Cycling Mikey doesn't deserve the hate he's getting

Then why the rude and inaccurate response?

Good for you? That's not relevant to what I said.

Nurses are trained and qualified to give vaccinations. I think that doing that is a good thing. It doesn't mean I should do it without training and qualifications to do it safely.

Plumbers are trained and qualified to plumb in gas cookers for families. I think that doing that is a good thing. It doesn't mean I should do it without training and qualifications to do it safely.

I never said this man was even being unsafe. I simply pointed out that OP's argument that an untrained, unqualified man pursuing a motorist is the same as police pursuing a motorist isn't a true comparison. I made no comment on this man in particular.

I'm not a driver and I don't have all the answers. I am certain though, that someone deliberately provoking others isn't going to help matters. Adding road rage to selfish behaviour isn't likely to end well.

I'm sorry about his father's death, but it still doesn't give him the right to do what he's doing. He would actually be more use as a traffic warden! At least then he would be able to wield some official power. He seems to be a man consumed with rage, at least it would provide an outlet for it.

If someone threw their bike deliberately in front of your car and tried to blame you. Would you grovel and reflect on your heinous crime?

Some people seem to forget that every person he has a confrontation with is driving dangerously. But no, because he's a cyclist he must be wrong.

Like the video of him apparently "throwing" his bike at a car. There's different video angles showing that he was holding onto his bike when a car drive at him at speed, on the wrong side of the road after going through a No Entry sign, before driving off at speed. But I've seen some people say he assaulted the car driver by throwing his bike at him! The car driver had committed several driving offences...

Eh? I wasn't offended

I don’t think he’s rude or aggressive either. He doesn’t swear or name call (and I’ve seen him tell members of the public throwing insults at the drivers to pipe down). He just tells them to stop being selfish and back up.

Unless someone is the type who does this or thinks it’s ok, I’m not sure why they’d be annoyed about it!

It was a direct response to the OP. How could it not be relevant? She said that saying he shouldn't pursue people is the same as saying the police shouldn't pursue people. I said that the difference is that the police are trained and qualified - and, as a result, often decide it's not safe to pursue people. It's directly relevant to what OP said.

I made no comment at all on this person that you're obviously a fan of so there's no need to get so offended.

I dunno, being a YouTuber can be very lucrative.

i don’t mind that YouTubers make money TBH. Except the annoying ones my kids listen to (Norris Nuts and the Mormon family who always say You are Worth it, 🤮). They can fuck right off.

Maybe if your father died at the hands of an idiot behind a wheel you’d be tempted to report anyone doing wrong behind the wheel. I do find him annoying but it’s not just a hobby for the laugh

They’re also nowhere to be seen. I’ve bollocked people for littering before, many times. It’s not my occupation but I want to live in a world where people aren’t selfish twats, and I’m happy to speak up.

The point you made is not relevant

I always assumed he was South African!

No, thank you. I don't have any interest and it's not relevant at all to the point I made.

He stands at a corner in Regents Park, near a spot where it’s really common that drivers drive down the wrong side of the road in order to skip the traffic and make a right turn. There’s been a number of collisions because cars do this., and there’s every chance that a car is coming round the corner, or that a child or pedestrian cross without looking the other way. Mikey steps into the road and tells them to reverse back. Sometimes they do, sometimes they get out and start shrieking for 10 minutes and suddenly lose the ability to reverse. He went viral a while ago because the people on the car claimed they were doctors and therefore it was fine to drive the wrong way down a road. It is entertaining. Then again I have a slight addiction to dashcam videos so it appeals to the likes of me.

I think he is great. I wish there were more cycling Mikey’s around. He isn’t rude or aggressive unless people are rude and aggressive to him. It’s amazing how many people use their phone while driving. I see it all the time.

Just collecting and submitting the evidence is enough, his behaviour simply makes a bad situation worse.

Suddenly the value of public transport has risen!

I don't know who he is so I'll reserve judgement on your overall question about him but it's a false equivalence to suggest that an untrained, unqualified person relentlessly pursuing someone is that same as trained, qualified professionals pursuing someone to the extent that their training suggests it is safe to do so.

Police regularly stop pursuits because they are dangerous. Police have several units to come from different directions. Police are trained and qualified. There's a difference.

I'm guessing the money he makes doesn't compensate for his fathers death in a road traffic accident

Yes I think he’s spoken about that before

You have too much faith in selfish dangerous drivers if you think a refresher course will change their attitude.