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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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.
Kinda hilarious someone blurred out his license plate but the cyclist reads it out and that was left in.
Wild seeing police do anything constructive.
They're not US police. That's probably why the video didn't end in everyone getting shot.
Fuck these entitled twats.
Power to this dude and the fellow cyclist for standing up to this bullshit💪🍀
Wish he hadn't said no to pressing assault with a deadly weapon charges when the officer offered though
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
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.
You would actually lose your license in germany over such behaviour. You may get it back, but you need to convince a psychologist beforehaned that you've got your temper under control.
In Germany you can go 122km/h in a 50km/h zone, kill three people while doing so and permanently cripple a fourth one, and still you get your driver's license back just like that, because you claim that you need a car for work: https://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/rentner-fuhr-drei-franzosen-tot-doch-kriegt-fuehrerschein-zurueck-zr-91815963.html
In the same article it references a guy who tried to escape the police while being high on cocaine and alcohol and killed a 14yo by running him over. He was sentenced for murder, but also got his license back after 5 years.
You can run a red light in a 40 ton truck and kill a pedestrian right in front of his wife, and you can just keep your driver's license without restrictions, because "nobody would benefit from putting the truck driver out of work": https://archive.is/W59hd
Germany is certainly not a good example for that kind of stuff. Germany is the carbrain capitol of Europe.
He doesn't need a ticket. They should seize his car and sell it and take his license forever.
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
To the UK's credit, police will prosecute drivers using video evidence, so "CyclingMikey" does this stuff all day long.
Here's the original video on CyclingMikey's YouTube channel!
I love his calm and simple approach to calling out dangerous behaviour from motorists.
Man, I wouldn't have been able to stay that calm. That comes from years of practice in dealing with these knobs. I would have been sorely tempted to grab that door and yank it forwards, which would only make matters worse.
But... He has to go to work, you guys. SMH my fucking head.
“How am I meant to hit you?”
-A person who has just hit someone...twice.
A Mercedes driver being a cunt? Wow, never seen that before 🤣
At least he used his indicators, which is a minor miracle.
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.
Dude is being really chill when the driver basically committed attempted murder.
Pretty sure in my country the police would have just tased the cyclist 😢
Then the news would report you as a protester, because running over protesters is now socially acceptable in this land of freedom.
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.
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.
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.
I was hoping the cyclist would lose his balance and fall on the hood of the car when he was rammed. Not that I want the cyclist injured, of course, but damage to the precious car? I'm all for that.
I had a road rage incident while I was out riding yesterday - I was in the middle of the lane passing some pedestrians. Note, this is a country road, and there's no sidewalk or even shoulder. It's a pretty popular cycling route, but it's the first time I've seen people walking there (I'm not even sure where they were going). Some jackass rolled up right behind me and blew the horn, as I was next to the pedestrians. I gave the "what the hell" gesture, then after I passed the pedestrians, I moved closer to the right edge of the lane, and he swerved over to run me off the road.
Set a few PRs after that incident. lol Later, the rear derailleur cable broke, and I got rained on, so the end of the ride was less great than the rest of it (which was a pretty good ride aside from those incidents).
I applaud the dude for doing this, really, but I honestly wouldn't be ready to throw my life away that easily. Imagine the situation if this was in the US instead of the UK and someone was carrying.
This is one of the reasons Europeans claim to have freedoms USAmericans don't.
But yeah, context matters.
Police show up
"Sir, this is a bike lane."
This was satisfying to watch