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[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 150 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fuck these entitled twats.

Power to this dude and the fellow cyclist for standing up to this bullshit💪🍀

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 128 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Here's the original video on CyclingMikey's YouTube channel!

I love his calm and simple approach to calling out dangerous behaviour from motorists.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, I wouldn't have been able to stay that calm. That comes from years of practice in dealing with these knobs. I would have been sorely tempted to grab that door and yank it forwards, which would only make matters worse.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Thank you for finding/posting a version without shitty music that makes it harder to hear what people are saying.

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[–] PhoenixAlpha@lemmy.ca 107 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“How am I meant to hit you?”
-A person who has just hit someone...twice.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's no justifiable reason for the driver to still be allowed to drive, the only reasonable consequence for these actions is the permanent loss of their drivers license

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 49 points 1 week ago (5 children)

According to the original video posted elsewhere on this thread, he got fined a whopping £140.

£50 for driving like a twat, and £90 for trying to run the cameraman over.

Being drunk at the wheel is about the only sure fire way to lose your license in the UK.

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[–] spechter@feddit.org 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You would actually lose your license in germany over such behaviour. You may get it back, but you need to convince a psychologist beforehaned that you've got your temper under control.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In Germany you can go 122km/h in a 50km/h zone, kill three people while doing so and permanently cripple a fourth one, and still you get your driver's license back just like that, because you claim that you need a car for work: https://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/rentner-fuhr-drei-franzosen-tot-doch-kriegt-fuehrerschein-zurueck-zr-91815963.html

In the same article it references a guy who tried to escape the police while being high on cocaine and alcohol and killed a 14yo by running him over. He was sentenced for murder, but also got his license back after 5 years.

You can run a red light in a 40 ton truck and kill a pedestrian right in front of his wife, and you can just keep your driver's license without restrictions, because "nobody would benefit from putting the truck driver out of work": https://archive.is/W59hd

Germany is certainly not a good example for that kind of stuff. Germany is the carbrain capitol of Europe.

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty sure in my country the police would have just tased the cyclist 😢

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago

Then the news would report you as a protester, because running over protesters is now socially acceptable in this land of freedom.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 72 points 1 week ago

Dude is being really chill when the driver basically committed attempted murder.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (5 children)

He smacked the cyclist with his car, twice, on purpose, while in a bike labe he drove into, also on purpose.

If this was Denmark he'd lose his car and the license to even own one.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 week ago

A Mercedes driver being a cunt? Wow, never seen that before 🤣
At least he used his indicators, which is a minor miracle.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I applaud the dude for doing this, really, but I honestly wouldn't be ready to throw my life away that easily. Imagine the situation if this was in the US instead of the UK and someone was carrying.

[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago

This is one of the reasons Europeans claim to have freedoms USAmericans don't.

But yeah, context matters.

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[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But... He has to go to work, you guys. SMH my fucking head.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (25 children)

You're shaking your head your fucking head?

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

Police show up

"Sir, this is a bike lane."

[–] dastanktal@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 week ago

This was satisfying to watch

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 week ago

To the UK's credit, police will prosecute drivers using video evidence, so "CyclingMikey" does this stuff all day long.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 40 points 1 week ago (25 children)

This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).

This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen

Good.

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Wild seeing police do anything constructive.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hard to say what the police would've done in the US of A

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They would have put the cyclist in jail

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He doesn't need a ticket. They should seize his car and sell it and take his license forever.

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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 25 points 1 week ago

Fitting he's in a Benz.

[–] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Why is it always the kind of person you think it's gonna be? I mean, always. One can match the level of inconsiderable idiocy from car models alone.

Imagine knowing you're wrong and persist and insist this much in continuing to do the wrong thing in front of everyone, so that everyone can behold the thing that everyone knows that is wrong for you to be doing, and you still continue to do the wrong thing that you know that everyone knows that you know that is wrong to do. No? Hurts your brain, doesn't it?

Now... Why is his license plate blurred in the video? Does this level of inconsiderate behaviour deserve that level of consideration in return?

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why is his license plate blurred in the video?

Especially when he read it out loud lol

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[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

I was hoping the cyclist would lose his balance and fall on the hood of the car when he was rammed. Not that I want the cyclist injured, of course, but damage to the precious car? I'm all for that.

I had a road rage incident while I was out riding yesterday - I was in the middle of the lane passing some pedestrians. Note, this is a country road, and there's no sidewalk or even shoulder. It's a pretty popular cycling route, but it's the first time I've seen people walking there (I'm not even sure where they were going). Some jackass rolled up right behind me and blew the horn, as I was next to the pedestrians. I gave the "what the hell" gesture, then after I passed the pedestrians, I moved closer to the right edge of the lane, and he swerved over to run me off the road.

Set a few PRs after that incident. lol Later, the rear derailleur cable broke, and I got rained on, so the end of the ride was less great than the rest of it (which was a pretty good ride aside from those incidents).

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kinda hilarious someone blurred out his license plate but the cyclist reads it out and that was left in.

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