Page 6 | 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.

Americano75 · 28/08/2025 21:48

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.

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:48

ByDandyTurtle · 28/08/2025 21:46

Not dangerous to be on your phone whilst driving?

Right ok

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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.

nomas · 28/08/2025 21:49

Nursingadvice · 28/08/2025 20:41

He goes out of his way to wind people up and cause problems, it’s his hobby. Do not fool yourself into thinking he does anything for a good cause. He is an antagonistic little man and I hope I never have the misfortune of encountering him.

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.

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ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:49

Mikkymik · 28/08/2025 21:36

No, he dobs them in. The telling off is just a bonus ego boost. He is the worst kind of human, as his misanthropy is coated in slimy do-gooderism.

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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”.

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:49

Chompingatthebeat · 28/08/2025 21:45

He's definitely not on love island

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Entirely consistent levels of comprehension there.

YanTanTetheraPetheraBumfitt · 28/08/2025 21:49

scalt · 28/08/2025 21:47

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?

@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.

nomas · 28/08/2025 21:50

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:45

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.

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

the5thgoldengirl · 28/08/2025 21:50

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ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:51

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:36

OP was talking about pursuing motorists though. That's the point. I haven't said a single thing about this guy and said I haven't seen his videos. I was specifically referring to OP's point about pursuing motorists. How many times does that need to be said!?

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OP never mentioned he pursuing motorists?

XenoBitch · 28/08/2025 21:52

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 28/08/2025 21:46

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.

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

nomas · 28/08/2025 21:52

Mikkymik · 28/08/2025 21:36

No, he dobs them in. The telling off is just a bonus ego boost. He is the worst kind of human, as his misanthropy is coated in slimy do-gooderism.

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

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:52

ChattyGeePeaTea · 28/08/2025 21:37

It takes about 30 seconds for a driver to refocus after interacting with their phone, so a driver who is at the front of a line of traffic texting, thinking "it's fine because I'm stationary," is vastly more likely to cause an accident when they move off from the lights than one who hasn't been texting. So yes, it would be capable of endangering others.

Here is one source for that, there are dozens of others: https://www.onfocus.news/new-study-34-of-crashes-happen-within-60-seconds-of-phone-distraction/

Love from a smug holier than thou fucker who doesn't have "just one drink" when driving, doesn't text "just in stationary traffic," doesn't transport a toddler without a car seat "just a mile down the road," doesn't go through red lights "just behind the last car," doesn't park in disabled bays "just to pop in for a pint of milk" and also doesn't break the speed limit "just by a couple of mph".

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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

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:52

nomas · 28/08/2025 21:50

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

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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.

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:53

Mikkymik · 28/08/2025 21:37

If they hit someone, by definition that would be dangerous driving.

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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

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:53

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Christ. That's because courts work on what is LEGAL not what is SAFE. I'm not saying it's legal.

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:54

Chompingatthebeat · 28/08/2025 21:39

Worse kind of human's a bit strong! Not paedophiles, murderers and dictators?

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Indeed!

I think some people are selfish feat drivers and can’t stand there are people on their phone world who don’t applaud their selfishness

nomas · 28/08/2025 21:54

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:52

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.

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People have explained why it’s dangerous, you’re being obtuse.

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:56

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:40

You can't hit anyone in stationery traffic. That's the point they're making. Starting to move again when you haven't checked properly is obviously dangerous - sitting in stationery traffic is not. Yet both are equally as illegal. That's the point being made. Illegal does not always mean dangerous.

I say this as a non-driving cyclist. It's not a difficult point to understand.

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See the link upthread to how our brains react after being distracted by a phone. Of course it’s dangerous. Why is it illegal?

As a driving cyclist, no it’s not hard to understand - don’t use your phone. Why would you? What’s so urgent you can’t wait?

the5thgoldengirl · 28/08/2025 21:57

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ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:58

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:43

I didn't comment on something I haven't watched - I commented on what OP said, and explicitly said I wasn't commenting on him or his videos, only on OP's comment. If you didn't read what I said before deciding to have a problem, that's not my fault.

If I started a post about Love Island and said "cats are black but dogs aren't", it doesn't take knowledge of Love Island for someone else to say "I haven't watched Love Island so I don't know what happened with Yasmine but I have a black dog so dogs can be black".

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Eh??

Aside from the fact you totally put words in OP’s mouth, how is this the same?

OP didn’t describe what CM does and you haven’t watched videos but have decided that he’s in the wrong and all those drivers going round blind bends on the wrong side of the road are the hard done by misunderstood victims?

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:59

ConfusedSloth · 28/08/2025 21:45

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.

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Of course it’s dangerous! For reason people have already explained in detail.

Mind you you’ve also said it’s not dangerous to drive on the wrong side of the road so I’m guessing you’re just a shit driver

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:59

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 28/08/2025 21:46

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.

That’s very different.

CM is filming people committing crimes and risking the lives of others.

Thats not the same as accusing men of being pedophiles with no evidence

Mikkymik · 28/08/2025 22:01

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:49

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”.

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Using your phone in standstill traffic doesn't risk anyone's life though.

ChattyGeePeaTea · 28/08/2025 22:01

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 21:52

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

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I signed up to the Stop At Red campaign many years ago (just had a look for that little piece of history - nearly 20 years ago!) so I think I already have some Smug Holier Than Thou credentials ready for my application. Forgot to check if that conferred slimey dobber status though - a clear oversight.

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 28/08/2025 22:01

scalt · 28/08/2025 21:47

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?

I really can’t be arsed to tell you the difference in changing heating to being consumed in a non essential device.

Yes CM has insurance