Is this the unraveling of CyclingMikey?

[Uther]

I think there's a bit of a difference between coming across illegal behaviour 'naturally', as opposed to actively seeking it out. The latter being Mikey.

As the viewing figures on their channels drop they have to get ever more extreme for the clicks.

 

[Haggisman]

As the viewing figures on their channels drop they have to get ever more extreme for the clicks.

Yup, it's exactly the same as when twitch "gamer" girls start to lose their audience attention and you end up with the whole hot-tub thing and then on to OnlyFans

Hopefully that's not the route Mikey takes, I don't think anyone needs to see that!

 

[adolf hamster]

I'll take a wild guess that he's on the autism scale and if he's unlucky will annoy a Kenneth Noye type at some point.
Even the two balaclava covered cretins in the video could have been a bit stabby. I wouldn't be surprised if the police had asked him to stop.

Yes because autism famously turns people into busybodies who intentionally get themselves involved in the affairs of random strangers.

 

[Uther]

Yes because autism famously turns people into busybodies who intentionally get themselves involved in the affairs of random strangers.

It can get them in to trouble yes. Do you think his behaviour is normal?

 

[JonRGV250]

Yes because autism famously turns people into busybodies who intentionally get themselves involved in the affairs of random strangers.

It does make their trousers fall down though.
Does Gregg Wallace cycle?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

After 15 years of cycling there's no right or wrong or priority when you're a cyclist, even if you are 100% compliant you stay out of the way of car drivers because they always win.
If I'm not hurt it doesn't bother me any more.

 

[Vonhelmet]

After 15 years of cycling there's no right or wrong or priority when you're a cyclist, even if you are 100% compliant you stay out of the way of car drivers because they always win.
If I'm not hurt it doesn't bother me any more.

Sadly, yes. The bar is pretty low, and sometimes as low as “did I die on that ride”.

 

[Resident]

Gay means a man who is exclusively homosexual. Not someone who has sexual relationships with women and that was proven by the fact that he has two sons. He might be bisexual though. But what relevance does that have to this situation?

I've sat for a good 5 minutes and I cannot fathom the utter absurdity of this comment.

His legal EAPC cost him over £4,000 and contained a lot of his personal possessions. Who would deliberately try to use such an expensive possession to damage an oncoming car knowing it could be destroyed and would only damage the car's paintwork or cause some minor dents etc? If he hadn't let go of the bike (a split-second before it was hit) he would have been hit too.

He's a hothead.

Asked and answered

Under the Road Traffic Act you're supposed to stop if there is an accident where property damage occurs and exchange details with the other party. If someone is injured you're required to call the Police. Failure to do so is a criminal offence. If the driver felt he was the victim of criminal damage he should have stopped and called the Police.

Unless you feel you're in danger. The law isn't black & white on this issue and there are several precedents where one party in a collision has fled the scene due to being in fear for their safety, particularly when the other party is violent and aggressive.

In these circumstances it's unlikely that the police/CPS would prosecute for leaving the scene.

Actually, it is quite sensible to have video cameras on your bike nowadays. I've lost count of all the dangerous overtaking maneuvers I've seen motorists doing while I've been cycling. Capturing video footage of motorists doing Road Traffic offences and then sending them to the Police is fine. If Mikey had truly been a vigilante he would have pulled that driver out of his car and given him a good kicking!

A camera or maybe two to cover front and rear. Tricking out a bike as though it's a mo-cap rig, not so much

I've just watched his own video and it's pretty clear that his intention is to play chicken propelling himself in front of cars. I think trying to make it out to be a right wing conspiracy spun by the newspapers is a bit far fetched tbh.

I think there's a bit of a difference between coming across illegal behaviour 'naturally', as opposed to actively seeking it out. The latter being Mikey.

Also known as vigilantism.

 

[fez]

After 15 years of cycling there's no right or wrong or priority when you're a cyclist, even if you are 100% compliant you stay out of the way of car drivers because they always win.
If I'm not hurt it doesn't bother me any more.

We need people who go out of their way to bring attention to the **** standards of driving on our roads. No you won't win in a fight between you and a car but if we want anything to get better for cyclists and other vulnerable road users we need drivers to be scared that their **** driving will have some repercussions. Thats the only thing that seems to change driver behaviour.

 

[john_smith]

We need people who go out of their way to bring attention to the **** standards of driving on our roads. No you won't win in a fight between you and a car but if we want anything to get better for cyclists and other vulnerable road users we need drivers to be scared that their **** driving will have some repercussions. Thats the only thing that seems to change driver behaviour.

Agree. I'm a car driver and I'm a cyclist.

I've just spent a week in Copenhagen. The attitude to cyclists between us and them is staggering.

 

[Shadowness]

I'm normally cycling 7000 miles+ a year. I'd say our standards are not bad. Most of our club rides are event free, but it's not uncommon to get the odd person moaning about two abreast riding.

Most of the issues just stem from impatience, rather than sheer negligence. Pulling out on us, rather than waiting a bit longer. Dangerous overtakes (that probably saved them 10 seconds), instead of safely passing.

The scary thing is it only takes one person, with one major act to completely change a rider's life......or end it.

 

[McManicMan]

I like him, he does something that the police should be doing more of and to many motorists think they are above the law these days much like everything else in today's society. There is so much hate for him it feels a little unfair but then again those that hate him are probably those that do the same thing he's reporting. Those cyclists had been pestering him and stealing phones and handbags in that area for past few days and how anyone thinks that's a blade need their head looking at. The driver of the fiat 500 had already had too reverse once because Mickey stopped him. The driver had passed up to 8 no entry signs two of which was on that junction. The driver was simply a doughnut.

 

[john_smith]

I like him, he does something that the police should be doing more of and to many motorists think they are above the law these days much like everything else in today's society. There is so much hate for him it feels a little unfair but then again those that hate him are probably those that do the same thing he's reporting. Those cyclists had been pestering him and stealing phones and handbags in that area for past few days and how anyone thinks that's a blade need their head looking at. The driver of the fiat 500 had already had too reverse once because Mickey stopped him. The driver had passed up to 8 no entry signs two of which was on that junction. The driver was simply a doughnut.

Finally some sense being spoken in this thread.

 

[Resident]

stealing phones and handbags in that area for past few days

I haven't seen any evidence of that being true, care to link me to a report?

how anyone thinks that's a blade need their head looking at

From the 3rd party video, it looked similar given the split second nature of the footage. Hindsight is always 20/20 isn't it.

The driver was simply a doughnut.

Ah ok, Mikey was perfectly justified to cause a collision then. ok.

 

[Uther]

Does Gregg Wallace cycle?

If you google that it brings up some interesting results. He actually does...

 

[Brun]

The authorities are actively encouraging people to report each other via video footage submissions these days, what do you think the result of that is going to be? It's obviously going to encourage more behaviour generally in the mould of that seen with people like CyclingMikey. You'd be extremely naive to think it would lead to anything different.

I don't believe this for a second. It's not like there's an incentive being offered for reporting people, and the process is actually a bit of a faff. I commuted with cameras for years and only reported about half a dozen cases (none uploaded publicly). Best result was wanting someone to get just a letter warning them not to drive like an impatient ****, telling me to get out of the way while simply riding in the centre of the lane in 15mph traffic. They didn't respond to the NIP and got taken to court for that instead.

The way Mikey goes about his business is pretty extreme, and I don't see much evidence of others doing similar.

 

[McManicMan]

I haven't seen any evidence of that being true, care to link me to a report?
It was on his TikTok account, the people that video him even posted on his account


From the 3rd party video, it looked similar given the split second nature of the footage. Hindsight is always 20/20 isn't it.

Ah ok, Mikey was perfectly justified to cause a collision then. ok.

But he didn't cause a collision, the driver caused it by driving through a no entry at speed, on his 2nd attempt

 

[JonRGV250]

If you google that it brings up some interesting results. He actually does...

I’m glad you took one for the team, I was too scared to look

 

[Lopéz]

I thought about this bloke the other day.

I was crossing this road to get to that tram stop, in the direction of the red arrow:

It's a 50km/h road that splits where the white van is and then rejoins on the other side of the junction.

A car was coming as I crossed, but at a reasonable distance - if he'd been doing 50km/h. I would estimate, by the time he got to me, that he was doing well over double that. He accelerated (there is zero reason to accelerate here, in fact with the kink in the road the natural thing to do is slow down) and I am fairly sure this was based on me stepping into the road.

He missed me, but not by a lot. I was surprised he didn't clip the kerb when he passed.

It made me wonder, what if I had "done a Mikey" and left a dangling leg or whatever and the car had hit me. What would the driver have done? Driven off, like the one in the video?

Sure, the guy is a difficult character, and undoubtedly provokes and engineers many situations - but you just cannot use your vehicle as a weapon and aim it at vulnerable road users.

 

[john_smith]

The culture in this country would have blamed you. Unfortunately.

Also, he didn't throw his bike at the car. The act of him jumping backwards out of the way makes it look like he has simply thrown his bike at the car. He didn't.