“How would you like to be on camera now?” Shirtless driver accosts CyclingMikey

Just because your driving don't mean you're not covered by "The Rules"...

Bit embarrassing for the Egyptian diplomatic service though, and hopefully will result in the driver not doing it again.

You would hope that an embassy official assaulting a resident of this country would be grounds for them to be expelled, wouldn't you?

Weren't there figures released about how much money is owed in parking fines and FPNs by the various diplomats in London? Insanely huge amounts of money. A number of diplomats seem to lurve the fact that local laws don't exactly apply to them...

Not just fines and FPNs either, the US embassy in London refuses to pay the congestion charge on the basis of the dubious argument that it's a tax rather than a toll, they owed over £12M as of 2020 and the diplomatic corps as a whole owed over £115M.

The Hulk wasn't the diplomat, it was the other car driver he was filming who was in that car with those plates. 

Are you perchance referencing the lack of come-uppance in cases like this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher

Or (not just embassy but car) this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn

No, MOT as car was only registered in 2019 and you don't need one for three years. (Which I would argue is why most newer cars seem to have blinding lights and that most new cars fail the first MOT due to misaligned lights)

Edit: Sorry checked again and it was May so should be due. Still stand by bracketed section. 

You would think that a car dealership would make the necessary adjustments to the lights and ensure they weren't these super bright and tinted bulbs. Especially on the SUV class vehicles, which are higher than a standard saloon before handing the vehicle over.  

Another one post wonder attacking the person.

How is the driver accosted ?
All he does is video and chat.
'Snitch' - grow up, it's not the junior school playground.
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An example of a phone driver has already been given and the dangers of phone use have been widely examined and shown to be risky.

Well, I don't subscribe to a Mikey channel.   Is he making money off the clicks somewhere?

Moreover there is no us.  But haters gonna hate and hitters gonna hit so crack on.

I don't post confrontations online.  But I don't run a camera.  Or come from South Africa.  Or live in London.  And I still get aggro.  Why does that reflect on me again?

There is a small degree of "us" as cyclists as a minority with shared vulnerabilities.  And because many people stereotype an out-group.  Violence "is triggered" by cyclists doing something?  In my experience merely being on a bike, or indeed "looking at someone funny" or walking by a pub at kicking out time has "triggered" violence. (I know, I should meditate or something *grin*).  Hitters gonna hit then give you any "reason", so why worry?  Hit 'em back / lock 'em up when they do (as you prefer).

Is your culture "I'm gonna beat down snitches"?  Even over something with such petty consequences to the culprit - and indeed of so little trouble to them not do to?  You're already / going to be a problem to society anway.  Little I can do about you either.

And yet another individual who is clueless to what vigilantism is. Mikey isn't being judge, jury and executioner. He's reporting individuals who are a danger to all road users not just cyclists. These individuals are not just holding their phones like they would a security blanket. Or maybe that's what it is. These people are checking notifications, messages, e-mails and watching video clips. They're distracted and clueless to what's going on around them. They take a few extra seconds to refocus on the road. They panic and race to beat the light they've been waiting at that the three vehicles in front have now cleared. They accelerate hard to close the 10 metre gap that's opened up and fail to see the cyclist that has now dropped into it. THESE 1s DEVICE HOLDERS ARE A DANGER TO OTHERS. 

As for dobbing people into the police. Well sometimes that needs to be done. Even if the peelers issue a NFA which has happened to CM regularly it still needs to be recorded and if an area flags as having issues maybe patrols will get stepped up. 

In my most recent incident. Even though the driver apologised. I warned him that I was seriously considering reporting him. On looking at the footage I went through with it. And while they won't receive a summons they will at the very least get a visit to remind  them of their responsibilities as a driver and possibly a FPN. 

Mikey does it to keep us all safe.

I have personal experience of the 0mph phone user as a pedestrian at a zebra crossing.

Cars stopped both sides, the driver 'upstream' stationary but looking at his phone. As I walked in front, the cars 'downstream' moved off. Mr phone user glanced up from his screen, panicked that he was now leaving a gap, hit the accelerator and only noticed me as I shouted at him.

I know that Mickey va Erp's Father was killed by a drunk motorist. I think he has more than reasonable motivation for his "crusade".

My brother died as a result of incompetent/negligent surgery but I don't hang out around hospital surgical wards trying to film bad doctors..

grOg wrote:

My brother died as a result of incompetent/negligent surgery but I don't hang out around hospital surgical wards trying to film bad doctors..

But if it were possible to catch incompetent doctors on video, and this was encouraged by the authorities as part of their initiatives to weed out incompetent doctors, and catching them on video meant that the incompetent ones were sanctioned and others were deterred from behaving in an incompetent/negligent manner, it'd be something well worth doing, wouldn't it?

Sorry to hear about your brother.

From your post, presumably someone must have made a complaint about malpractice or there was a default review system in place and it does at least seem that there was a proper enquiry using available evidence that resulted in deficiencies of the surgeon involved being uncovered. That may represent closure to you and ultimately it is your choice not to campaign for safer medical practise and no reasonable person would think it was your duty to do so.

A bit of an odd comparison when you have to train for many years to be a doctor, whereas driving is a low skill.

My friend's Dad died as a result of negligence at the lcoal hospital, so he gathered as much evidence as he could to for his complaint to try and ensure that the person responsible did not do it again.

Non Tribal Peddler wrote:

 'I'm going to snitch on you and f you up my friend'

AKA I'm going to report you for a dangerous and illegal action, something that is positively encouraged by the police force and that only an utter child would call snitching.

Non Tribal Peddler wrote:

Well you know, he treads a thin line as when you accost strangers in a sanctimonious vigliante 'I'm going to snitch on you and f you up my friend' way you would be wise to expect the unexpected.  Mentioning 'calling the cops' is a bit schoolyard if you are put on your back over what you did but so far so good for MIkey. 

Schoolyard? Thinking that 'snitches' are bad is schoolyard. Thinking that people who are physically stronger should be allowed to do whatever they want is schoolyard. Thinking that people who seriously assault others in the street shouldn't be reported to the police is schoolyard. Grow up.