEZ principle can be extended to cyclists. No racing cycles zones in city centres and anywhere where pedestrians are forced to share space with cyclists
@Dexulosi Now who is generalising! I was waiting at traffic lights, a set I wait at several times every day, with cars, vans, buses, trucks, motorbikes, mopeds etc etc and of course cyclists. The only group BY FAR who blatantly ride through a red light, are cyclists! Of course there are idiot drivers and yes the odd one might go through a red light but that is generally a relatively rare event! The reason cyclists consistently ride through red lights is because of a lack of training for them, no requirement to pass a test or gain a license, in short they think they are unaccountable and that the highway code does not apply to them in any way shape or form, only when it suits them! Remember I'm a cyclists myself as well as a car and van driver, I also ride a motorcycle and occasionally limos and other vintage vehicles, also minibuses, so I know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm one of the very rare cyclists who actually wait like a normal person at red traffic lights! Why because I was actually trained to do that, at school we had to do a road safety awareness course if we rode bikes, we had to practise and train certain road junction layouts set up with cones in our school yard, including a traffic light setup. It was run by the local council, police and other road safety departments. As well as training we had to sit a test with questions on the highway code, it was a cycling proficiency test and those who passed gained a certificate. Above all one thing it taught me was safety and a great respect for the potential dangers of being a cyclist on the roads with other much larger and more dangerous vehicles. There should be similar courses now and a much higher level of training and licensing scheme etc You said it yourself, 'cyclists don't know how to follow the rules!' Why do you think that is? Simple, a lack of training.
I don’t think it has anything to do with lack of training. It’s because 99.9% of the time there will be no consequences, and cyclists know that. Having said that, cyclists running red lights is not generally particularly dangerous, just irritating for other road users.
@@losttango 'Running a red light is not dangerous'..... Priceless, no wonder so many cyclists are killed on junctions! What do you think red lights are for? They're not optional, it completely baffles me how some people are so oblivious to the rules and dangers ..🤔😳.
@@pdtech4524 Very few cyclists are killed as a result of running red lights. The largest single cause is trucks turning left, in London at least. Other common accidents are drivers emerging from a side road into the path of a cyclist or turning left across a cyclist's path. Roundabouts, which don't generally have traffic signals, are also particularly dangerous. Where the cyclist is at fault, it's usually because they weren't paying sufficient attention, for example riding off the pavement onto the road without looking. A cyclist who checks for oncoming traffic and decides to jump a light because there's nothing coming is not an immediate danger to themselves or others. It is however extremely annoying for other road users and contributes to a general decline in respect for the rules, which does make it dangerous in the wider scheme of things. Data courtesy of ROSPA.
@@losttango Oh well that's official it's safe to run a red light......each to their own I guess. But guess what, I'll continue stopping at red lights whether I'm riding my bicycle, motorbike, car, van, limo etc etc It's advise that has served me well for 50 odd years lol So who am I to argue with statistics..... BTW you can make statistics say virtually anything you want if you pluck the right figures....😁
To be fair, in other European countries you'd likely have a cycle lane/path separate from the road that you could use to safely go straight on without stopping at the lights. The UK has far more underdeveloped cycle ways in my opinion.
This is true, it is an absolute disgrace how bad the U.K., specifically London is for cycling. In my opinion a city should be built with cyclists and pedestrians in mind first, and worry about motorists last.
There’s absolutely no danger posed to anyone by that cyclist running the red light there. No pedestrians, he’s in his own lane so even if cars were still turning (which they weren’t) they shouldn’t be in the cycle lane. Motorists get too het up about this kind of thing.
@@derekheeps1244 there should be a different law for cyclists. It makes no sense to have to sit there for no reason. More concessions should be made for cyclists as they’re demonstrably better people than motorists. They aren’t polluting the planet, aren’t driving around killing machines and are significantly less lazy.
@@ukevo Next time a cyclist comes hurtling through a red light at pedestrian crossing and, after having injured me so badly that I need hospital treatment, screams at me that I'm a "fucking stupid bitch getting in the way", I shall try to remember that cyclists are "demonstrably better people".
Quite right too! cyclists (and I am one) have to obey automated traffic light signals too, and follow the highway code, they are road users too and there is not a different set of rules for cyclists from that of other road users. In the UK anyway, not sure about other countries....
Drove from M4 to Regents street today. I'd say 90 % of the lycra clad bicyclists didn't even slow down for red lights. Alot were just plain dangerous. Police need a massive clampdown on these idiots ban them from the road if they can't follow basic rules.
riding a bike on pavements in the UK is illegal, section 72 of the highways act prohibits ' wilfully riding' on footpaths, only those under 10 years of age cannot be prosecuted all others can be subject to fines ranging from £30 up to £2500, and those riding on pavements and holding a driving licence for a car/motorcycle or other motorised vehicles can get points added to their licence.
For a few seconds. A few years ago, I drove off on a green light, but was forced to stop as a car was running are light to my right. He too got pulled fir running a light and a few points on his licence.
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Police: didnt you see the red light?
Cyclist: yes I saw the red light
Police: then why did u ride thru?
Cyclist: Bcos I didnt see you! 😂
Facts
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Been there, done something similar and said that. Being honest immediately is the best policy.
@@edwardshirley9314 And me,
"why were you doing 60 in a 40 limit?"
"Because I didn't know you were there"
Believe it or not he didn't nick me, Those were the days when you just got a bollocking.
loooool
Finally an entitled cyclist getting caught
Entitled copper doing the same no lights or sirens. Not that he couldn't have waited anyway.
Finally, I am so bored of seeing videos of motorcyclists and car drivers behaving in an entitled manner.
@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769 why should he. Prick on the pedal bike should obay the laws
@@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769There was no point cop putting siren on he was pulling someone only 50 yards away. If he had you would of said is there any need for that putting siren on?
@@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769entitled to what?
One thing I learned in Brazil is that every time a motor cyclist at a red light looks back, it means he's going to jump the red light and is checking if there are any police cars behind him. This cyclist is clearly a newby
If only the police had worn bright, visible clothing.
Accelerated while looking back and gets t-boned.
In some few super developed places of Brazil it won’t work cause there’s cctv
I once saw a motor cyclist who didn't look back. If he had he'd have seen the police van just behind me.
Stupid people.....
I’ve been a cyclist for over 20 years and I loved this. This is the type that gives the rest of us a bad name.
Why? There's places in the US where it's LEGAL for cyclists to treat reds as a 4-way stop.
It's asinine to make cyclists follow the same rules at multi-ton motor vehicles.
In my city it's illegal, but the cops don't mess with me if I look both-ways and roll through after stopping.
Like I said, stupid rule.
@@rossfuller8025 yea if there's no traffic and pedestrians anymore I always jump it because then I won't block the cars as much when it gets green (because I can't accelerate as fast as them). stupid to just wait and block everyone
@@Pandastico0 Precisely.
Correct
@Lee Shackelford Broken glass theory is bullshit and had been proven wrong many times.
How does that boot taste in your mouth, buddy? Yes massa, no massa, better follow all the laws massa. Sir, yes sir!
Some cyclists think red lights don’t apply, and not just courier riders. I once saw a crazy accident involving a courier rider who was going so flat out through a red light he didn’t see the car or could not have stopped if he had.
It's the arrogance that they even think they can get away with it with a POLICEMAN right next to them...
All those guys would have gone through if that copper wasn't there
Facts
Where's a policeman when you want one? Oh, there he is!
Got clapped by the clapham.
Where's the policeman when you don't want him?
Oh, here he is...
@@johnwren3976
I wanted him to be there and there he was.
Appreciate the term "policeman" 👍
The funny part is that because it was a T intersection he could have gotten off the bike, walked three or four metres on the sidewalk, and gotten back in the bike lane, in complete safety and without breaking the law.
Yes in places where’s it not illegal to sidewalk ride you will see guys ride up the pedestrian ramp on one side and out the other.
i still think its dumb that bikes have to also stop in a T intersection on the same side which is closed
@@gforce97 it is because of traffic coming from the right
@@derekheeps1244 there’s a cycle lane though. Cars shouldn’t be veering in to the cycle lane so it should be a moot point.
@@ukevo and what happens if you have a hgv that needs to take a wider line to make the right turn?
The thing that winds me up most in London is cyclists who jump the red lights! As I am crossing the road I have often held my hand out towards them, pointing at the red light they should observe with the angriest look on my face I can conjure! If you are one of these offenders, beware of the stare I might give you!
I stopped giving a fuck about red lights as a cyclist when motorists kept stopping in the cycle box and passed me unsafely. Its more safer as a cyclist to jump a red if done correctly.
@@garedbosemen553 And when you get wrecked by a car going the other way then you will try and find a way to blame them.
@@garedbosemen553 Well it's a good thing that we don't ALL drive our cars, trucks, vans and buses with your 'twisted safety' logic... 🤣🤣
Not just in London. I saw two of them jumping red lights in the space of five minutes in Cardiff.
@@markcf83 Oh they do it all the time, everywhere.
Thats the first and only time that I've seen a cyclist pulled over for anything. They're usually fireproof.
Nah it happens. I've witnessed almost exactly the same scenario in Putney a few years back.
As a cyclist (in the North) and a regular (pre-lockdown) visitor to London...it’s no wonder many non-cyclists have a bad opinion of us
"Hoo bloody Ray", the more the merrier!!.
I know right, think of all the lives he put risk there by setting off too early
@matthew scoles, yep that's pretty much what I said... He broke the law, and in doing so he put a number of peoples lives at serious risk of death.
He has waited until the green man has gone off. This is now dead time, and makes sense for the cyclist to go, as it means they can be spread out when the cars catch up. They do this is Spain for cycles and scooters. It helps the flow of traffic for everyone. Some traffic lights have seperate cycle green lights specifically for this reason.
@@dannylad1600 🤣😂😅 you're a joker and a Fool
Another cyclist thinking the rules of the road don’t apply to him and every excuse follows justifying this behaviour seen this so many times without penalties at last to see this questioned .
When skipping a light to save about 10 seconds turns into a few minutes delay chatting to a bobby 😁
Or life changing when mown down by a double decker bus and if your really lucky, spend months in traction or if your not lucky, forever in a coffin
It's a T10 offence, up to £70 fine, the highway code and road traffic act should not be broken by any road user.
Also this video had me in stitches, the guy thought he'd get away with it but he didn't even get 50 meters down the road before being stopped. XD
Wow it’s like we just watched the same video
What I think is funny is it proves he was riding without due care and attention as he had no idea what other road users were about him . Should be prosecuted for "riding without due care and attention" as well!
I'm a cyclist... I have a van a pick up truck... this copper was 100% right..
He only needed to wait a few more seconds for the green light. 🙉
Exactly what I was thinking.
there is no way this guy received any penalisation for actions ...
Yes you can still be fined. They will take details and hand it to you on the spot.
Very, very satisfying to watch.
As a cyclist (including a stint as a London courier cyclist) I wholeheartedly agree.
Cyclist: The law *doesn't* apply to *me* ...
Cop: On the contrary...
I like the way the other cyclist looked toward the biker cop as if to say "are you gonna allow that"?
A man of principle - not many of those left.
6 months late: excellent point! Now the other bikes have a story for the pub.
His day started well.
Appreciate the law & order officer.
He should get exactly the same fine as any other road user, including points on his driving license if he has one!
85% of cyclists do.
How come the minute you become a cyclist no matter how fat you are it's a prerequisite to wear skin tight spandex.
says the person who has never touched a bicycle
Not everyone on a bike feller
I’ve not been one for the lycra, unless it serves a good purpose. I’m certainly no MAMIL, (Middle Aged Man In Lycra), indeed? I was camping on the New Forest several years back, very near to Stoney Cross, and I went out on my £500 mountain bike, wearing £12 trainers, £0.99 socks, £0.99 boxers, £7.99 soccer shorts, & a £1.50 t-shirt. Some clobber to change into for going in to the pub for lunch in my 2nd most expensive bit of kit, my rucksack. And in minutes I was passing a pack of Mamils on their £2k + road bikes puffing away, as I cruised passed them once safe die to their literally being the proverbial pack, with me mildly out of breath & not pushing hard.
I was a regular cyclist at the time & knew that the lycra would make VERY little difference to comfort or performance on my full suspension bike.
Bless, being a Mamil is the poor man’s male menopausal porshe...
Because it’s more comfortable to ride with proper clothing; It’s not just a piece of cloth. It has a chamois and padding.
@@paulcollyer801 that's true and funny
Great. About time. If you use the road, obey the rules of the road.
Like the 2.4 million drivers who were issued with speeding tickets in 2018/19.
If only there was a way so people riding bikes wouldn’t interfere with cars...oh wait, there is. It’s called segregated cycle lanes. Ask the Dutch, the know quite a bit about this.
@@CityWhisperer yeah, it's much easier for literally everyone that way. A win win win situation
@@captain508 "BeCAuSE OthERS dO WrONg ThINGs CycLIstS CaN dO WrONg ThINGs As wELL." You know the numbers of people who were speeding because they got caught and fined: so should cyclists, since they have the same set of rules.
@@TehRuiAlv3z As a member of both cycling and car driving communities I agree that we should all obey the rules of the road. I observe a tendency among some car drivers to view cyclists as outlaws who recklessly flout and the law, and I was merely pointing out that many drivers contravene the law regarding speeding. Between 2007 and 2013 in the UK an average of 3 pedestrian fatalities per annum occurred after an accident involving a bicycle whereas the figure for motor vehicles was 317 per year. So motorists are involved in 100 times more such deaths.
So they don’t own the road then?
If that cyclist has a driving license he should be prosecuted as if he had done the same thing in a car!
Breaking the law is trivial to people like Patrick? Well I guess if a cyclist ran into him, when the cyclist was going against the red light, Patrick won't complain to the police?
Well done ..copper..doing your job..''Red Light Spells Danger''
No, I just looked closely at the video and the copper did see the cyclist as you can see him waving his hands about to try and stop him to have a word just as Magnatom follows the cyclist round with his eyes and camera, he only applauded the fact that the copper decided to do something about the jumper not stopping.
Planing stupidity in my opinion.
Bicycles and motorbikes should be able to use a narrow corridor on the left side, when no pedestrians are crossing. Something like zebra crossings
No. Cyclists should have, as mandatory: Registration, number plate for vehicle identification, insurance, and a valid high way code//theory test certificate.
Cyclists think they can do whatever they like, they will hit vehicles, people, break all sorts of laws then zooming away from the crime scene and nothing you can do about it, which is why THEY DO IT!
@@nvstewart K me has a good solution. A similar reason to why cars can turn right on a red light in the States. You refuse to consider it. I'm zooming away now. Zoooooooooom.
Yep.
All these calls for bikes to have number plates etc etc. Anomymity seems to be a good thing when a motorist knocks off a cyclist and just drives off because there are no witnesses around......
I kinda liked at 0:50 when all the motorcycles and scooters took off like it was Moto GP :)
It's sad seeing 2012 look so old.
"did you run that red light"
"yeh, but im not a car"
"carry on"
...exactly .....
Brilliant book him dano
You could feel the anxiety of the remaining cyclist because they also could not ride through the Red light......👀
Seen it done so many times. And cyclists wonder why they are universally disliked. 😳
If only this happened more often (to all red light jumpers) perhaps it would reduce the amount of times it happens.
He didn't endanger anyone. What's the problem?
I mean if he really wanted to run the red light, He could have gotten off the bike, walked on the pedestrian path to the other side and gotten back on the road therefore technically never running the red light
The infringement comes when you remount.
We I was a youngster a police officer would direct traffic at a busy junction, cyclist would use the other lane to overtake the waiting queue and impede vehicles travelling in the opposite direction, or cycle on the pavement. He would pull them over and leave them waiting 10 or 15 mins, before talking to them and ask them how much time they had saved and now wasted. Regular cyclist soon learnt and walked their bike along the pavement.
Something we need much more of.....
absolutely! even the other cyclist was laughing at him haha
I always look behind when doing this for copper cars
well.... sooner or later your brain is gonna be spread all over the pavement and you would not have to worry for copper cars anymore. !
what a sap... right in front of the Police!!!
They are idiots. That’s why.
Probably Jeremy Vine.
These E bikes are so dangerous riding through town centres on pavements usually food delivery people at speeds of 30mph with NO INSURANCE
There’s a fantastic Trinidadian takeaway 50 yards before the traffic lights on the left. They sell doubles, roti, bussup shot and other fantastic curries.
Great to see one of these cyclists get done . They think that laws don’t apply to them.
Ivan your a giant pussy
You know people break more traffic laws in cars than on bicycles right? Always good to see a tosser get what's coming to them regardless of what they're on/in.
ivan kerr because drivers don’t speed, jump red lights , drive without insurance, drink drive and don’t even get me started on the 1000’s of pricks using their phones when driving. What an utterly idiotic post.
Jens Peter Herold he’s a giant pussy
@@LewisRawlinson30 the other cyclists were laughing when police set off after the light jumper. It's good to see them get done occasionally.
I can guarantee that the outcome will have been a lot different than had it been any other road user.
Yes a car can crush bones better than a bike that would be the outcome. The silly sod risked him self more. But he prob knew the light sequence and did look out for pedestrians. BMW and the like usualy speed through red lights or go round corners with 2 wheels off the ground.
@@triodehexode so it’s ok if he collided with some old dear with brittle bones, just so long as he’s not in a BMW?
The Highway Code is there for all road users and it isn’t permitted to be selective about the bits you choose to obey or ignore so the cyclist should face the same punishment as any other road user, BMW or not.
@@steve5825 In this case he was going at about 4 mph as he crossed the red light not 40 mph as is usual with large German car owners. He was still in the wrong though. I would entirely agree with you if he had been a weekend lycra clad cyclist and went through the red light at 20 mph without looking as he would have done driving his BMW at twice that speed to a sales conference on weekdays. Yes cyclists can be arrogant Tw@ts too.
@@triodehexode got it. If we go slow we can ignore the light. I agree that a car would obviously cause far more serious injuries but that is not my point. My point is the law should be equally applied whether you ignore the light in your BMW on route to a conference meeting or you are just cycling to work. If someone drove their car through slowly would that be ok? This wasn't just a pedestrian crossing it is a light controlled junction.
I'm curious where you live as there are obviously a lot of bad BMW/German car drivers there as they crop up a lot. 40mph through red lights is terrible, thankfully none here though. Are any other marques guilty of this?
@@steve5825 I agree law should equally be applied to all . Usually just drivers of Expensive German cars have that arrogant I own the road attitude they are everywhere closely followed by expensive 4x4s gangsta mobiles. They sometimes migrate to bikes at the weekend hog the roads. These types usually are found in tacky expensive modern estates on the edges of towns where prime farm land once was.
The all time best reply!!!
At least he stopped, that's a novelty itself.
I'm a lifelong cyclist and former cycling instructor.
THANK YOU OFFICER!
If you need someone to instruct you how to ride a bicycle you shouldn't be on one in the first place ffs.
@@rmzxr4194 Obviously looking at this video we can see some people do need training.
@@mookyzook obviously these people are gonna break the rules of the road no matter how much training they've had. Licence, insurance and a contribution to pay for the roads is what these pricks need.
The officer is doing nothing of value, and rules like these is why observing all lights doesn't make sense. It is completely legal in sane places.
I hit a red light running cyclist once. I was just getting off the green light and hit him. He had a bloody nose, but no more. His bicycle was really messed up, though. It looked like an expensive feather weight type by Pinarello. Although entirely his fault, I loaded his bicycle and took him to his destination. He was very apologetic about the accident. It could have ended a lot worse for both of us, especially him.
That was very decent of you.
Was there any damage to your car?
@@pineapplepenumbra There was not even slight damage to my car. It is a vintage vehicle with the huge stainless steel bumpers, metal body panels, and big lights. This is why I am very glad nothing happened to him. The old road dinosaur could have caused a lot of damage to him. I feel bad, though. His bicycle took a lot of damage and it was no cheap Walmart bought machine.
All the guy had to do is get onto the sidewalk and push until he's past the intersection, then get back on the road.
Mirrors are essential on every bicycle as far as I'm concerned!
It’s actually no big deal. In countries like France and Germany there are signs at some traffic lights saying that cyclists can ignore red lights if they can see the junction is clear. If it was so dangerous to cross the red light then, why did the Police Officer proceed then?
Spot on. A perfectly harmless manoeuvre, when all surroundings and risks assessed. Just a lot of sour grapes from a lot of lemmings unable to think for themselves.
@@hullabawho No - a red light means stop. Not just when it suits you.
@@hullabawho lemmings / lazy drivers who can’t bear to see anyone get anywhere quicker than them in their £20k pollution-spewing death machine.
The police officer proceeded because the cyclist just broke the law directly in front of him. He is allowed to go through the light in pursuance of a criminal.
Well it is a big deal in the UK where you actually have to fucking respect the traffic laws. FML
That was very satisfying
no it was completely unnecessary
How unusual to see a policeman doing his job
I’m a cyclist and people like this fella don’t do us any favours!!
The ridiculous thing is he stopped at the red light and waited for the best part of it??
I see people on bikes run stop signs and red lights all the time. If you are driving your car and you stop at a stop sign and person riding a bike isn't stopping, the person on the bike will scream or cuss out the person who is driving the car. It great to see someone riding a bike get pulled over for going through a red light.
Oh what a surprise ! A cyclist jumps a red light in London ! I'm more surprised at the policeman stopping him. Most times they don't ! London's streets are lawless on a mass scale when it comes to cyclists.
You realise a number of cycling fatalities in london happened BECAUSE the cyclist was following the rules of the highway code. By pulling away early the cyclist makes themselves more visible to the traffic following behind, particularly lorry drivers who struggle to see cyclists on their inside, the very blind spot where cyclists have been crushed to death.
it's the same here in the wirral bikes do weeklies through the shopping center they don't care you can't walk on the pavement bikes riding on the payments grown men and women
Amazing how you still manage to complain about the police even when they do what you want them to do
@@cglees noticed more police stopping bikes coin through the shopping center and making them push the bikes cars have to be insured why not bikes and electric scuters they can hit you maybe not as bad as a car but still injur you
@@cglees What is your point ?!! Nowhere did i 'complain' about the police DOING their job in this instance. Saying i was 'surprised' at the police taking action is not a 'complaint'. It was simply an observation that stands true.
They need to stop a lot of a-hole bike riders here where I live for not obeying the traffic laws. Think they own the road.
One of my biggest gripes is why the do a lot of cyclists not use cycle lanes.
Really ignorant. They are often happy to use the pavement though. What is the matter with these idiots
Because if they used a narrow cycle lane it would contradict their arguments about passing distances
Well, that shows awareness
Only 60 pounds? WTF? Man, fines are damn cheap over there. Over here in California it's like $500 for running a red light.
$500 on a bike? They might as well fine pedestrians then for running on a red
You live in an authoritarian police state.
Land of the free it ain’t
@@henryburton6529 its not a police state... You come from "land of the dumb"?
@@pluskii5229 Why do they have 1/3 of al the worlds prisoners then?
Why they have the most draconian penalties for breaking the law in the developed world?
Wake up.
In italy with bike u can go on the highway and nobody say nothing, less people involved in accidents.. I'm beginning to think, there are some friendships between cyclist and sceriff
Riding in NYC running lights on bicycles happens non stop. But the infrastructure is more favorable for bicycles, so its not a big deal. Other states are much less bicycle friendly and dangerous.
I believe the ULEZ principle can be extended to cyclists. No racing cycles zones in city centres and anywhere where pedestrians are forced to share space with cyclists
trivial matters? he could have been squished. would have been a nasty bill for the driver that hits him :/
loool. Common spot on my route for people going through!
What upsets me is the amount of people who value blind obedience to the law over applying reason and basing action on actual circumstances.
He deserves it ! Thanks
It's about time they clamped down on this sort of unruly behaviour.
Fund the police properly. They have taken a 16% cut in the last 10 years
Excellent. About time.
More of this required.
Well done officer.
police motorcyclists are awesome
The video vigilante cyclists don't want you to see.
the same 3 that voted this video down? lol!
Did he get fined or just a warning?
The other cyclist looks back at the cop and is communicating , “Did you see that?”
A cyclist not obeying the rules of the road. Imagine. My. Surprise.
Crazy how cyclists think traffic lights don't apply to them, yet they want equal status to cars and other vehicles on our roads!🤔😯🤔⚠️😁
@Dexulosi Now who is generalising!
I was waiting at traffic lights, a set I wait at several times every day, with cars, vans, buses, trucks, motorbikes, mopeds etc etc and of course cyclists.
The only group BY FAR who blatantly ride through a red light, are cyclists!
Of course there are idiot drivers and yes the odd one might go through a red light but that is generally a relatively rare event!
The reason cyclists consistently ride through red lights is because of a lack of training for them, no requirement to pass a test or gain a license, in short they think they are unaccountable and that the highway code does not apply to them in any way shape or form, only when it suits them!
Remember I'm a cyclists myself as well as a car and van driver, I also ride a motorcycle and occasionally limos and other vintage vehicles, also minibuses, so I know exactly what I'm talking about.
I'm one of the very rare cyclists who actually wait like a normal person at red traffic lights!
Why because I was actually trained to do that, at school we had to do a road safety awareness course if we rode bikes, we had to practise and train certain road junction layouts set up with cones in our school yard, including a traffic light setup.
It was run by the local council, police and other road safety departments.
As well as training we had to sit a test with questions on the highway code, it was a cycling proficiency test and those who passed gained a certificate.
Above all one thing it taught me was safety and a great respect for the potential dangers of being a cyclist on the roads with other much larger and more dangerous vehicles.
There should be similar courses now and a much higher level of training and licensing scheme etc
You said it yourself, 'cyclists don't know how to follow the rules!'
Why do you think that is?
Simple, a lack of training.
I don’t think it has anything to do with lack of training. It’s because 99.9% of the time there will be no consequences, and cyclists know that. Having said that, cyclists running red lights is not generally particularly dangerous, just irritating for other road users.
@@losttango 'Running a red light is not dangerous'.....
Priceless, no wonder so many cyclists are killed on junctions!
What do you think red lights are for? They're not optional, it completely baffles me how some people are so oblivious to the rules and dangers ..🤔😳.
@@pdtech4524 Very few cyclists are killed as a result of running red lights. The largest single cause is trucks turning left, in London at least. Other common accidents are drivers emerging from a side road into the path of a cyclist or turning left across a cyclist's path. Roundabouts, which don't generally have traffic signals, are also particularly dangerous. Where the cyclist is at fault, it's usually because they weren't paying sufficient attention, for example riding off the pavement onto the road without looking. A cyclist who checks for oncoming traffic and decides to jump a light because there's nothing coming is not an immediate danger to themselves or others. It is however extremely annoying for other road users and contributes to a general decline in respect for the rules, which does make it dangerous in the wider scheme of things.
Data courtesy of ROSPA.
@@losttango Oh well that's official it's safe to run a red light......each to their own I guess.
But guess what, I'll continue stopping at red lights whether I'm riding my bicycle, motorbike, car, van, limo etc etc
It's advise that has served me well for 50 odd years lol
So who am I to argue with statistics.....
BTW you can make statistics say virtually anything you want if you pluck the right figures....😁
To be fair, in other European countries you'd likely have a cycle lane/path separate from the road that you could use to safely go straight on without stopping at the lights. The UK has far more underdeveloped cycle ways in my opinion.
This is true, it is an absolute disgrace how bad the U.K., specifically London is for cycling. In my opinion a city should be built with cyclists and pedestrians in mind first, and worry about motorists last.
Nice one. He who tries to be first often becomes last.
Loved this ❤️
Wait a minute...
Do cyclists also have to follow the red light?
Yes, but you'd never know from the vast number who completely ignore them.
Not these ones usually. Depends on the country.
@@cccpkingu This is in the UK so *YES* cyclists have to obey the red light.
yeah did you not see that they're on the same lane with a busses?
Too many police in the UK it seems....nothing better to do. I guess there must be no robbers, murderers, car thieves or rapists.
Here in south Florida we don’t stop at red lights with bikes. But some others don’t even in cars
BUSTED! :-D
There’s absolutely no danger posed to anyone by that cyclist running the red light there. No pedestrians, he’s in his own lane so even if cars were still turning (which they weren’t) they shouldn’t be in the cycle lane. Motorists get too het up about this kind of thing.
Yep.
It is against the law.
So you think they’re above the law ? Well , they aren’t
@@derekheeps1244 there should be a different law for cyclists. It makes no sense to have to sit there for no reason. More concessions should be made for cyclists as they’re demonstrably better people than motorists. They aren’t polluting the planet, aren’t driving around killing machines and are significantly less lazy.
@@ukevo Next time a cyclist comes hurtling through a red light at pedestrian crossing and, after having injured me so badly that I need hospital treatment, screams at me that I'm a "fucking stupid bitch getting in the way", I shall try to remember that cyclists are "demonstrably better people".
Good,too many cyclists get away with it???
Licence and registration please.
Oh wait never mind.. off you go lad
Quite right too! cyclists (and I am one) have to obey automated traffic light signals too, and follow the highway code, they are road users too and there is not a different set of rules for cyclists from that of other road users. In the UK anyway, not sure about other countries....
YES, finally
Drove from M4 to Regents street today. I'd say 90 % of the lycra clad bicyclists didn't even slow down for red lights. Alot were just plain dangerous. Police need a massive clampdown on these idiots ban them from the road if they can't follow basic rules.
What camera are you using and what settings is it on as your footage has a little 8mm resemblance
So cyclists don’t own the road then?
This is way too funny, I bet the cop was in disbelief
That Britain for some reason has this design wrong?
riding a bike on pavements in the UK is illegal, section 72 of the highways act prohibits ' wilfully riding' on footpaths, only those under 10 years of age cannot be prosecuted all others can be subject to fines ranging from £30 up to £2500, and those riding on pavements and holding a driving licence for a car/motorcycle or other motorised vehicles can get points added to their licence.
Why the guy behind did not stop him?
Top job officer. There are plenty more of them who live in a world of their own.
There wasn't anything coming. The coast was clear so what did it hurt.
A red light means stop.... if you don’t know that then you are also part of the problem!
@@streakychambers658 Barney Fife would agree.
OK if I do it in my car too then?
@@rogerking7258 ok with me. Might wanna check for cops first.
@@rogerking7258 ok with me. Might wanna check for cops first.
For a few seconds.
A few years ago, I drove off on a green light, but was forced to stop as a car was running are light to my right.
He too got pulled fir running a light and a few points on his licence.
Let's hope the officer fined him