Page 3 | Cycling Mikey doesn't deserve the hate he's getting

ByDandyTurtle · 2025-08-28T19:35:04+00:00

He's not putting fumes in people's lungs from his car and sees people doing illegal activities that kill others or make our premiums go up.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 11:10

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 11:01

I've watched the videos. He'll spot someone with his eyes and then he'll go in for a closer look with the camera to get the evidence to send to the police.

It is in the public interest..bad driving kills.

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Are you seriously trying to say that he’s never snooped into a car where the driver’s doing nothing wrong? Sorry, I call bullshit of the stinkiest sort.

So what does he do with such footage? And what’s this justification for surveillance of private spaces? Does it extend to bugging or spying on homes suspected of drug taking or, maybe, watching the BBC without a TV licence?

TheNightingalesStarling · 29/08/2025 11:08

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 10:48

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He will film people who aren’t on their phones. Because he can’t know until he films. So what does he do with that footage?

And the public interest is in snooping, is it? Seems rather dangerous and anti-social to me.

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But that's the same for every dash cam, cctv camera, helmet cam, doorbell cam...

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 11:01

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 10:48

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He will film people who aren’t on their phones. Because he can’t know until he films. So what does he do with that footage?

And the public interest is in snooping, is it? Seems rather dangerous and anti-social to me.

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I've watched the videos. He'll spot someone with his eyes and then he'll go in for a closer look with the camera to get the evidence to send to the police.

It is in the public interest..bad driving kills.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 10:48

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:40

"what’s his explanation for intruding into people’s cars when they’re doing nothing wrong". They are doing something wrong. They are on their phone when they legally are not allowed and are causing a danger to others.

Public interest.

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He will film people who aren’t on their phones. Because he can’t know until he films. So what does he do with that footage?

And the public interest is in snooping, is it? Seems rather dangerous and anti-social to me.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:47

nomas · 29/08/2025 10:32

It's not about that you can and can't do, it's about even legal behaviours such as using hands free can be dangerous.

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If something is legal and dangerous maybe they should have a review to the law.

If something is illegal and dangerous, definitely don't do it. Have full control of your car. Follow the highway code. How hard is that?

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:40

"what’s his explanation for intruding into people’s cars when they’re doing nothing wrong". They are doing something wrong. They are on their phone when they legally are not allowed and are causing a danger to others.

Public interest.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 10:37

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:31

The police happily take his evidence and prosecute. It's perfectly fine.

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They’ll take any snooper’s or vigilante’s evidence.

What does he do with footage that doesn’t show lawbreaking, and what’s his explanation for intruding into people’s cars when they’re doing nothing wrong?

I still want to know why cyclists are able to stare into cars safely but drivers must at all times have their eyes on the road and what’s around them, even when stationary.

nomas · 29/08/2025 10:32

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:27

You can talk to passengers. Just need to keep eyes front. Hands free phones. Use Ur voice. But eyes front.

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It's not about that you can and can't do, it's about even legal behaviours such as using hands free can be dangerous.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:31

JudgeJ · 29/08/2025 09:21

Who elected him to be a policeman? As far as I would judge it he was sticking a weapon in my face and I would react accordingly, the old saying 'two wrongs don't make a right' applies here. Before anyone else makes a stupid comment I don't break the law in my car eg use my phone, nor do I allow myself to be distracted by screaming children in the rear as so many women seem to be and I don't drive a car that's too big for me to handle, again in this area something often seen.

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The police happily take his evidence and prosecute. It's perfectly fine.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:27

nomas · 29/08/2025 10:22

That's kind of her point. People who are talking on hands free and talking to other passengers are often not focused on the road.

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You can talk to passengers. Just need to keep eyes front. Hands free phones. Use Ur voice. But eyes front.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:26

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:53

If you don't understand the post, it may be you who has the cognitive impairment. It's perfectly comprehensible.

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Really badly written. Took me a few goes. Did you pass English GCSE? You just sound really bitter at a man upholding the law. He sends the evidence to the police and they prosecute.

nomas · 29/08/2025 10:22

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:13

Your eyes still need to be on the road. And focused and processing what's happening. Can't do that playing with Ur phone

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That's kind of her point. People who are talking on hands free and talking to other passengers are often not focused on the road.

nomas · 29/08/2025 10:18

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:53

If you don't understand the post, it may be you who has the cognitive impairment. It's perfectly comprehensible.

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It was probably all the unnecessary hyperbole that threw that poster off.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:13

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 10:01

If that's the reasoning, we should be banning hands-free phones and people talking to their passengers.

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Your eyes still need to be on the road. And focused and processing what's happening. Can't do that playing with Ur phone

YanTanTetheraPetheraBumfitt · 29/08/2025 10:06

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 10:01

If that's the reasoning, we should be banning hands-free phones and people talking to their passengers.

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A friend of mine was killed on his motorcycle by someone in a car on a hands free call. A big part of the driver’s court case was that he was distracted by the call. And he was blamed for that. He was found guilty and sent to prison. The police provided a load of evidence about how much more a hands free call distracts you than a conversation with a passenger. To the extent I’m amazed it’s allowed.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 10:05

Yes, that’s what vigilantes claim to do, catch people breaking the law.

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 10:01

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 09:50

Why is he peering into cars and not watching the road and being aware of and alert to everything around him? Sound’s like a dangerous road user to me. As well as being a privacy-breaching creepy snooper.

And a vigilante, of course.

He's catching people breaking the law. Perfectly legal and safe. He's not causing danger. He's catching people causing danger. Not breaking privacy at all.

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 10:01

HungarianBoat · 28/08/2025 23:07

You're still distracted and not focusing on the road. Once you put the phone away the distraction still lasts in your brain. You're still driving and you're purposely not focusing on that road

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If that's the reasoning, we should be banning hands-free phones and people talking to their passengers.

TheNightingalesStarling · 29/08/2025 09:57

I wish I had had a dash camera for what I saw the other day...

A moped driver texting while going round a junction then cutting towards multiple lanes as he realised he was in the wrong one.

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:53

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 09:48

I have no idea what you just said. Have you had a stroke?

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If you don't understand the post, it may be you who has the cognitive impairment. It's perfectly comprehensible.

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:52

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 09:51

You don't need a sign to not use your phone. Keep left signs are there and clear to see. People ignore the signs

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But that's not always the case in the videos he's put up that I've seen.

cramptramp · 29/08/2025 09:51

Yes, he does. He’s a nasty bit of work.

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:51

I have fuck off big screen in my Tesla, and I can sit in traffic all day long tapping away like a teenager on Ritalin, that's fine! But if I so much as glance at another screen in my hand, suddenly I'm Mikey's worst enemy.

I do agree that the law on this is quite inconsistent. I was once stopped by the police who thought I was dealing with my phone. I was really puzzled as my phone was safely zipped away in my handbag, then I realised that what they had seen was me turning off my satnav as I was waiting at a red traffic light and quite near home. When I pointed that out they were very apologetic, but my thought was - if they thought turning off my phone was such a dangerous thing, why didn't the same logic apply to turning off the satnav?

HungarianBoat · 29/08/2025 09:51

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 09:46

The problem is that, from what I have seen, it's not just "selfish twats" - it's often people who have made one misjudgment, sometimes because of bad signage. The fact that he chooses to put himself where he knows people regularly do something wrong does tend to indicate that a sign would avert a significant proportion of the problems, but it doesn't seem to occur to him to lobby the authorities to put one up. But it does mean that he gets to bully people for what is, quite often, an understandable mistake. Can he really claim that he's never made a mistake in his life?

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You don't need a sign to not use your phone. Keep left signs are there and clear to see. People ignore the signs

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/08/2025 09:50

Why is he peering into cars and not watching the road and being aware of and alert to everything around him? Sound’s like a dangerous road user to me. As well as being a privacy-breaching creepy snooper.

And a vigilante, of course.