Youtube comments of (@CyclingMikey).

  1. Knowing the reputation of VanguardRST/SurreyRS, I knew there would be no doubt on the offence, so I didn't dive into the debate. They are top shelf traffic officers, and I know one of them personally. They REALLY care about road safety. The video clip was unfortunately trimmed for twitter, I think, I'm certain that was never their intention to create such a debate. As for cyclists getting policed, like most cyclists I'm happy with that. It's not a war between drivers and cyclists, it's a war on bad road use behaviours.
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  2. Voetsak poes!
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  3. Trivia - one of my mates was a Selous Scout - now that's worth reading up on for Ian.
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  4. I was born in Rhodesia (but I'm not hanging onto the past)
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  5. Just stay off your phone when driving, fella.
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  6. Pretty please get a dashcam, front and rear.
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  7. Are you afraid you'll be knocked off your car? The longer answer is that no, cyclists don't have to give 1.5m when overtaking drivers.
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  8. Interesting huh! I know of a few cyclists who have been prosecuted from their own footage when reporting drivers. It's probably quite right that the police don't show fear or favour. I remember one where the police went to offer the particular cyclist an FPN for riding on the pavement, only it was a shared use pavement. They withdrew that one pretty quick. Another one went through a red light "only a little bit" and was given an FPN for that. His driver was also prosecuted.
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  9. I recall reading a study that suggested ice skates don't melt the ice when gliding across it, and that this was a popular but wrong myth.
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  10. I'm just Dutch, which makes me direct and factual. Some people, particularly the English, wrongly interpret that as rude and abrasive.
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  11.  @alrightdave6135  Well no, I've no connection with South Africa.
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  12. Indeed, although I think I dismounted at that point.
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  13. I am an ex-motorcyclist, I feel your pain. I stopped riding before the phone craze caught on so much, but more recently a mate used to rev-bomb next to a phone using driver until they stopped.
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  14. Were you to wave a magic wand and instantly make all cyclists behave perfectly, road KSI stats wouldn't change noticeably. Do the same for drivers instead, and you'll stop almost all traffic deaths and injuries. Do you see why I don't bother with cyclists now?
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  15. The more relevant question is can you afford to not have them?  @NiceLoki 
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  16. Interesting! This has me thinking about Gandalf Corner. Well, I'm not trying to stop traffic, but to stop danger from bad driving.
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  17. This dude would be burnt at the stake in the middle ages.
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  18. I thought I posted this, but it's gone now... Speaking generally, you might think people will change after just being spoken to, but here's my experience: * Almost no driver will change their law breaking behaviours if I, just an "oik on a bike" ask them to. * A few drivers will change their ways after a police officer gives them words of advice. Most drivers will just go back to doing whatever they did wrong, such as using the phone an hour or a day later. * Most people will change their ways after being prosecuted for lawbreaking like this, and yet still some will continue to re-offend until banned. * A few banned drivers will still continue to offend after regaining their licences. * A very few banned drivers will still drive when banned. The break-point in effectiveness is prosecution - drivers need to be prosecuted to have much chance of altering their behaviour(s) for the better. My views and experience are confirmed by a several of traffic officers who tell me exactly the same. I think putting them on YouTube might rank slightly more effective than a police officer telling them off, but nowhere near as effective as prosecution. Even prosecution doesn't change everyone going by the number of drivers I've caught twice. ​ @CharlesVeitch 
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  19.  @drummerjo571  Cyclists? I can't do anything about bad cycling, I don't have any power to do that. Most of all, you could make all cyclists perfect and road KSI stats would not measurably alter. It's drivers we need to focus on if you want to improve road safety.
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  20. Timothy, if you double or triple tie, it's almost guaranteed that you're tying a granny knot.
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  21. This is a great video, thank you so much!
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  22. Most of the high powered FPV drones are aimed at racing and freestyle, and those are pretty noisy. It's possible to make a much more efficient and quieter drone by altering your choices on motors and propellors for long range and quietness. This particular drone in this video is, I believe, a DJI FPV drone based on the distinctive shadow and the flying. It was also being flown in stabilised mode, which suggests to me that the drone pilot isn't very experienced.
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  23. I cried with laughter...
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  24. Thanks very much!
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  25. * There is no road tax - it was abolished in the 1930s to stop entitled drivers from claiming that they own the public highway. You mean VED, a pollution tax. It's obvious why cyclists and pedestrians don't pay that tax. * As a driver you're a freeloader - the sum of motoring taxes in the UK is far less than the sum cost of motoring to society. All drivers are heavily subsidised by non-driving taxpayers. * You drive only via revocable licence; your driving is a privilege and not a right. Cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders/carriages all use the public highway by right and were there before cars were.
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  26.  @drummerjo571  The facts are apparently different than your opinions, and this causes you mental pain.
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  27. Stopping bad driving through prosecution is an excellent service to society.
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  28. Stationary phone use is still illegal and still dangerous. It's like doing balloons - you drive off still distracted and impaired. You don't have any situational awareness, and most of all these drivers aren't just using their phones when stationary.
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  29. I reckon I'd be fine with that in many situations, as the horse is self-directed to some degree.
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  30. It isn't, but it's probably better not to drive and phone handsfree as it's also very distracting. You could have that phonecall taken into account if you drive in a distracted manner, or cause a collision for example.
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  31. Bwaaaahaaahahahaha!
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  32. Thank you kindly!
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  33. Hahaha, thanks! Nowhere close, I luckily only get called for perhaps 2-5 in 100 cases.
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  34. I've had a number of prosecutions started for people resting the phone on their thighs and using it. I believe that still counts as handheld.
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  35. No I don't. I catch roughly four men for every one woman breaking the law. I focus on the lawbreaking behaviour, not the person, and I move on fairly quickly once I have the evidence.
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  36. Well, I'm far from perfect, but quite a few people have held me up as the epitome of calm road user when confronting angry drivers. Whether that's right or not isn't really for me to judge. Anger and other strong emotions don't have any place using the public highway, and especially not when in charge of powerful heavy machinery like a car.  @QiuEnnan 
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  37. TBF to Surrey RS, they wouldn't have done this intentionally. My impression of them is that they're a very balanced and neutral policing team and I have immense respect for them.  @wrightwoodwork 
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  38. Terrible cycling is usually no more than annoying. Terrible driving is deadly and causes 1,800 deaths and 27,000 serious injuries and maimings every year in just the UK alone. Were you to wave a magic wand and instantly make all cyclists behave perfectly, road KSI stats wouldn't change noticeably. Do the same for drivers instead, and you'll stop almost all traffic deaths and injuries. Do you see why I don't bother with cyclists now?  @TheFractalVeil 
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  39. Thanks very much!
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  40. If anyone lost their jobs to a traffic offence, it's because they committed a traffic offence and have only themselves to blame. These people I catch are not victims, they are perps.
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  41. Hahaha, nope. I have no power and no authority over anyone, and I don't wish to have any.
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  42. What is it that I'm ignoring?
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  43. I've thought about doing this in the past. Thanks for the push to get me going. Signed up and paid!
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  44. josh otero Yup.
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  45. hiptochromniack Yeah, you're simply naive. Being alert helps to some degree, but sooner or later you will encounter an unavoidable collision.
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  46. It's not all that thick at all. I've compared with several other sport style watches, and a pebble kickstarter edition, and there's nothing in it worth worrying about.
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  47. Exasperate?
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  48. It's called filtering, dear Stephen. The police have yet to find anything wrong with my cycling, because they would charge me if any of my videos showed me breaking the law.
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  49. Spot on mate!
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  50. Criminal
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  51. That silly deflection won't stop drivers being caught on video on their phones, it won't stop the police and CPS prosecuting you, and it won't affect the courts convicting you. Don't worry about me, worry about the tens of thousands of us out there catching traffic offenders. @SaulidSnake 
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  52. And you're afraid and angry about the many good citizens out there who will report bad driving. IMO.  @SaulidSnake 
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  53. Hahaha, I don't have any affiliation with him, but I do think he's pretty cool at sharing all this legal advice.
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  54. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 3rd party video reporting has exploded across the UK. In London in 2022 almost 15,000 such prosecutions were started. There are tens of thousands of people videoing and reporting bad driving.
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  55. Thanks very much!
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  56. I like the points system - it lets us all learn from our mistakes on the roads, hopefully before consequences are catastrophic and you lose your licence.
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  57. Isn't it only children and criminals who use the word "snitch"?
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  58. Thank you kindly!
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  59. Well no. I live in London and there's nothing you can do about that. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 3rd party video reporting has exploded across the UK. In London in 2022 almost 15,000 such prosecutions were started. There are tens of thousands of people videoing and reporting bad driving.
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  60. Gosh this makes me want to go cycling in NL again. I must plan a trip to see my family asap. (I'm Dutch but live in London).
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  61. That was rather interesting! I have often seen drivers parked up and with the engine running, and I wouldn't dream of reporting them. No point in punishing someone for doing mostly the right thing. This police car rather looked parked up to me, so I wouldn't have bothered them, assuming I've interpreted what I saw in the video correctly.
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  62. That looks like a DJI FPV drone, flown in stabilised mode, based on the shadow and on the way the drone moves. (I have flown this DJI drone as well as manual FPV drones).
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  63. Sure, the cyclist is wrong, but everyone makes mistakes on the roads, and that includes you and me. The aim is to make mistakes survivable, and preferably without injury, so the bigger picture is infrastructure and presumed liability. The road here is terribly designed - in the Netherlands this would almost certainly be segregated, keeping vulnerable road users away from lorries so that their mistakes (by any party) wouldn't matter at all. Secondly, presumed liability means that the driver's insurance would pay out in the event of a collision. Because he brings the danger to this situation, he must take far more care.
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  64. Thanks very much! There are lots of people doing this, not just me.
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  65. Gawd, this whole situation fills me with rage on the postmasters' behalves.
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  66. Funny I just did this yesterday. I used Acronis though, free with WD drives.
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  67. I think it's super weird to hate cyclists. But then I'm from the Netherlands. I hate bad and dangerous road behaviour, not cyclists, not drivers, not pedestrians.
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  68. It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
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  69. I didn't jump onto the car. I had no choice but to lift myself onto his bonnet to save my life as that bad man would have driven right over me. He drove into me twice and then pushed me down the road, and I was moments from him pushing me over and me falling under his wheels.  @ghosttype8583 
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  70. I've watched quite a lot of other YouTubers and it's a very good mic. I have the Rode Wireless Go II, and the DJI is at least as good as that.
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  71. Not even without - I almost never ride without cameras, and I'm pretty law abiding generally. Last one I remember going through was because a car behind me was approaching fast and I didn't dare stop in case they rear ended me. That car did in fact go through the light. I think it was back in 2009. @laceandwhisky 
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  72. Cheers mate!
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  73. The unclear and unfair signage that seems to exist around car parking is pretty bad. I wish it were better. I would like to see 3rd party parking enforcement like we have with driving offences. I think that would improve bad parking, and also improve these unfair signs.
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  74. OMG that username. I thought you were replying in base64 for a second.
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  75. Gosh, you're such a polished and talented reviewer. Love your work.
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  76. You're a great YouTuber, thanks! I only found and subscribed to your channel recently.
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  77. +denverfan92 Indeed, but that is not the word they used.
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  78. Your test doesn't sound very good, WhiteWater. I don't think you're telling the truth.
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  79. I really like the new studio. Looks aces.
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  80. An aquarium. That'll keep you busy and look so awesome if you get into it.
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  81. Even if there is a vortex in the pull config, I suspect it makes little difference to airflow.
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  82. This is surely just the basic boy scouts granny knot vs reef knot, just in bow tie version.
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  83. Spare graphics card? What about the onboard. Seems much simpler IMO.
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  84. Definitely do a tear-down. Loads of us will be interested in that.
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  85. More of a hip check with my bike (hockey player)
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  86. Indeed - I'd like to think that after my years of motorcycling and a good 100,000km in London alone on my bicycles, I have a reasonable idea on how to filter well and safety. Poor old Stephen up there doesn't seem to like filtering two wheelers much. 😂@RandomShart
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  87. There was no tripping. I just walked the bike into his path and he got hip-checked by the front rack and light on my bike.
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  88. It's legal, and impairs your hearing less than driving with your car windows closed. Of course you drive with all your car windows down, even in the rain and snow, yes?
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  89.  @EggPottsKnock  The point is that you're more hearing impaired as a motorcyclist or a driver than a cyclist with earphones in. Looking is what matters. I'm glad you didn't overtake that cyclist at a junction, because you'd have been in the wrong had you done so and collided with him.
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  90. So this is NOT the world's fastest electric car, as Lord Drayson has just shown by setting a world record. 204.185mph or 328km/hour. That is currently the fastest.
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  91. I think that part on the back of the board is a 2 piece Schottky diode.
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  92. Speaking generally, you might think people will change after just being spoken to, but here's my experience: * Almost no driver will change their law breaking behaviours if I, just an "oik on a bike" ask them to. * A few drivers will change their ways after a police officer gives them words of advice. Most drivers will just go back to doing whatever they did wrong, such as using the phone an hour or a day later. * Most people will change their ways after being prosecuted for lawbreaking like this, and yet still some will continue to re-offend until banned. * A few banned drivers will still continue to offend after regaining their licences. * A very few banned drivers will still drive when banned. The break-point in effectiveness is prosecution - drivers need to be prosecuted to have much chance of altering their behaviour(s) for the better. My views and experience are confirmed by a several of traffic officers who tell me exactly the same. I would rate YouTube appearances as somewhere more effective than police talking to the drivers, but far FAR below prosecution. Even prosecution isn't that effective, going by the number of drivers I've caught more than once on their phones.  @CharlesVeitch 
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  93. I could've sworn I posted another comment yesterday, and it's not here. YouTube is doing some weird stuff, maybe because I had links in it! Stationary phone drivers are still dangerous for many reasons: 1) The people using their phones when stationary are often the same people using them when moving. Being caught whilst stationary is a co-incidence, not a defence. It's easier for me to catch them when stopped, but so many were also seen using their phones when moving. 2) They are entirely unaware of people crossing the road around them. (tweet example from @phonekills where a driver rolls forwards almost into a crossing pedestrian, and another example where a parent and child were almost hit by a driver texting in the queue) 3) They are entirely unaware of filtering cyclists and motorcyclists, despite the Highway Code requiring us to be aware of this. 4) Phone distraction lasts for a good time after you put the phone away. Even if you're only using the phone in each traffic queue at each junction (which is highly unlikely), then you're constantly topping up your mental distraction and are basically as disabled as a drunk driver. 5) Phone driving is worse than drink driving for distraction rates, and that's why it's part of the #Fatal4 behaviours that police target heavily. 6) A police officer (Mark Hodson) talks about that he has been on the scene for 3 fatal RTCs involving drivers who were stationary whilst using their phones, and then moved off and caused a fatal collision. It's a bit like doing balloons and then putting the balloon down and driving off. 7) Policing phone drivers will help them stop other traffic offences too - it's vanishingly rare that someone only breaks a single traffic law like mobile phone use. 8) Parliament recently chose to strengthen the mobile phone law around stationary phone use because it's dangerous and the science supports this. This is why it's a serious offence even when stationary.  @CharlesVeitch 
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  94. And there you make the video not suitable for most advertisers, oops. Bitches.
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  95. This is a great video! My dad was also killed in a motorcycle collision when I was 19.
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  96. Darren, you're talking out of your arse. 95% of driver/cyclist KSI collisions are driver fault. * As a driver you're a freeloader - the sum of motoring taxes in the UK is far less than the sum cost of motoring to society. All drivers are heavily subsidised by non-driving taxpayers. * You drive only via revocable licence; your driving is a privilege and not a right. Cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders/carriages all use the public highway by right and were there before cars were. Know your place. * You're required by law as a driver to have MOT, VED, insurance, and a licence; cyclists, pedestrians, and horse riders/carriages are not required to have these. None of these payments change the fact that your driving is a privilege and not a right.  @deet5072 
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  97. This is a totally brilliant video. I have a question though - what was the proportion of SUV/trucks in the total sample, so as to compare with the "psychopathic" drivers? I nearly spit my coffee out with the cyclist's reaction. What a cool piece of video editing!
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  98. That's a fair point - so far I've almost never had to blur anything on someone's phone, because even my high quality GoPro doesn't capture enough detail to be able to see much. It's something I do check when editing my videos for release.
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  99. I love watching your videos! Thank you!
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  100. Speed does kill, and is the main cause of some 50% of fatal collisions in London per DCS Andy Cox. There is a very strong correlation and most likely causation between the introduction of speed cameras and the reduction in annual deaths from road violence.
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  101. You're completely wrong, Alex. Naive and ignorant, to be factual. @alexpervanoglu7420 
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  102. I think it's all motorcyclist's fault, with minor contribution of fault by the pedestrian. 20mph is far too fast to filter there, IMO. I seem to remember reading case law to the effect that filtering is a hazardous undertaking and thus you should take considerable care when filtering.
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  103. I think it's because the defence needs to be able to test the witness's evidence for a fair trial. I'm not a lawyer, but something along those lines is my understanding. @Liam_Oliver 
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  104. @giptonsilly To be fair, the vast majority of collisions in the subset of motor vehicle vs cyclist are the fault of the driver.
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  105. Most of my catches are on my daily errands and commute. I do occasionally go out to catch drivers, but mostly I CBA.  @temparalflux914 
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  106.  @QwadLuzr  You sound like a luser. If I were guilty of being distracted, then the police would already have charged me for it. They haven't because I'm not. Mind how you drive - there are tens of thousands of cyclists videoing your driving.
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  107. LOL maybe. This isn't a war between drivers and cyclists. It's a war on bad and distracted driving. Proportionally, I'll bet that far more drivers run into the back of other cars than cyclists do. This is because cyclists have skin in the game. @stuartfountain9929 
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  108. @giptonsilly Yup, I'll certainly agree with you on that one! I have one too: /watch?v=12fMTAQyXTI
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  109. It's legal for drivers to overtake cyclists on zigzags at a controlled crossing, and vice versa. It's only illegal to do that overtake motor vehicle on motor vehicle. You'd need to read the underlying law to see that is the case.@Dibley8899
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  110. Until cyclists cause the massive death, serious injury and massive property damage that drivers do, no. I and most cyclists already have insurance, but it should never and will never be mandatory. @keithdavies1395 
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  111. In that situation I would either stop or slow down a lot as a driver.
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  112. I don't think this was a mistake. I think this was Israeli strategy to deny aid to Gaza and to dissuade other aid workers from carrying on. Israel is committing a genocide here, and the whole world sees it. There will be people in the ICJ/ICC over the actions taken in Gaza.
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  113. @giptonsilly LOL, that's not an insult, it's nothing more than a little bit of sarcasm showing how ridiculous it is to suggest you can't see people unless they wear hiviz. Should cars also wear hiviz? What was that bit in the driving test about reading a number plate at 20m that I had to do?
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  114. Wow, you and Barack are two amazing role models, not just for me, but for the world. Thanks for being you. You're one of the few YouTubers for whom I will watch every video that comes up. So much talent.
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  115. You don't need to take the stickers off your M.2 as they are thermally conductive, at least they are for all of the major manufacturers.
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  116. Hahahahaha, Officer Bubbles indeed. I think he's a complete moron. What's more, I think he should be sacked as a result of bringing his employers and profession into disrepute, what with the lawsuit.
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  117. Just stay off your phone, and you won't risk being caught and prosecuted. Learn that there are tens of thousands of good citizens reporting road crime. The Met started almost 15,000 prosecutions in London last year. 3rd party reporting has exploded across the UK. Fear being caught. Fear prosecution, and maybe you might drive more like an adult. @taras6806 
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  118. I'm doing it because I want people to see how prevalent road crime is, and because I can teach only a couple hundred drivers by reporting them myself, but I can teach millions more via social media. Most people who are like you who don't like this are just wanting to conceal these public behaviours, I think. It's in the public interest to show these prosecutions and to show how easily drivers can be caught if breaking the law. Best of all, lots of other people are also taking up this civic duty and reporting bad driving in the same way I've done.  @Alex-the-Great81 
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  119. To be fair I'm not upset by the bad drivers I catch, I don't hate them. They are human beings too. I dislike their behaviours and hope that prosecution will change and improve their driving.  @manni192 
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  120. Cause fatalities - See tweet link below from Mark Hudson.
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  121. TBF it's the same moral structure as catching bad driving. It's also the same as you see in that King's Guard video where the soldier steps next to Ibrahim and I for a picture, the one that had like 300 million views late last year.
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  122. Here in the UK you can't go through a red light for an ambulance. Well, you can, but you'd probably get a ticket.
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  123. Make sure the phone isn't in your lap, or that could result in your prosecution. Put the phone in a holder or in the glovebox.
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  124.  @KingMGv  Stationary phone use is wrong and dangerous. The only people affecting their own lives are the lawbreaking risk taking drivers I catch.
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  125. They wouldn't, largely because almost all KSI collisions between cyclists and drivers are solely the fault of the driver. And also because drivers are FAR more lawbreaking than cyclists. I'm savouring your salty tears though. A fine whine.  @ghosttype8583 
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  126. What a lovely car, you have superb taste! Great sound, hearing that in traffic on my bike always brings a smile to my face too. I think I've seen you once, I remember the rego.
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  127. Phil's laughter is just the absolute best. So awesome!
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  128. Oof, I share your pain!!!
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  129. I have an autistic friend who can do that date thing. It's pretty cool.
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  130. I think you'd have to be parked up, and not in a live queue of traffic like this driver was.
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  131. @giptonsilly If you can't see pedestrians, cyclists, signposts, or even trees without them having to wear hiviz, then I suggest a visit to Specsavers. I don't like ninja cyclists (i.e. ones without lights at nights), but I don't have any trouble seeing them in an urban environment.
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  132. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 3rd party video reporting has exploded across the UK. In London in 2022 almost 15,000 such prosecutions were started. There are tens of thousands of people videoing and reporting bad driving.
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  133. You're an unwitting member of Dunning-Kruger club. Were you to wave a magic wand and instantly make all cyclists behave perfectly, road KSI stats wouldn't change noticeably. Do the same for drivers instead, and you'll stop almost all traffic deaths and injuries. Do you see why I don't bother with cyclists now? @drummerjo571 
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  134. Nah, he was hip checked by the front rack and light on my bike.
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  135. You need to take a look at the Silly Cyclists series here on YouTube, it's pretty educational. Cycling isn't particularly dangerous by the way, regular cyclists have two years additional life expectancy over the general population.
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  136. It goes to victim support services - a charity.
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  137. There isn't one, thankfully. This is a statutory charge that applies to all such cases.  @Divided-Kingdom 
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