Guaranteed, it cost her absolutely nothing this time. Does she have to show the warning letter to her insurance company, NO. Does she have any evidence of the offence on her licence, No. Will she use her phone again whilst driving, of course she will because all these drivers have one thing in common. They know they are breaking the law and they don't care. Hopefully she won't kill someone in the period between her being let off and breaking the law again. In fairness to the police and the courts they can't be out doing the government's bidding locking up peaceful protesters and still have time to clamp down on mobile phone users who could kill someone.
The police have discretion and hopefully they exercise it if a person has a clean record and shows remorse, plus I'd imagine they're getting rather tied up with all these videos being sent in, the courts too!
On a previous video, someone mentioned that the vast increase in warning letters coincided with the RAAC issues closing several courts. Hopefully no resolved we’ll see a back to normal NoIP notice volume soon.
Bluetooth became standard in most vehicles around 2005 depending on model. Since average age of a car before scrapping is about 15 years nearly all current cars on UK roads have connectivity and if they don't the cost to fit is less than £15 No excuses - for me they've had enough warnings - automatic 1 year driving ban [no discounts] + 1 months wages [or benefits] as a fine. And increase the damn death by dangerous driving & serious injury by dangerous driving minimum sentencing and add using a mobile whilst driving is dangerous driving. Stepping off my soapbox to drink some NATO standard tea
On new Audis, if you connect your phone via the phone's Wifi hotspot, you can watch UA-cam on the Infotainment screen (no hack required). On Mercs, you can buy a USB device that does the same.
@ while moving or actually "off". For EV charging I know they are adding more stuff to dos while you wait -but didnt think UA-cam while driving was in. apple CarPlay rules would ban this through their phones
I think you should go beyond the Met police and ask them why so many warning letters been sent out rather than prosecutions, its totally scandalous , maybe even bring it to the attention of tv stations that the police have been lax lately over mobile phone use while driving, so if she was to knock down and kill someone while she was on the phone would they send her a warning letter telling her not to do it again
What are our high tax contributions being spent on? Certainly not on enforcing the law on our roads. The Met are probably trying to frustrate you Mikey into giving up your great work, don't let them.
What's the point of Government making laws regarding the use of mobile phones whilst in charge of a vehicle due to safety reasons when the police only issue a warning letter even though they've been given indisputable evidence of someone breaking said law? 🤷
Too many people think handheld phone use in a car is normal, acceptable behaviour. But when they’re caught out they put the phone down, they know it’s illegal really. Bans for phone drivers needed as a deterrent
Half-overtakes a bus that is signalling to pull out. Does a full circle in the middle of the road. Distracts drivers further by tapping on their windows to tell them that they are indeed distracted. And then continues to ride on the right hand side of the lane whilst a motorbike is trying to cut through traffic behind him (when there is clearly a dedicated cycle lane)… This man is a fool lmao. Trying to prosecute others when he is a liability himself.
You're just unbelievably deluded. It's just normal safe filtering, and the police are fine with riding like this, largely because it's both legal and I'm visibly careful about the traffic I'm in. No laws were broken by me, and noone was put in danger by me. The dedicated cycle lane was full of a bus and parked cars, stupid boy.
@@CyclingMikeystop being a child and read the Highway code. It's clear you're uneducated about the law, I certainly wouldn't feel safe driving with a dangerous cyclist like you on the roads
Mikey. I've said it before mate. I admire the fact you are doing this. But please, just capture the evidence and move on as if you were NOT trying to capture it, London has some nutters mate and you do not want to let one of them be aware you have captured them using the phone whilst sitting on a bike in a busy road. If one opens a door and knocks you over into the other lane as a bus or lorry is passing it will be game over buddy. Take care and best wishes Mikey.
There's this little thing called the Highway Code. It references filtering, which is quite normal on two wheels. I'm fine with the good level of care I took here, and the police were fine with my riding too.
Why are they only getting warning letters? Mikey catches enough drivers to fill that £22million black hole they claim to have. And they are less likely to do it again.
I presume The Met want you to give it up and move on. A pretty depressing response from the police nut they do seem to have given up in many cases of law enforcement.
May I say that your cycling is incredibly dangerous. Cutting in between moving vehicle in possible blindspot and bus when car had right of way due to your path being blocked by bus. Pulling up beside a vehicle on wrong side of road, then cutting up vehicle as you meandered into centre of road pulling away. Please be careful and take care of yourself and others. Some people may not see you and react sharply putting yourself and other road-users in danger.
Seems fine to me. Cycling in dense urban traffic heavy environments is always dangerous, you have to ride and position yourself in a variety of positions.
For me such blatant disregard for other road users is why mandatory bans in line with drink driving are needed. She even drove forward without so much of glance over her shoulder. The Met and TfL are complicit in this and should be made accountable. If a driver so willingly breaks the law and displays such poor driving practices, what other laws do they break behind the wheel. Drink/drug driving for one after all the chance of getting caught is negligible is it not. Until BOOM and she ruins a life.
I don’t disagree that using a mobile whilst driving is very dangerous the driver should be prosecuted, these people are stationary albeit in traffic and therefore ‘breaking the law’ as it stands, it is hardly the same as drink driving and quite a ridiculous comparison to make. You are stretching the law to an extreme to imply otherwise. By your standards cyclists who run red lights, ride on pavement and get too close to a car (the 5’ rule should apply both ways), should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Common sense seems to have put its coat and left the debate. No one has ever died or caused a death by sitting in a stationary car and using their phone.
@Cheersbigears66 neither has someone sitting in a car pished but the moment they move, they just might. The driver moved forward with zero checks and no hazard perception. Bring up cyclists, why as it is irrelevant to this debate? And yes people have died through cars being manoeuvred at low speed by distracted drivers, surely you must realise that?
@ once again you are exaggerating the truth. If someone is drunk behind the wheel of a stationary car they won’t kill anyone. When they drive the car either before or after they become stationary they may well cause an accident. Same as someone on their phone. I brought up cyclists because you are making assumptions that the people in video may cause an accident, the point is they haven’t, by simply have the phone in their hand whilst sitting behind the wheel of the car. I am going to make an assumption of my own. If you drive a car I bet you have broken the speed limit which makes you a hypocrite simply because you could have killed someone ‘if’ you’d had an accident. You see my point? It’s an exaggeration on my behalf, same as you.
I've broken the speed limit many times where appropriate and safe. Never drink drive, never speed in a 30 or 40, never use a phone whilst driving. 194 on a deserted A74(M) at dawn on a summer's day, probably as bad but only a danger to me Mr mind reader
@ still could have had an accident and killed someone. I bet you’re were more likely to kill someone speeding on the A74 than someone pulling forward in traffic at pedestrian pace whilst holding a mobile phone.
Thats true, the court in Glasgow is too busy dealing with evil me who asked a lady to not park on a bus stop as I reported a car already parked there for having no road tax. She then called the police and accused me of saying "horrible things" to her. The police of corse asked me nothing about it before charging me with a breach of the peace. It's vital the courts deal with people like me and not people preventing disabled people from safely accessing the bus services. 🤪
If the phpne is in speaker phone mode why does she need to hold it? If she just used the phone like it was intended to be used she would have been fine.
I am with you here, why do so many folk seem to do this, it seemed to start on the apprentice (in the back of the taxi. Just hold the phone to your ear (not when driving obvs)
MET too busy trying to find possible offences on another UA-camr because they don't like the content then doxing said UA-camr then spending hours trying to cover up said doxing with the full backing of it's PCC [we all know who that is]. All whilst stabbings continue, phone and watch snatching continues and general crime rates need to be tweaked [just like air pollution and peoples consultations and scientific reports] to make them [cough splutter] better.
i understand why u do it, but circling them and going up to there window is strange behaviour. theres plenty of nutters out there, ull do it to the wrong person
Originally thought, after seeing the memeulous video, that what you were doing was ridiculous, but after watching for myself i realised that youre doing the right thing so keep up the good work Mikey 👊
@CyclingMikey Even if you save the life of one person, it's completely worth it. I think what you're doing is amazing, and don't listen to people who tell you otherwise, because saving lives is the most important thing.
@beasthozer3372 I think collectively, the mass of people reporting road offences must have saved some lives. I doubt I have saved any personally via this. Together, in the last year, members of the public have made some 150,000 allegations with video evidence according to a recent BBC programme. If only it were possible to change driver behaviour without prosecution, that would be awesome. Being prosecuted isn't nice, and I don't like seeing their pain in court. I still think it's the right thing to do, because "words of advice" are generally met with a FOFF.
@@CyclingMikey if you think your some type of hero your highly mistaken and if you want to save life’s join the army become a war medic or a paramedic for the nhs
@CyclingMikey What annoys me the most is that it's just common sense not to use your phone whilst driving, it's plainly stupid. Hopefully these cases dwindle with the help of you and other camera cyclists and I really respect the work you all put in to make the roads a safer place
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
@@peterwillson1355 LOL! TBF I was a naughty and lazy little shit at school, so never reminded anyone about homework. When I eventually learned why doing homework was such a good idea, I became super studious and just worked my arse off. Didn't bother about the people who didn't want to work, and there were very few of those in my school cohort.
If they went full on over this there would be an outcry,,,, freedomm,,,, or some such crap and a hell of a lot fewr cars on the road, the priority is uninsured drivers, cant afford the policy but driving anyway, you get hit by them, you are screwed .
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
@@davidgarratt5518 Grass/snitch/snake are words used only by children and criminals. Which one are you two? You're both part of the problem group of drivers on our roads when you defend bad driving and are upset by basic Peelian principles.
@@CyclingMikey I totally agree it shouldn’t be a problem. Firstly I don’t drive and secondly you’re not a copper. But I notice you pick and choose who you grass on. I bet if it was BMW with some. big African geezer at the wheel you cycle by. But if not prove me wrong, easy to pick on women.
Ask a lot of drivers, who are the biggest danger on our roads and unbelievably they will say cyclists. There is a real disconnect between drivers and their actions.
@@ForlornCarnival The reality is quite different: Were you to wave a magic wand and instantly make all cyclists behave perfectly, road KSI stats wouldn't change noticeably. Do the same for drivers instead, and you'll stop almost all traffic deaths and injuries. Do you see why I don't bother with cyclists now? Drivers, as groups of people, are far more lawbreaking than cyclists. This is why something like 95% of driver/cyclist collisions are solely the fault of the driver.
Looking at the comments below, I see I'm not the only one thinking of the relation between the bubble concrete scandal and the warning letters. Should be 11 points right up when you have a car equipped with hands free bluetooth from factory. Such laziness and willful ignorance.
I was speaking to a senior Met Officer recently, and there is some data that they do have an effect. Obviously it's less than prosecution, but I think I'm generally OK with warning letters.
@@CyclingMikey I would love to see that data, I suspect it has a shorter influence. I was ok with warning letters until you think about it, for instance, a very close pass is threatening behaviour, a threat similar to a knife.
Blue tooth hands free has been in most cars since the mid teens, so there is absolutely no reason to be hand held, indeed if handsfree is available in the vehicle the penalty fine should be doubled.
Committing traffic offences that endanger us all is everyone's business. Don't side yourself with the lawbreakers and don't defend such dangerous driving. It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified. The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you. 150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
I believe you were trying to capture the phone screen but moving in close and filming straight down when a woman is wearing a low cut top could easily be misconstrued. For the reason that some people may find this action arousing, you should take down this video immediately. If you feel it necessary, you could upload a censored version but if I were you, I'd steer well clear. You really need to start thinking more about your actions before jumping in.
It's irrelevant though, she's still driving (i.e. in charge of her car) whilst stationary. Stationary phone drivers are still dangerous for many reasons: 1) The people using their phones when stationary are very often the same people using them when moving. They only put the phone down because I caught them. 2) They are entirely unaware of people crossing the road around them. See here where a phone driver almost hits someone in the queue twitter.com/phonekills/status/1491526464520560641?s=20 See this other tweet where a 5 year old child is almost hit by a phone driver who was stationary: x.com/cmdkenyon/status/1724483042046067052?s=20 And another: x.com/WelshBrendan2/status/1796099766557774129 3) They are entirely unaware of filtering cyclists and motorcyclists, despite the Highway Code requiring us to be aware of this. 4) Phone distraction lasts for a good time after you put the phone away. Even if you're only using the phone in each traffic queue at each junction (which is highly unlikely), then you're constantly topping up your mental distraction and are basically as disabled as a drunk driver. 5) Phone driving is worse than drink driving for distraction rates, and that's why it's part of the #Fatal4 behaviours that police target heavily. 6) Here's a police officer telling you that he has been on the scene for 3 fatal RTCs involving drivers who were stationary whilst using their phones, and then moved off and caused a collision: twitter.com/markandcharlie/status/1604073330751197184?s=20&t=uj8sgu7spu4cTyDqqqds2g 7) Policing phone drivers will help them stop other traffic offences too - it's vanishingly rare that someone only breaks a single traffic law like mobile phone use. 8) Parliament recently chose to strengthen the mobile phone law around stationary phone use because it's dangerous and the science supports this. I'm really not interested in this nonsense of "it's not dangerous when stationary, because it clearly is and it's clearly still very appropriate to catch these drivers.
I just think if it had gone to court her first line would have been 'I only use it when I'm stationary' could be the difference between a warning and points/fine
Another one who will now think they got away with it. She'll do it again.
Guaranteed, it cost her absolutely nothing this time.
Does she have to show the warning letter to her insurance company, NO. Does she have any evidence of the offence on her licence, No.
Will she use her phone again whilst driving, of course she will because all these drivers have one thing in common. They know they are breaking the law and they don't care.
Hopefully she won't kill someone in the period between her being let off and breaking the law again.
In fairness to the police and the courts they can't be out doing the government's bidding locking up peaceful protesters and still have time to clamp down on mobile phone users who could kill someone.
More useless responses from London's finest.
I'm offended you use the term finest and MET in the same sentence
What is the point of a warning letter !!!
To warn.
She's probably someone with an important job and needs the car.
The police have discretion and hopefully they exercise it if a person has a clean record and shows remorse, plus I'd imagine they're getting rather tied up with all these videos being sent in, the courts too!
@anthonymcdaid1325how dare we expect the Police to do Police work .
On a previous video, someone mentioned that the vast increase in warning letters coincided with the RAAC issues closing several courts. Hopefully no resolved we’ll see a back to normal NoIP notice volume soon.
What are the Met playing at why aren’t they giving her 6 Points and a Fine it’s not good enough.
A newer audi like that must have hands free 😬
as an Audi owner, both my older audis have hands free with steering buttons and voice control.
They need an extra penalty for people that are unable to set up hands-free calling on a car which has it built in
Bluetooth became standard in most vehicles around 2005 depending on model. Since average age of a car before scrapping is about 15 years nearly all current cars on UK roads have connectivity and if they don't the cost to fit is less than £15
No excuses - for me they've had enough warnings - automatic 1 year driving ban [no discounts] + 1 months wages [or benefits] as a fine. And increase the damn death by dangerous driving & serious injury by dangerous driving minimum sentencing and add using a mobile whilst driving is dangerous driving.
Stepping off my soapbox to drink some NATO standard tea
On new Audis, if you connect your phone via the phone's Wifi hotspot, you can watch UA-cam on the Infotainment screen (no hack required). On Mercs, you can buy a USB device that does the same.
@ while moving or actually "off". For EV charging I know they are adding more stuff to dos while you wait -but didnt think UA-cam while driving was in. apple CarPlay rules would ban this through their phones
The switch in from the commenta after memeolous video is insane 💀
I think you should go beyond the Met police and ask them why so many warning letters been sent out rather than prosecutions, its totally scandalous , maybe even bring it to the attention of tv stations that the police have been lax lately over mobile phone use while driving, so if she was to knock down and kill someone while she was on the phone would they send her a warning letter telling her not to do it again
How effective is a warning letter, some people are addicted to the phone and some waiting in traffic don't seem to think that it is dangerous.
Perhaps it’s too much hassle to spend the time pursuing a fine, so they send a warning? I don’t know.
What are our high tax contributions being spent on? Certainly not on enforcing the law on our roads. The Met are probably trying to frustrate you Mikey into giving up your great work, don't let them.
Nice catch. Too bad she wasn't prosecuted. Stay safe!
What's the point of Government making laws regarding the use of mobile phones whilst in charge of a vehicle due to safety reasons when the police only issue a warning letter even though they've been given indisputable evidence of someone breaking said law? 🤷
Great work Mikey, keep it up. We need more like you. Thanks mate.
Too many people think handheld phone use in a car is normal, acceptable behaviour.
But when they’re caught out they put the phone down, they know it’s illegal really.
Bans for phone drivers needed as a deterrent
Half-overtakes a bus that is signalling to pull out. Does a full circle in the middle of the road. Distracts drivers further by tapping on their windows to tell them that they are indeed distracted. And then continues to ride on the right hand side of the lane whilst a motorbike is trying to cut through traffic behind him (when there is clearly a dedicated cycle lane)…
This man is a fool lmao. Trying to prosecute others when he is a liability himself.
You're just unbelievably deluded. It's just normal safe filtering, and the police are fine with riding like this, largely because it's both legal and I'm visibly careful about the traffic I'm in. No laws were broken by me, and noone was put in danger by me. The dedicated cycle lane was full of a bus and parked cars, stupid boy.
@@CyclingMikeystop being a child and read the Highway code. It's clear you're uneducated about the law, I certainly wouldn't feel safe driving with a dangerous cyclist like you on the roads
Habitual phone-using-driver spotted 🧐
Mikey. I've said it before mate. I admire the fact you are doing this. But please, just capture the evidence and move on as if you were NOT trying to capture it, London has some nutters mate and you do not want to let one of them be aware you have captured them using the phone whilst sitting on a bike in a busy road. If one opens a door and knocks you over into the other lane as a bus or lorry is passing it will be game over buddy. Take care and best wishes Mikey.
You’re doing a good job Mikey, keep at it. A lot of people drive dangerously these days and sadly forget what they learn during their lessons.
Thank you kindly!
Do feel safe weaving in and out of traffic,you must sleep really well with such a holier than though attitude
There's this little thing called the Highway Code. It references filtering, which is quite normal on two wheels. I'm fine with the good level of care I took here, and the police were fine with my riding too.
Why are they only getting warning letters? Mikey catches enough drivers to fill that £22million black hole they claim to have. And they are less likely to do it again.
the Met sure do love printing warning letters
Is a warning letter simply the MET saying "Meh, cant be bothered".
I presume The Met want you to give it up and move on. A pretty depressing response from the police nut they do seem to have given up in many cases of law enforcement.
Why oh why are they now just issuing warning letters?
May I say that your cycling is incredibly dangerous. Cutting in between moving vehicle in possible blindspot and bus when car had right of way due to your path being blocked by bus. Pulling up beside a vehicle on wrong side of road, then cutting up vehicle as you meandered into centre of road pulling away. Please be careful and take care of yourself and others. Some people may not see you and react sharply putting yourself and other road-users in danger.
No, you're just wrong. The police are fine with my riding, and it's obvious it's careful and done with looking.
Seems fine to me. Cycling in dense urban traffic heavy environments is always dangerous, you have to ride and position yourself in a variety of positions.
I thought it was at least 3 point on a license.
For me such blatant disregard for other road users is why mandatory bans in line with drink driving are needed. She even drove forward without so much of glance over her shoulder. The Met and TfL are complicit in this and should be made accountable.
If a driver so willingly breaks the law and displays such poor driving practices, what other laws do they break behind the wheel.
Drink/drug driving for one after all the chance of getting caught is negligible is it not. Until BOOM and she ruins a life.
I don’t disagree that using a mobile whilst driving is very dangerous the driver should be prosecuted, these people are stationary albeit in traffic and therefore ‘breaking the law’ as it stands, it is hardly the same as drink driving and quite a ridiculous comparison to make. You are stretching the law to an extreme to imply otherwise. By your standards cyclists who run red lights, ride on pavement and get too close to a car (the 5’ rule should apply both ways), should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Common sense seems to have put its coat and left the debate. No one has ever died or caused a death by sitting in a stationary car and using their phone.
@Cheersbigears66 neither has someone sitting in a car pished but the moment they move, they just might. The driver moved forward with zero checks and no hazard perception. Bring up cyclists, why as it is irrelevant to this debate?
And yes people have died through cars being manoeuvred at low speed by distracted drivers, surely you must realise that?
@ once again you are exaggerating the truth. If someone is drunk behind the wheel of a stationary car they won’t kill anyone. When they drive the car either before or after they become stationary they may well cause an accident. Same as someone on their phone. I brought up cyclists because you are making assumptions that the people in video may cause an accident, the point is they haven’t, by simply have the phone in their hand whilst sitting behind the wheel of the car. I am going to make an assumption of my own. If you drive a car I bet you have broken the speed limit which makes you a hypocrite simply because you could have killed someone ‘if’ you’d had an accident. You see my point? It’s an exaggeration on my behalf, same as you.
I've broken the speed limit many times where appropriate and safe. Never drink drive, never speed in a 30 or 40, never use a phone whilst driving.
194 on a deserted A74(M) at dawn on a summer's day, probably as bad but only a danger to me Mr mind reader
@ still could have had an accident and killed someone. I bet you’re were more likely to kill someone speeding on the A74 than someone pulling forward in traffic at pedestrian pace whilst holding a mobile phone.
One way to help all people would be to call out entitled behaviour that is evident ,no matter the mode of transport. 🧍♂️🚶♂️👩🦼🚶🏃♂️🕺🏄🏊♀️🚴♂️🚴
Great work 💪
No clue.
Courts are too busy, I suppose.
Thats true, the court in Glasgow is too busy dealing with evil me who asked a lady to not park on a bus stop as I reported a car already parked there for having no road tax. She then called the police and accused me of saying "horrible things" to her. The police of corse asked me nothing about it before charging me with a breach of the peace. It's vital the courts deal with people like me and not people preventing disabled people from safely accessing the bus services. 🤪
If the phpne is in speaker phone mode why does she need to hold it?
If she just used the phone like it was intended to be used she would have been fine.
I am with you here, why do so many folk seem to do this, it seemed to start on the apprentice (in the back of the taxi. Just hold the phone to your ear (not when driving obvs)
MET too busy trying to find possible offences on another UA-camr because they don't like the content then doxing said UA-camr then spending hours trying to cover up said doxing with the full backing of it's PCC [we all know who that is]. All whilst stabbings continue, phone and watch snatching continues and general crime rates need to be tweaked [just like air pollution and peoples consultations and scientific reports] to make them [cough splutter] better.
Another warning letter,YAWN, pointless laws with no enforcement.
They probably just sick of you
Well Mikey and many of us are sick of people putting others in danger.
@Jimmyspangle yeah, looks dangerous asf going on your phone when a car is stationary
@Jimmyspangle and before you have a little sook I don't agree with it when the car is moving, America should change it but still
Novelty has worn off now , why don't you get a life😁
@@TMD-i3i She's not stationary. And you really think she'd finish the call if the queue suddenly started moving quicker.
PLOICE do NOT care any more , only go after folk for HURTY WORDS NOW
i understand why u do it, but circling them and going up to there window is strange behaviour. theres plenty of nutters out there, ull do it to the wrong person
Yet another useless response from the Met office.
Originally thought, after seeing the memeulous video, that what you were doing was ridiculous, but after watching for myself i realised that youre doing the right thing so keep up the good work Mikey 👊
Thank you kindly! I try quite hard to do the right thing, but it sure doesn't make me popular haha.
@CyclingMikey Even if you save the life of one person, it's completely worth it. I think what you're doing is amazing, and don't listen to people who tell you otherwise, because saving lives is the most important thing.
@beasthozer3372 I think collectively, the mass of people reporting road offences must have saved some lives. I doubt I have saved any personally via this. Together, in the last year, members of the public have made some 150,000 allegations with video evidence according to a recent BBC programme.
If only it were possible to change driver behaviour without prosecution, that would be awesome. Being prosecuted isn't nice, and I don't like seeing their pain in court. I still think it's the right thing to do, because "words of advice" are generally met with a FOFF.
@@CyclingMikey if you think your some type of hero your highly mistaken and if you want to save life’s join the army become a war medic or a paramedic for the nhs
@CyclingMikey What annoys me the most is that it's just common sense not to use your phone whilst driving, it's plainly stupid. Hopefully these cases dwindle with the help of you and other camera cyclists and I really respect the work you all put in to make the roads a safer place
Yes, cop an eyeful of evidence........👀👀.
Mikey is the type of guy who will remind the teacher they forgot to collect homework
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified.
The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you.
150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
And?
@@peterwillson1355 LOL! TBF I was a naughty and lazy little shit at school, so never reminded anyone about homework. When I eventually learned why doing homework was such a good idea, I became super studious and just worked my arse off. Didn't bother about the people who didn't want to work, and there were very few of those in my school cohort.
loads of loser trolls in comments here since that hate video
Never ending story unfortunately
If they went full on over this there would be an outcry,,,, freedomm,,,, or some such crap and a hell of a lot fewr cars on the road, the priority is uninsured drivers, cant afford the policy but driving anyway, you get hit by them, you are screwed
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Grass
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified.
The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you.
150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
You know it mate
@@davidgarratt5518 Grass/snitch/snake are words used only by children and criminals. Which one are you two?
You're both part of the problem group of drivers on our roads when you defend bad driving and are upset by basic Peelian principles.
@@CyclingMikey I totally agree it shouldn’t be a problem. Firstly I don’t drive and secondly you’re not a copper. But I notice you pick and choose who you grass on. I bet if it was BMW with some. big African geezer at the wheel you cycle by. But if not prove me wrong, easy to pick on women.
@@davidgarratt5518 I catch roughly four men for every one woman. Plenty of big burly blokes in my videos. I’m not the keyboard warrior here, lad.
Ask a lot of drivers, who are the biggest danger on our roads and unbelievably they will say cyclists. There is a real disconnect between drivers and their actions.
@@ForlornCarnival The reality is quite different:
Were you to wave a magic wand and instantly make all cyclists behave perfectly, road KSI stats wouldn't change noticeably. Do the same for drivers instead, and you'll stop almost all traffic deaths and injuries. Do you see why I don't bother with cyclists now?
Drivers, as groups of people, are far more lawbreaking than cyclists. This is why something like 95% of driver/cyclist collisions are solely the fault of the driver.
@@ForlornCarnival Things that never happened.
Looking at the comments below, I see I'm not the only one thinking of the relation between the bubble concrete scandal and the warning letters.
Should be 11 points right up when you have a car equipped with hands free bluetooth from factory. Such laziness and willful ignorance.
Phone?
What phone?
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And adjusting your heating, fan, music and, in a Tesla, opening the glove locker from a central screen isn't equally distracting
100% POINTLESS, I was of the opinion that they did some good, but honestly, now, I dont think they do.
I was speaking to a senior Met Officer recently, and there is some data that they do have an effect. Obviously it's less than prosecution, but I think I'm generally OK with warning letters.
@@CyclingMikey I would love to see that data, I suspect it has a shorter influence.
I was ok with warning letters until you think about it, for instance, a very close pass is threatening behaviour, a threat similar to a knife.
@@007floppyboy I reckon I'm more OK with driver courses than warning letters, and my view is probably not too far different than yours.
@@CyclingMikey Yes, 100% correct, taking time and paying for the course is much much better.
It sinks in, sinks in deep.
Bans for phone drivers 🤬
Oh come on Mikey it's an Audi driver you can't expect more than blatant disregard for the highways code or any other drivers around. 😅
Can’t be bothered can they
Blue tooth hands free has been in most cars since the mid teens, so there is absolutely no reason to be hand held, indeed if handsfree is available in the vehicle the penalty fine should be doubled.
Get a job in the met police and see how much people they catch on mobile phones everyday I.dives a jeep I saw loads even texting
LOL, I have a job already, and I don't think I'm tough enough to be a police officer. I couldn't take the death, blood and gore.
minding your own business is a wondrous skill that you should learn
Committing traffic offences that endanger us all is everyone's business. Don't side yourself with the lawbreakers and don't defend such dangerous driving.
It's easy to get away with using your phone behind the wheel once. What about for a whole week? A month? I or another camera user only have to catch you just over once every three years, and you'll be disqualified.
The idea that anyone anywhere could video you any time takes all the fun out of anti-social driving. The sense of paranoia really eats away at you.
150,000 video allegations made across England and Wales in the last year, most were prosecuted.
Another Audi driver. 😮
if the law is not going to be enforced then its no law at all.
What in the knockers was she doing holding that phone . a warning letter is not the breast response from the met .
Well done staying safe in the situation too
I believe you were trying to capture the phone screen but moving in close and filming straight down when a woman is wearing a low cut top could easily be misconstrued.
For the reason that some people may find this action arousing, you should take down this video immediately.
If you feel it necessary, you could upload a censored version but if I were you, I'd steer well clear.
You really need to start thinking more about your actions before jumping in.
The man who drives around looking for people on phones 😂😂
Another lucky driver. The CPS must be busy with other matters!!! It's frustrating sometimes Mikey 🙄
I got a successful prosecution in court which didn't show the screen lit up, just obviously using it.
Sure, obvious typing is another way to prove usage.
Hey! I was caught on security camera burglaring a property. Fortunately the Met. only sent me a warning letter.
Hi Mickey! A shocking decision. Your hard work will go to further waste when an ineffective police admin workforce is reduced to drive down costs..
I wish the Police could put in the same amount of effort that you do, Mikey.
I think you really ought to be careful mate..you only need one lunatic to loose their cool with you mate !!!! Be careful 👍
It's the drivers who need to be careful. What would your solution be to this extremely dangerous activity?
I think I would have waited till the traffic started moving to see if she still holds the phone while actually driving.
It's irrelevant though, she's still driving (i.e. in charge of her car) whilst stationary. Stationary phone drivers are still dangerous for many reasons:
1) The people using their phones when stationary are very often the same people using them when moving. They only put the phone down because I caught them.
2) They are entirely unaware of people crossing the road around them. See here where a phone driver almost hits someone in the queue
twitter.com/phonekills/status/1491526464520560641?s=20
See this other tweet where a 5 year old child is almost hit by a phone driver who was stationary:
x.com/cmdkenyon/status/1724483042046067052?s=20
And another:
x.com/WelshBrendan2/status/1796099766557774129
3) They are entirely unaware of filtering cyclists and motorcyclists, despite the Highway Code requiring us to be aware of this.
4) Phone distraction lasts for a good time after you put the phone away. Even if you're only using the phone in each traffic queue at each junction (which is highly unlikely), then you're constantly topping up your mental distraction and are basically as disabled as a drunk driver.
5) Phone driving is worse than drink driving for distraction rates, and that's why it's part of the #Fatal4 behaviours that police target heavily.
6) Here's a police officer telling you that he has been on the scene for 3 fatal RTCs involving drivers who were stationary whilst using their phones, and then moved off and caused a collision: twitter.com/markandcharlie/status/1604073330751197184?s=20&t=uj8sgu7spu4cTyDqqqds2g
7) Policing phone drivers will help them stop other traffic offences too - it's vanishingly rare that someone only breaks a single traffic law like mobile phone use.
8) Parliament recently chose to strengthen the mobile phone law around stationary phone use because it's dangerous and the science supports this.
I'm really not interested in this nonsense of "it's not dangerous when stationary, because it clearly is and it's clearly still very appropriate to catch these drivers.
‘Stationary’ handheld phone use while in traffic is illegal
I just think if it had gone to court her first line would have been 'I only use it when I'm stationary' could be the difference between a warning and points/fine
she is moving
Two tier punishments
Thank you for helping keep the streets safe.
Well al least her pretty face is on you tube, named and shamed.
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Congrats, buy yourself a balloon.
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Isn't this "First' business such a handy way of identifying the dweebs?