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Video: Mercedes driver tells cycle-commuting broadcaster Jeremy Vine "f*ck your mum"

Incident caught on film happened on London's Kensington High Street...
by Simon_MacMichael
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 16:54
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Crimewatch presenter and BBC Radio 2 DJ Jeremy Vine has posted footage to Twitter showing a driver who had just turned across his path as he rode his bike to “f*ck his mum.”

Vine often tweets incidents filmed on his commute, with a driver jailed earlier this month after his video evidence helped secure her conviction, triggering an existing suspended sentence.

> Jeremy Vine road rage driver jailed after losing appeal

The latest incident happened on Kensington High Street, with the driver of a Mercedes turning right into side street when Vine had right of way, causing the 51-year-old, who had just been waved through by a motorist in a parked Range Rover, to hit his brakes before carrying on round the front of the vehicle after it stopped.

When Vine remonstrated with the motorist, the driver shouted at him, “F*ck your mum.”

The broadcaster observed in his tweet: “You meet a better class of person in Kensington.”

Some commenters to the post on Twitter suggested the motorist had done nothing wrong in executing the right turn, given that Vine had been filtering up the inside of a bus which had stopped to let the Mercedes turn right, though others pointed out that the cyclist had every right to carry straight on.

One cyclist familiar with the road said that they would have exercised more caution, but also criticised the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea for its parking policies.

Another reply said both parties were equally to blame.

Finally, one Twitter user pondered what may have been behind the motorist’s specific choice of words.

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Zjtm231 replied to Mungecrundle | 7 years ago
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Mungecrundle wrote:

Just because you are in the right doesn't mean you have to push the point. Would it really have made the world a worse place had JV stopped and waited for the car and for the driver to have said "sorry, my bad"? Or am I more deluded about the real world than a Jeremy Corbyn supporter?

 

Yes you probably are

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Dnnnnnn | 7 years ago
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Driver legally in the wrong for turning across an oncoming lane he couldn't see properly.  He did at least seem to move off fairly slowly, which might suggest caution. But he should have given way.

Vine seemed determined to get in front and Make A Point though. But I'm not sure what the point of his point was. 

 

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silkred | 7 years ago
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The driver after having seen the cyclist continues on - nothing would have happened if he had stopped for the fraction of a second it would have taken to let the cyclist past - but no... people driving these buckets of too much money have some sense of entitlement resulting in them in effect threatening the cyclist by continuing to move

I was hit by a taxi doing exactly this move - he was upset with me that I dented his bonnet as I roled over it after he hit me - he even sent me a bill for £950 - he was a police person in fact so badly underpaid he had to moonlight as a taxi driver - he flashed his warrent card at me telling me I had no chance arguing with him.

A letter of appology from his commander rather contradicted that - and a £4000 cheque from his insurers rather underlined that sentiment.

This cyclist had the right of way full stop.

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mike the bike | 7 years ago
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And in any case it is well known that one's mother does not do, will not do and has never done sex.

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Alessandro | 7 years ago
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The driver of the Merc shouldn't have gone across the lane without being absolutely certain there was nothing coming but Vine's decision to continue to try to get round the bonnet just seems quite antagonistic to me. He already had the reg number to report the driver (if he wanted to) and going out looking for aggression seems, to me at least, a little unnecessary. 

 

Part of the blame has to be attributed to the bus driver also for his (or her) decision to let the Merc go across the lane. He was the only individual of the three (Merc man, Vine and himself) that was able to see everything and should therefore not have allowed the Merc to go. 

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Bluebug replied to Alessandro | 7 years ago
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AST1986 wrote:

Part of the blame has to be attributed to the bus driver also for his (or her) decision to let the Merc go across the lane. He was the only individual of the three (Merc man, Vine and himself) that was able to see everything and should therefore not have allowed the Merc to go. 

When you are driving you can give way to whom you like and if you drive a larger slower vehicle you are more inclined to give way to other vehicles so you can make progress easier - so no the bus driver is not at fault.

It is the duty of the person you give way to check for other road users.  Unfortunately the only road users who are guaranteed to do so are those with a motorbike licence as it is drilled into them in their lessons that failure to do so can mean their death.

 

 

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shay cycles | 7 years ago
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Very simple situation.

The driver of the Mercedes set off across the carriageway whilst his vision of it was almost totally obscured by a large double decker bus. That is clearly wrong, if you can't see then you don't move.

Jeremy Vine on the other hand had both right of way and the visibilty that his own lane was clear as he approached the junction.

The driver of the Mercedes demonstrated his grasp of the situation, and I beleive his underlying knowledge that he was in the wrong, by making a very uncouth comment entirely commensurate with his particular style of driving.

 

 

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KINGHORN replied to shay cycles | 7 years ago
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shay cycles wrote:

Very simple situation.

The driver of the Mercedes set off across the carriageway whilst his vision of it was almost totally obscured by a large double decker bus. That is clearly wrong, if you can't see then you don't move.

Jeremy Vine on the other hand had both right of way and the visibilty that his own lane was clear as he approached the junction.

The driver of the Mercedes demonstrated his grasp of the situation, and I beleive his underlying knowledge that he was in the wrong, by making a very uncouth comment entirely commensurate with his particular style of driving.

 

 

 

SPOT ON! eVEN IF THE mERC HAD BEEN WAVED THROUGH BY THE BUS, HE SHOULD STILL EXPECT OTHER ROAD USERS (CYCLES) TO BE USING THE ROAD AS WELL!

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brooksby replied to KINGHORN | 7 years ago
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KINGHORN wrote:
shay cycles wrote:

Very simple situation.

The driver of the Mercedes set off across the carriageway whilst his vision of it was almost totally obscured by a large double decker bus. That is clearly wrong, if you can't see then you don't move.

Jeremy Vine on the other hand had both right of way and the visibilty that his own lane was clear as he approached the junction.

The driver of the Mercedes demonstrated his grasp of the situation, and I beleive his underlying knowledge that he was in the wrong, by making a very uncouth comment entirely commensurate with his particular style of driving.

 

 

SPOT ON! eVEN IF THE mERC HAD BEEN WAVED THROUGH BY THE BUS, HE SHOULD STILL EXPECT OTHER ROAD USERS (CYCLES) TO BE USING THE ROAD AS WELL!

I agree, but there's no need to shout!  yes

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brooksby replied to shay cycles | 7 years ago
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shay cycles wrote:

The driver of the Mercedes set off across the carriageway whilst his vision of it was almost totally obscured by a large double decker bus. That is clearly wrong, if you can't see then you don't move.

The bus driver let the Merc go but the onus is still on the Merc driver to check that the road was definitely clear. The bus driver's largesse did not in any way grant the Merc priority.  So if a cyclist is coming through, or a Deliveroo scooter, or any other vehicle smaller than a bus - regardless of whether the Merc had started moving - then the road was demonstrably not clear. End of discussion. Nothing more to see here.

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PaulBox | 7 years ago
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Tomorrow we will find out that it was Jeremy Vine's dad...

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