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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kinda hilarious someone blurred out his license plate but the cyclist reads it out and that was left in.

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wild seeing police do anything constructive.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They're not US police. That's probably why the video didn't end in everyone getting shot.

UK police can be absolute shits too. Policing as a profession can attract people who absolutely should not have power over others, and the culture within the police can promote pretty fucked up attitudes in ppreviously decent people; it's qualitatively the same pernicious problems that we see in the US, albeit to a much milder degree.

General condemnation of the police aside, I'm glad to see how this particular incident was handled.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago (5 children)

He smacked the cyclist with his car, twice, on purpose, while in a bike labe he drove into, also on purpose.

If this was Denmark he'd lose his car and the license to even own one.

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (4 children)

He doesn't need a ticket. They should seize his car and sell it and take his license forever.

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago

This. Maybe only take the license for a few months and make him do a new test. The fact he argues shows his disregard for the rules he agreed to follow by operating the a ~~dangerous weapon~~ vehicle

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[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

This is bad design. If a bike path is large enough for a car to get on it and it is next to a road with bad traffic design that holds up cars you should be able to anticipate someone will create a problem. So you should add some vertical columns in the center. Not very many of them because that's a nucence. Obviously a clear trail is preferable. But two or three polls will make this a non-issue.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 44 points 3 days ago

To the UK's credit, police will prosecute drivers using video evidence, so "CyclingMikey" does this stuff all day long.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago (26 children)

But... He has to go to work, you guys. SMH my fucking head.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 86 points 4 days ago (9 children)

There's no justifiable reason for the driver to still be allowed to drive, the only reasonable consequence for these actions is the permanent loss of their drivers license

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 49 points 4 days ago (5 children)

According to the original video posted elsewhere on this thread, he got fined a whopping £140.

£50 for driving like a twat, and £90 for trying to run the cameraman over.

Being drunk at the wheel is about the only sure fire way to lose your license in the UK.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't understand why he didn't get a U-lock in the teeth. Honestly, though, he's attacking cyclists with his car, and he got to leave completely uninjured and with no damage to his vehicle.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Then the cyclist gets hit with an assault charge. Police response looked prompt and legally correct from the video, so absolutely the right call to handle it completely legally.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Cyclist was struck (iirc) three times while bystanders witnessed and shouted at him. At this time there was no indication there would be timely police intervention. I'm not advocating, I'm just finding it surprising. If it was one skater getting attacked in front of other skaters, by a dude driving in a skate park, I feel like there would be a set of trucks through that window.

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 128 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Here's the original video on CyclingMikey's YouTube channel!

I love his calm and simple approach to calling out dangerous behaviour from motorists.

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[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 149 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Fuck these entitled twats.

Power to this dude and the fellow cyclist for standing up to this bullshit💪🍀

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 57 points 4 days ago

A Mercedes driver being a cunt? Wow, never seen that before 🤣
At least he used his indicators, which is a minor miracle.

[–] PhoenixAlpha@lemmy.ca 106 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

“How am I meant to hit you?”
-A person who has just hit someone...twice.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 72 points 4 days ago

Dude is being really chill when the driver basically committed attempted murder.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 40 points 4 days ago (25 children)

This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).

This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen

Good.

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 84 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure in my country the police would have just tased the cyclist 😢

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 71 points 4 days ago

Then the news would report you as a protester, because running over protesters is now socially acceptable in this land of freedom.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago

What is this criminal class we allowed to fester!? We need to report all of these scum, don't let any get away!

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