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

So why isn’t it dangerous driving to take the risk of hitting someone? Because that’s what you do when you run a red light

And that's just blatantly untrue.

For example, it's illegal to go to your car to grab your handbag if you're over the drink drive limit. It's not dangerous. It's illegal to nudge through a red light by six inches to let an ambulance through. It's not dangerous. It's illegal to sell a 17 year and 354 day old person 1ml of vodka. It's not dangerous.

Lots and lots of things are illegal but not dangerous.

Same Shall we create a Smug Holier Than Thou motorist club? I’d enjoy being part of that, though I think we’d have to be <checks notes> slimey dobbers to gain entry

I’m guessing you are the type of driver Mikey encounters.

Operation Snap. The police want you to send in videos.

OP never mentioned he pursuing motorists?

If it wasn’t dangerous, it wouldn’t be illegal.

@scalt a cyclist doesn’t have to obey a speed limit, there is no speedo on a bike so a cyclist can’t be prosecuted. Not for straight speeding, can be prosecuted for wanton and furious cycling I believe.

I don’t think he rides on pavements, he’s been caught out once going through a red light I believe.

Entirely consistent levels of comprehension there.

Anything to say about the people risking the lives of others? Or is it much worse to “dob people in”

So he should “dob people in”.

I love Cycling Mikey, he is a big part of the reason why I don’t look at my phone when stationary in my car. I always think he’s behind me!

He lost his dad due to a drunk driver killing him, so I can understand his motivation.

The people he confronts are the lowest of the low.

Explain how it is then. Explain how it could possibly result in any injury to use your phone whilst in a car that is not at all moving and continues to not at all move. Every example so far has been "well, you start moving"... so, not stationery traffic then.

Things can be dangerous but not illegal and also be illegal but not dangerous. That's physically possible and anyone with a brain cell knows that.

I don't really like vigilantes as a rule. I quite respected Jeremy Vine for posting his videos, but they were mostly centred on cyclist safety and did make me take extra care when driving.

This guy seems to be more antagonistic, and monetising his crusade. I also just saw the alternative angle of his latest incident and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended on the wrong side of the law this time, absolutely shocking behaviour especially as he knew there was a child in the car.

That’s not true. He’s just another self-important ‘crusader’.

They’re good mates

I'd never heard of him until now, but I'm not surprised. One day, he'll piss off the wrong person, and come to a sticky end. (I'm surprised that none of the JSO crowd got run over.) And I'm not going to line his pockets by clicking on him.

And is his cycling always impeccable? He never rides on pavements, never ignores red lights, obeys 20mph zones? (Some fit cyclists can ride faster than that.) Does he have insurance, as lots of people preach that cyclists should have it?

Incidentally, if it's illegal and allegedly "extremely dangerous" to operate a phone in stationary traffic, why do modern cars have touch screen controls for so many things like heating, so you have to look at the screen to adjust it, when previously, with an actual tactile switch, you could do it by feel, keeping your eyes on the road?

Because drivers get frustrated in non-moving traffic, and as soon as it begins to move again they will often try to change lane, or will suddenly move out and accelerate if they think they can make their turn into the next street if they go quickly. Or they are carrying a passenger they're dropping off who thinks it will just be quicker to walk the last 50 yards and suddenly throws their door open. If they're on their phone and don't notice a cyclist or motorcyclist filtering then that can end very badly.

This bloke’s just another vigilante. He may be a middle-class-approved cycling vigilante. But he’s doing the same thing as Ring doorbell camera zealots putting their stupid videos on Facebook warning of suspicious men in the neighbourhood, or online ‘paedo hunters’.

Leave detection and enforcement to the police.

If the police did their job he wouldn’t be needed. thank goodness for him. some mutters on our roads who endanger cyclists. I wish there were more like him.

He's definitely not on love island

It's not dangerous though, is it? Being in non-moving traffic is not dangerous in any way. It's only dangerous when you start to move again. You cannot hit someone if your car isn't moving. The point is that some things are illegal but not dangerous. If you disagree with the very clear stationery traffic example, there are tonnes more I could give you.