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Cycling Mikey

Seve OB

Any of you guys seen this fellas You Tube channel and whatever other platform he posts on? I'm all for seeing road users who break the laws/rules get punished, but this guy goes way to far. I should point out before anyone gets the wrong impression that I do believe if someone is breaking the law they should be punished. While I have absolutely no sympathy for some of these drivers, it's Mickeys attitude and the way he goes about his business and some of his "collars" is what I despise.

The first few of his videos which I seen left me kind of impressed with him to be honest, but that's because they were genuine enough going about his daily business and coming across absolute assholes.

But then you look at what he actually does, he has targeted a few locations where he can shoot some fish in a barrel. He purposely just goes out to catch motorists breaking the law, which some will commend him for and some of the absolute tossers he has caught most definitely deserved their punishment, but most of them are quite innocent and Mickey is just on a bit of a power trip. He cycles up and down gridlocked traffic to try and catch someone who might be checking their messages/maps whatever. These are stationary cars who are not moving anywhere. He sneaks up on them and if they don't twig him looking through their window he might read out their text/private information. He calls out their reg number in the phonetic alphabet as if he is on the Bill. He stands behind bushes with his helmet cam on ready to jump out at unsuspecting road users. He speaks to them like he is their superior.

I am surprised I haven't seen any comments on his videos which slate him off for what he does, but I guess he probably just gets them deleted. I have only seen one video of his where someone shouted some stick at him for doing what he does. I'm surprised he hasn't had more threats, although maybe he just keeps those clips to himself or I'd say it would be more likely that he is trying to get people prosecuted for threating behaviour.

I'm surprised he hasn't been slapped around a bit or had his bike nicked (although maybe he has). All in all, I find him to be a very unlikable person, slithery and sneaky.

What do you think of him and they way he conducts his operations?

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buffalo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Has he campaigned the relevant authority to do something to prevent cars going down the right on that stretch? Seems like a no brainer with the amount of video he has there. I'd be more supportive of him if he won the battle here like that and move the war on somewhere else.

Why is it up to him to fix the problem? There's no pleasing some people!

Surely the police or LA should notice the amount of fines being issued at that junction and take action?

crazy 88

buffalo wrote: »

Why is it up to him to fix the problem? There's no pleasing some people! Surely the police or LA should notice the amount of fines being issued at that junction and take action?

So he can finally move on with his life and into move into proper accommodation instead of living behind a bush

CramCycle

Deleted User wrote: »

Has he campaigned the relevant authority to do something to prevent cars going down the right on that stretch? Seems like a no brainer with the amount of video he has there. I'd be more supportive of him if he won the battle here like that and move the war on somewhere else.

Can't make money if people start behaving. Buffalo is right that it is up to the police but on the same note, they obviously haven't noted a pattern of accidents there or they presumably would have done something. He could easily have made a reasonable petition to the council or met if safety was his primary concern.

Mc Love

CramCycle wrote: »

"Have you not seen the viral videos" LOL, no, its a few thousand views in a city of millions a good chunk of those views are probably from Ireland at the minute.

This said, it is funny how many of them persist in engaging with him, they are morons. You see the smart ones immediately pull back in, but the ones who persist, you have to wonder the mentality. They would have been through the junction. I still say if his only interest was safety though he would simply sit there and film and report. That said, luckily for him he isn't in Ireland or he would have to go to court each time of the gardai even bothered and a judge or garda would blame him for some of the incidents.

He makes a good point, none of the morons will call the police and if they do, they are even bigger morons.

km991148

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Looks like all the predictions that someone was going to physically respond to Mikey were correct.

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Amazing how people that were in so much of a rush that they had to drive on the wrong side of the road seemingly have loads of time to hang around and debate the point.

I seen that yesterday - but too busy for here..

Unfortunately correct on both points.

CramCycle

Mc Love wrote: »

He makes a good point, none of the morons will call the police and if they do, they are even bigger morons.

Don't underestimate stupidity, we have a drug dealer in Dublin turn up at the station to report his gear taken. It was the Gardai who cleared it in a raid.

Mc Love

Now that, is a special kind of stupid. I hope he was arrested on the spot

[Deleted User]

Could it be possible that having words with a driver actually helps to improve driving quality?

https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1378021257820700675?s=19

MojoMaker

Good result. Cough duly softened for the good of all.

Seve OB

I see a driver waiting for an opportunity to pass on a tight road in one clip.

In the other clip on a much wider road I see a driver taking his opportunity to pass, but cut it a bit tight in doing so.

[Deleted User]

Bloody amateur, how the hell does he expect to get the clicks and thumbs ups if he doesn't hide in a bush like Mikey

[Deleted User]

Seve OB wrote: »

I see a driver waiting for an opportunity to pass on a tight road in one clip.

In the other clip on a much wider road I see a driver taking his opportunity to pass, but cut it a bit tight in doing so.

Please hand over your driving licence until you learn to overtake properly.

Seve OB

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Please hand over your driving licence until you learn to overtake properly.

Did I say that I overtake cyclists like that?

[Deleted User]

Seve OB wrote: »

Did I say that I overtake cyclists like that?

If you think that driver was 'taking his opportunity' you really do need to learn to driver.

CramCycle

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Could it be possible that having words with a driver actually helps to improve driving quality?

https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1378021257820700675?s=19

I'll admit I could be wrong, just a devils advocate bit below though and bare with me, I'm very cynical.
This driver is now well behaved around one cyclist or it just happens that some drivers are good sometimes and bad others. Not saying either is the case here. Loads of drivers drive slowly on certain stretches as they are used to cameras there, they don't lift their phones on certain stretches of road as they are common for checkpoints and so on. While I would love to be wrong, those drivers Mickey catches might become better at that junction, I am doubtful they improve in general. Id put money on that if they were in traffic and someone went for it and Mickey didn't step out, they would go for it again, I hope I'm wrong. Like I said, he is doing nothing wrong but if he was in it purely for good (and there is nothing wrong with not being in it solely for the benefit of others), he'd do alot more if he just took info and reported. He would catch alot more and many people would learn to behave on the basis they either will or are close to losing their licence.

[Deleted User]

The ethical dilemmas of driver shaming

https://twitter.com/MikeyCycling/status/1381670442952495105?s=19

[Deleted User]

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

The ethical dilemmas of driver shaming

https://twitter.com/MikeyCycling/status/1381670442952495105?s=19

Fair play to him for knowing what grynder looks like from a distance

magicbastarder

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

The ethical dilemmas of driver shaming

the fact that he had to ask to realise right from wrong here doesn't speak well for him.

timmyjimmy

Another example of righttobikeit being a law onto himself. This is a shared pedestrian path in Cork:

https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1380600880618147842?s=20

DaveyDave

Just watched a few of his clips there he really needs to take the lane. It's ridiculous that you have to do it but you really need to force people to budge over the line. For whatever reason motorists will do everything they can to keep their wheel from crossing the lane marker.

When I pass a cyclist my car is fully in the next lane and almost always the cars behind barely move over even though there's no oncoming traffic.

Duckjob

timmyjimmy wrote: »

Another example of righttobikeit being a law onto himself. This is a shared pedestrian path in Cork:

https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1380600880618147842?s=20

"Bike lane". It's not a bike lane through the crossing. There's no clear deliniation for bike/pedestrians there, nor does there need to be. A bit of basic cop on tells you when you're going across a crossing you'll be mixing more closely with people on foot so you just need to slow down a bit.

IrishLad90

Wow, thus thread is still going and this Mikey guy has not stopped :O i thought it was just a scorned phase from him

CramCycle

Mc Love wrote: »

He makes a good point, none of the morons will call the police and if they do, they are even bigger morons.

timmyjimmy wrote: »

Another example of righttobikeit being a law onto himself. This is a shared pedestrian path in Cork:

https://twitter.com/righttobikeit/status/1380600880618147842?s=20

Duckjob wrote: »

"Bike lane". It's not a bike lane through the crossing. There's no clear deliniation for bike/pedestrians there, nor does there need to be. A bit of basic cop on tells you when you're going across a crossing you'll be mixing more closely with people on foot so you just need to slow down a bit.

Apparently she says to him he shouldn't be there (I don't see it or hear it, he says it in a reply), but regardless, it is a shared space, and he is moving too fast, in particular because he can clearly see her from ages away. No ifs or buts, he is in the wrong no matter what she said.

timmyjimmy

CramCycle wrote: »

Apparently she says to him he shouldn't be there (I don't see it or hear it, he says it in a reply), but regardless, it is a shared space, and he is moving too fast, in particular because he can clearly see her from ages away. No ifs or buts, he is in the wrong no matter what she said.

There's lots of examples of righttobikeit behaving in a same manner. He deletes lots of videos where he gets called out. I actually saw him with my own 2 eyes cycling the wrong way down a one way straight and then give out to someone who walked in front of him.
I don't know but I think career bike camera men are probably the worst type of cyclist, they all seem to have a chip on their shoulder.

Duckjob

CramCycle wrote: »

Apparently she says to him he shouldn't be there (I don't see it or hear it, he says it in a reply), but regardless, it is a shared space, and he is moving too fast, in particular because he can clearly see her from ages away. No ifs or buts, he is in the wrong no matter what she said.

Yeah he seems to be clinging to the argument that one side of the crossing is a bike lane and one side is pedestrian lane, apparently based on the alignment of the traffic lights at the side! As Roger in Lethal Weapon was fond of saying - "that's pretty f****n thin!"

The twitter thread smacks of someone who just can't admit when they've got it wrong.

ED E

Every reply is telling him to cop on and he keeps digging.

CramCycle

ED E wrote: »

Every reply is telling him to cop on and he keeps digging.

Except for some guy called Colin, who I think is implying that he was 100% in the right and should have mown her down (artistic license used).
Holy f*ck, I have made mistakes on foot, bike and car on priority, you hold up your hands and say sorry, end of story.
All I can think of is Homer Simpson shouting at the two of them to dig up.

ozzy jr

This fella popped up in my recommended YouTube videos the other day (The Micky Fella).

At the end of some of his videos he lists the fine and points given out. Sometimes he mentions a victim surcharge. It might be £30 or thereabouts. Does he pocket that?

[Deleted User]

ozzy jr wrote: »

This fella popped up in my recommended YouTube videos the other day.

At the end of some of his videos he lists the fine and points given out. Sometimes he mentions a victim surcharge. It might be £30 or thereabouts. Does he pocket that?

No.

crazy 88

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

No.

You have obviously audited him so we'll take your word for it.