[One traffic light green, three traffic lights red, CyclingMikey ‘accidentally’ rides through red light junction unlike the motor traffic that stayed stopped]
"I'll pay the fine! You're not going to see me complaining": CyclingMikey shares footage of him accidentally riding through red light, although barrister doubts prosecution is "in the public interest"
Here's a bizarre turn of events for your Wednesday live blog. CyclingMikey, the road safety campaigner who uploads and reports videos of road users committing traffic offences, has shared his latest video, in which the road user in question is... himself?!
Having stopped at traffic lights on Eccleston Street in Westminster, one of the four lights visible soon turned green, signalling the bicycle rider to advance and cross the junction. However, with no traffic following, and the benefit of camera footage to look back on, he worked out the other three lights were red and the green light was in fact for traffic from another direction and had been twisted out of place. How the junction should
look...
CyclingMikey red light video (YouTube/CyclingMikey)
Anyway, Mikey took the bold (and admirably principled) step of uploading
the footage to social media and even invited any trolls who may wish to report the incident to the police, giving the time and date of the incident to assist any report.
"It's my mistake, I hold my hands up, I'm at fault there," Mikey told his YouTube video. "I missed that the other two traffic lights were still red.
I realised something was wrong when the scooter rider next to me revved his engine and then stopped, so he obviously almost got caught too, but he and the other scooter rider behind me didn't follow through.
That's probably the best use of video cameras that I have over the years, that I can go back and look at when there's been a point of conflict or something's gone unexpectedly and I can find out what went wrong and change my own riding as a result.
"I'm sure that some trolls would like to report me for running the red light... you're welcome to, I'll even give you the time and date! It was yesterday, the 8th April, at 13:16, I'm sure you can work out where the
road is.
"If the police prosecute me, so what? I'll pay the fine, you're not going
to see me complaining."
Barrister and fellow YouTuber the BlackBeltBarrister saw the footage and suggested it "ought not be in the public interest" to prosecute in this
case.
"Perfect example of where the police can use discretion as this video
serves as education and a show of integrity — so it ought not to be in the public interest to prosecute," he commented.
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On 11/04/2024 11:11 am, Spike wrote:
[One traffic light green, three traffic lights red, CyclingMikey
‘accidentally’ rides through red light junction unlike the motor traffic >> that stayed stopped]
"I'll pay the fine! You're not going to see me complaining": CyclingMikey
shares footage of him accidentally riding through red light, although
barrister doubts prosecution is "in the public interest"
Here's a bizarre turn of events for your Wednesday live blog. CyclingMikey, >> the road safety campaigner who uploads and reports videos of road users
committing traffic offences, has shared his latest video, in which the road >> user in question is... himself?!
Having stopped at traffic lights on Eccleston Street in Westminster, one of >> the four lights visible soon turned green, signalling the bicycle rider to >> advance and cross the junction. However, with no traffic following, and the >> benefit of camera footage to look back on, he worked out the other three
lights were red and the green light was in fact for traffic from another
direction and had been twisted out of place. How the junction should
look...
CyclingMikey red light video (YouTube/CyclingMikey)
Anyway, Mikey took the bold (and admirably principled) step of uploading
the footage to social media and even invited any trolls who may wish to
report the incident to the police, giving the time and date of the incident >> to assist any report.
"It's my mistake, I hold my hands up, I'm at fault there," Mikey told his
YouTube video. "I missed that the other two traffic lights were still red. >> I realised something was wrong when the scooter rider next to me revved his >> engine and then stopped, so he obviously almost got caught too, but he and >> the other scooter rider behind me didn't follow through.
That's probably the best use of video cameras that I have over the years,
that I can go back and look at when there's been a point of conflict or
something's gone unexpectedly and I can find out what went wrong and change >> my own riding as a result.
"I'm sure that some trolls would like to report me for running the red
light... you're welcome to, I'll even give you the time and date! It was
yesterday, the 8th April, at 13:16, I'm sure you can work out where the
road is.
"If the police prosecute me, so what? I'll pay the fine, you're not going
to see me complaining."
Barrister and fellow YouTuber the BlackBeltBarrister saw the footage and
suggested it "ought not be in the public interest" to prosecute in this
case.
"Perfect example of where the police can use discretion as this video
serves as education and a show of integrity — so it ought not to be in the >> public interest to prosecute," he commented.
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Why doesn't the snivelling hypocrite just report himself to the police?
And of course, while he says he would "pay the fine", the disingenuous
little turd wouldn't get points on his chav-cycling licence, would he?
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