Video: Close-passing, ultra-sweary driver takes a tumble after chasing and kicking out at cyclist

I'm sorry but I thoroughly enjoyed all of that

cba watching the foreplay but the money shot is classic work.
what a bellend

Always be mindful that the driver could turn out to be a proper psycho who is tooled up! Sometimes it's better to report it rather than chases them down.

I really don't think the car passed that closely! At the speeds involved and given the street and the nature of the parking I wouldn't even register that car as passing too closely. I may be opening myself up for criticism saying that on here but, really, I think that cyclist is a camera-equipped evangelist allowing/wanting a situation to arise which needn't.

I just don't get some commenters' emphasis on the cyclist's actions.

I wouldn't have done what he did (and I watched the video with the sound off so I probably missed much of the interaction).

But some people behave recklessly and others lose their tempers in the face of dangerous behaviour, that's just human nature.

Mostly it surely just shows the utter crapness of our street designs and the problem with 'taking primary' and the vehicular-cycling stuff.

When you have motorists with an inflated sense of entitlement and anger-management issues whizzing at speed along narrow roads with cars parked on both sides, there are going to be bad outcomes. Even if they sometimes lead to video stills that look as if someone's mastered the art of levitation.

So the cyclist should have let the driver carry on driving that manner unchallenged? Until the next time when that driver accidentally "clips" one of us and puts us in hospital? ****shit.

That cyclist did nothing wrong, though I'd not have ridden away myself. I'd have got off the bike and shown the overweight dickhead how a cyclists cardio-vascular system can be used for more than just pedalling.

Is this in London by any chance? Remind me never to visit again. Shithole.

Unnecessary escalation from cyclist-two wrongs don't make a right-this overweight,angry,middle aged driver running down the street could have banged his head on the road as he fell and died-it happens,think of all the one punch deaths we hear of
Then where is the cyclist? Answering police questions and replaying his own actions for the rest of his life

I know the cyclist was wronged,but it happens to us allthe time-fair enough,challenge the driver if you happen to catch up with him,but once the initial exchange occurs and it becomes obvious what kind of twat he was dealing with,just ride off-the cameras captured enough sweary stuff and threats to go the cops with if you want to ,but continuing a row is just escalating the situation

Takes a bigger man to rise above it and ride off

Thing is if you bait the bear it 'will' get you!

Needless escalation of the situation from the rider's side me think.
But that fall... . Uncharitable I know.
Yes he should have worn a helmet and some high-viz.

Maybe I'm being cynical but I can easily imagine the scenario where the incident gets reported the police and the driver blames it all on the cyclist and claims the cyclist assaulted him and caused facial injuries

At least having it on camera protects him against that; even it it does show that he's a bit of a prat who went looking for a confrontation.

Did the car run you over, NO so just carry on with your ride!

lol...."put your fucking mouth shut!" - what a brilliant line.

Sadly I doubt the Police would do anything about the close pass in isolation - not sure video is enough. They *should* do something about the threatening behaviour, driving without a seatbelt and Battery (or whatever that physical attack was?). He says on YT that he isn't going to report it though...

That driver was scarily quick to anger... the original point the cyclist made about the driver passing to close was correct and not in any way antagonistic.

The driver certainly needs a bit of education in respect of best practice for cycling... in that situation, narrow road, close to a junction, parked cars both sides the cyclist would have been far better off riding primary and therefore preventing the dangerous overtake in the first place.

That said, if you make a comment to a driver that they were too close and they come back with a barrage of ignorance and anger, you're unlikely to change their view on the matter and IMO best off just riding away and leaving them to their unhappy lives.

After the trying to grab his camera and then trying to take it off him I think this case should be reported to the Police. Maybe they can point out just how ill-informed he is about the rights cyclists have and about cycling best practice.

Mind you, if this goes viral, the response he'll get from any friends he has will probably be punishment enough

Front tire @ 3:06 looks like there's minimal tread left on it... hope it's road worthy

Agree with above comments that the cyclist should have walked away sooner.

Fair enough saying to the driver that he passed too close but then the cyclist should have left it at that

Not sure what the cyclist achieved here other than making himself look as big a wally as the driver. I'd say both of them have anger-management issues. Was the pass close? Yes, a little, but if I yelled at everyone who passed that close to me I'd end up with a very croaky voice and in therapy. In his pursuit the cyclist also came rather too close when weaving between a crossing pedestrian and a woman crossing the road on her bike - always best to practice what you preach.

The fall was pretty funny but it shouldn't have got to that point.

Holier than thou antagonistic cyclists make city riding worse for the rest of us.