A London cyclist has filmed the moment a driver knocked him off his bike by ramming him with his Ford Focus car.
The footage was uploaded to YouTube on Monday by Olukayode Ibrahim.
The incident was filmed on the A2 outside a Travelodge hotel close to Deptford Bridge Docklands Light Railway station in south east London.
As he filtered through two queues of vehicles towards the advanced stop line, the driver of a Ford Focus at the head of the line repeatedly told him to “get to the side of the road.”
After taking up his position in the bike box, the cyclist told the motorist – who still insisted he should be at the side of the road – that he is being filmed.
Eventually the motorist drove forward with his vehicle and knocked the rider from his bike before driving off.
Ibrahim confirmed on YouTube that he had informed the Metropolitan Police.
58 thoughts on “Video: London driver deliberately knocks cyclist off bike”
Let’s see if the Met take
Let’s see if the Met take this on?
Disappointing to see no one stopped to see if this guy was ok. That’s modern society for you
maviczap wrote:
That’s modern car-driving society for you.
A couple of years ago, I was cycling across Shooter’s Hill Road at the crossing I mentioned yesterday (the one next to Duke Humphrey Road) near to Greenwich Park. As you get close to the entrance to the Park, there’s a road running at 90°, with a mini roundabout on it.
I was about to cross, and there were about five or six cyclists around me, when an almighty crash to our left alerted us to the fact that a scooter rider had just binned it. The scooter was doing cartwheels (it thankfully didn’t hit anyone), and the rider was following it, tumbling over as he did so.
Every single cylist stopped and ran to the scooter rider’s aid. Every single one of us. I and another bloke helped him up, whilst a couple of other people got his scooter upright and off the road. As we were doing so, we were assailed by a veritable caucophony of car horns from the seven or eight car drivers who had been forced to stop.
Two or three of the cyclists said they’d stay with the bloke, and an ambulance was called, so the rest of us left and cycled on.
Not one driver got out of his or her car.
maviczap wrote:
That’s because they were all thinking how the poor sod deserved it, bl00dy cyclist, cos the Times told them it’s War
Thanks Sunday Times and all
Thanks Sunday Times and all the other msm. Cyclists are an out group that people feel can be attacked for any perceived slight, like not keeping to the side of the road.
This isn’t dangerous driving, driving without due care or any other driving offence; this was an assault with a deadly weapon, and if he had used a knife rather than a car, this would be all over the news, and the perpetrator condemned as a thug. But I bet it doesn’t even make the local news.
That’s attempted murder, he
That’s attempted murder, he should expect a £200 fine and £80 victim surcharge…
alansmurphy wrote:
But only if the driver comes forward and can prove that his car was damaged.
And despite his being knocked
And despite his being knocked off, the van driver behind is impatient at being held up and sounds his horn.
Cyclists are viewed as a bunch of lightweights who can be picked upon without retaliation. We need to re-address this perception and establish a culture of waryness around us – much the same as teenagers in hoodies have done for themselves. Hit back.
bikeman01 wrote:
Yep.
Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
Yep.— bikeman01
Yawn! How is the fight going from behind your keyboard?
alansmurphy wrote:
Quite well, actually. As I’ve shared as recently as a month ago, I’ve had to make ‘the fight’ real twice (so far), and I would like to think that the drivers who thought it’d be fun to use me as a punchbag will think twice before trying that again.
You’re welcome.
How is being a pussy from behind a keyboard working out for you?
Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
Yep.
— bikeman01Much as I don’t feel that violence is the answer, it seems that it’s going to come to that one of these days… and nasty fuckers like the driver in this video will get a proper pasting.
Simon E wrote:
About thirty years ago, there was a spate of drivers in the USA being shot by other drivers for perceived bad driving, and after a dozen or so, all drivers suddenly became extremely polite and considerate. As to whether all cyclists should be licenced to carry a gun, I couldn’t possibly comment, but I imagine it wouldn’t take many dead drivers to have an effect.
But it does neatly sum up the problem; we don’t get respect because we are harmless.
burtthebike wrote:
The perception may be that cyclists are harmless, but remember in the US or South Africa, it’s quite common for at least one of the riders in a group ride to be carrying a firearm. There are still close pass incidents in the US while South Africa’s record on road safety is very poor.
If you look at these aggressive blokes in cars, very many of them seem to be in poor shape physically, certainly less fit on average than most regular cyclists. If a situation were to come to blows, I do wonder how many of these aggressive blokes would rapidly find themselves in trouble. From my time doing martial arts I know that some of the most laid back people can also be the most able to look after themselves.
Just to be clear, I’m not a keyboard warrior by any means. Meeting aggression with violence is not a solution. My old karate sensei used to say how martial arts made you aware enough to avoid confrontation.
OldRidgeback wrote:
Fighting is not like Jason Statham and a martial arts film. It takes one (fairly gentle) push to knock you off a bike, you’re then all tangled up in it, trying to unclip, you’re on the ground and probably getting a kicking.
To actually fight back, you’d have to get off the bike first to even stand half a chance. And then there’s the risk of the bike being nicked or run over! And having to run back to the bike, pick it up, jump on it and ride off really slows down your escape.
Punching a driver through an open window is useless, the blow will lack force, you’ve just not got the room or angle to really do much beyond utterly enraging them (and if you’re doing it through an open window, chances are you’re throwing the first punch which will very much go against you in court).
You don’t have to be all Bruce Lee – a street fight between untrained assailants is basically just random messy throwing of punches, shoving and kicking and it WILL hurt.
Plus you never know what’s in the car – could be a weapon in there or something that can be used as a weapon. Basically, never get into a fight unless you are actually trained in how to contain an assailant and/or you have a weapon of your own which you are trained on and happy to use (because using it WILL be a charge of assault). Getting your D-lock out and threatening someone is no good if they snatch it off you and use it against you!
All the fantasies that people have about how they’d step in, do a couple of arty gymnastic kicks and throws and stand there while the girl goes “ooh, my hero!” are just that – fantasies.
I stand by my previous comment – there is no way in hell I’d have placed my bike there; I’d have jumped up the pavement and disappeared somewhere else very quickly.
crazy-legs wrote:
I’ve seen plenty of fights over the years. Back in the day, I was in a few too and some nasty ones at that, but I’ll spare you the details. Edinburgh was quite a bit rougher then than now. I know that they’re not like you see on TV or on films from (painful) first hand experience.
My experience is that some of the aggressive guys are more noise than anything else. The really dangerous people I’ve met over the years have been fairly quiet, until they flip. The trouble is, you can’t always tell just by looking at someone whether their bark will be worse than their bite.
I couldn’t agree more that avoiding the aggression is always the best option. You make a good point that you never know what someone may be carrying in a car, though a D-lock could be handy if required and it’s something a cyclist would reasonably be expected to be carrying, so from a legal perspective would not count as an offensive weapon. As I said before, I’m not some armchair keyboard warrior. I do know what I’m talking about. I’m also well aware that assault is a criminal act and that is something I’d definitely want to avoid.
Avoiding conflict is what my karate teacher said all those years ago. I learned the hard way how right he was.
OldRidgeback wrote:
Evidence? Not that I doubt you, but I’ve never heard of any cyclist carrying a firearm, let alone being quite common. Where are all the reports of drivers being shot by cyclists?
OldRidgeback wrote:
It’s easier for car drivers to have weapons (more space for them in a car), so I don’t think that weaponising cyclists is a good tactic.
Also, even the best martial artist is going to have trouble defending against someone with a knife. To demonstrate this, have a martial artist attempt to spar with someone holding a marker pen and see what the results are.
I think that cyclists are better off arming themselves with cameras and let the police deal with the nutters (assuming that you live in an area that has police that give a shit about cyclists).
hawkinspeter wrote:
Agreed, I’m not going to even pretend to be a hard-man.
Though I guess there’s the other possibility of fleeing, but just slow enough to encourage them to give chase on foot. With luck they’ll keel over in a gammony heap.
OldRidgeback wrote:
There was a great video some time back of a portly football fan running on the pitch to confront Didier Drogba who obviously looked quite small on the blokes telly. On getting closer to Drogba he realised the bloke was built like a brick shithouse and started looking around for stewards to ‘hold him back’ 🙂
bikeman01 wrote:
Exactly this!
Let me guess, the footage
Let me guess, the footage will be looked at and the cyclist will be sent a NIP for some minor infringement. Meanwhile ‘driver could not be identified’.
hirsute wrote:
That wouldn’t surprise me. I once submitted footage to the police of an altercation with a driver who had almost wiped me out as he was on his phone. I remonstrated with him, and the conversation lasted about thirty seconds. His registration number was visible, as was his face, clothing and the mobile telephone that was sitting plugged into his car and resting on his left knee.
Police: ‘we cannot identify the driver’.
If this is anything to go by
If this is anything to go by https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47732663 it should be attempting to do grievous bodily harm with intent but then again, ‘cyclist’.
hirsute wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47905991
Taylor was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and 18 months for dangerous driving, to run concurrently.
Because of his previous convictions and the fact the judge considered him a danger to the public, a further three years was added to the sentence to run consecutively.
Oh wow, you actually believe
Oh wow, you actually believe your own bullshit, awesome. Could you send me pictures of the paving slabs dropped off motorway bridges?
alansmurphy wrote:
That was worth the wait.
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Miaow
Miaow
Legs, please beat up a
Legs, please beat up a motorist and film it for us all to see.
We are waiting.
Rick_Rude wrote:
Why would I want to do that?
Probably so we don’t all
Probably so we don’t all think you’re a bald, angry, little man whose wife ran off with an Audi salesman…
alansmurphy wrote:
I generally try to avoid dialogue with idiots, as they tend to ignore facts in preference to making imbecilic comments, but I would like to point out that it would be a lot easier to follow your train of thought (?) if you quoted whoever you were responding to.
And if you don’t have anything constructive, intelligent or even vaguely thoughtful to say, don’t say it.
burtthebike wrote:
Thanks Burt, I do too. I’d hoped as the comment was directly below then it would have been pretty obvious who it was aimed at (and prefer not to have the massive long quoting post thing going on).
I rarely bite and my comment was deliberately at a lower level as I thought it was something that legs would probably understand. It’s getting rather boring listening to his ‘holier than thou’, hard man image that he’s trying to put across. He’s basically been called out to put up or shut up but we all know he has no desire to do either…
alansmurphy wrote:
Oh, I’ve been ‘called out’, have I?
Tell me…. exactly what age are you?
alansmurphy wrote:
Thanks Burt, I do too. I’d hoped as the comment was directly below then it would have been pretty obvious who it was aimed at (and prefer not to have the massive long quoting post thing going on).
I rarely bite and my comment was deliberately at a lower level as I thought it was something that legs would probably understand. It’s getting rather boring listening to his ‘holier than thou’, hard man image that he’s trying to put across. He’s basically been called out to put up or shut up but we all know he has no desire to do either…
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And one other thing; when you’re in a hole, stop digging.
“It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
alansmurphy wrote:
A full head of hair, which is surprising, really. My father was almost completely bald at my age. 6’3”, although sadly, there’s a fair bit of sideways expansion going on. And I’ll ask my wife if she’s planning to run off with a twat.
As for ‘angry’, well since you’ve now ‘followed’ me around the site, posting spittle-flecked rants in responses to my comments in (IIRC) three different articles (a surprisingly common phenomenon on road.cc when someone takes exception to something someone else has written) which were neither directed at you, nor particularly ‘contentious’, I’d suggest that I’m not the one who’s angry.
Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
I was merely catching up on articles and you just so happen to have stereotyped people based on the car they drive (moronic as one of the threads had a Ford driver ramming a cyclist), joyfully claimed to have used physical force against people on 2 separate occassions (seriously we are all really impressed), and gone with your usual ‘fuck everyone else’ rhetoric.
The fact that you feel these things aren’t contentious demonstrates that you’re out of touch with the world. Then again, you probably think of that as a badge of honour which is equally sad…
alansmurphy]
… and stupid.
Evidently too thick to know when you’ve been embarrassed and had your arse kicked, you keep at it.
OK, then. I’ll leave you the last word. You are just so kewl, show us all…
alansmurphy wrote:
Hey – you can’t use “bald” pejoratively like that… you’ve hurt my feelings, you hairy devil.
“Come test the bad man” to quote the driver of GN02 AKO =]
alansmurphy wrote:
Why the body-shaming?
Driver’s obviously a thug and
Driver’s obviously a thug and needs to be taken off the road but I can’t help wondering why the cyclist didn’t just ignore him rather than engaging with him and then making a big deal of the fact he was wearing a camera. Perhaps if he had simply ridden past and into the ASL (where his positioning was faultless) nothing more would have happened.
Thanks for the advice on the
Thanks for the advice on the quoting Burt, you see errors can be made (see your post above). I’m not digging, if your views are more aligned with legs then that’s your business.
Awesome, is this the same arse kicking you’ve handed out on the roads recently. You see, the way you came across on here the lost art of amateur pugilism had come to the fore but now it seems you probably skulked off and thought of a smart arse response some time later. Bless x
Can I just point out that it
Can I just point out that it wasn’t my silver Ford Focus in the video 🙂
Don’t be surprised if the
Don’t be surprised if the cyclist is issued with a FPN by the Police.
Technically, cyclists are only permitted to enter the advanced box via the left hand side of the road where there is a broken section of stop line.
Pictured is the actual junction.
Don’t be surprised if we
Pedantic Pedaller wrote:
Incorrect. This was changed in – I believe – 2016. It is now legal to enter the ASL across its entire width.
Legs_Eleven_Worcester wrote:
Common sense prevailed!
Does anyone know the SI that changed this?
Not Greater Manchester Police
Not Greater Manchester Police it seems, who have the wrong information up under a page which starts “There is a lot of confusion about the law”. I’ll draw their attention to this:
The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016
Section 17.25
“The definition of an advanced stop line has been changed to allow cyclists to cross the first stop line at any point along its length. A new variant is also prescribed in diagram 1001.2B that omits the lead-in lane or gate completely. Advanced stop lines can also be provided at signalised stand-alone crossings”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523916/DfT-circular-01-2016.pdf
If this has recently been
If this has recently been reported to the police, then the cyclist has probably been asked to remove the video from social media etc while they investigate. What’s road.cc policy on this?
There’s a lot of cynicism here about what the police will do about it. To be fair to them, I have reported two close pass incidents with footage (one of them deliberate and repeated twice in quick succession; the other one just reckless) and both were investigated, Notices of Intended Prosecution sent, and the drivers were offered and accepted a remedial course (at their cost). I can’t imagine they will refuse to investigate this (and I suspect a remedial course is probably not on the list of available options for this offence).
quiff wrote:
Last week I was talking with a dashcam officer about a collision and told him about Road.cc having the video and he was fine with it. In his opinion, he welcomes discussions of road safety and he thought that the chances of a jury having members that have been influenced by Road.cc is pretty slim, so he didn’t see any problem with it.
quiff wrote:
Well
https://road.cc/content/news/257743-police-use-close-pass-footage-prosecute-cyclist-riding-shared-use-path
cycle.london also confirmed my earlier recollection that they were on the end of ‘couldn’t identify driver’ .
The met seem far worse than other forces. There is also a lack of consistency between regions.
The driver who rammed the
The driver who rammed the cyclist off his bike crossed two white lines, eleven seconds before the car on his right pulled away. Either he crossed two white lines on RED, or the other driver was asleep. The van behind also kept behind (on) the first white line
The driver ramming was sure he was able to reverse back, and then pull into the other lane without having problems with the other vehicles.
I suggest that there is ample evidence to question the driver about crossing two white lines on red, as well as the assault.
Monstermunch wrote:
Can’t see the lights on the front camera but as the traffic on the other side was already moving and in the majority of cases, opposite lights are on the same timers then probably not red when he moved. The other drivers were probably wary of the road rage building at the time.
I’d have got off the road at
I’d have got off the road at that point. There’s no way I’d stop in front of a driver who’s already giving abuse and not listening to reason. Up the pavement and fuck off sharpish.
crazy-legs wrote:
Me too I think. It’s best to just get away from the nutters. There’s no reasoning with them.
crazy-legs wrote:
Yes – and probably behind the nearest solid object, too, for good measure, in case they chase you up the kerb.
Much as I’d be like to beat the cr@p out of some drivers, there’s absolutely no way I’d hang around if some one was getting out of their car, unless they’ve already smashed the bike – trying to run in SPD shoes would be pointless.
Please ,please remember their
Please ,please remember their are some really dangerous people driving cars. Please always think twice before engaging already angry drivers.Do not put your pride before a smack on the nose or worse.
john1967 wrote:
I know some well-ard blokes that ride bikes who would give your angry gammon a good hiding (and a bit more for good measure) if he dared to leave the comfort of his mobile sofa.
However, the suggestion to use cameras and let the plod deal with it is a much better route, providing the local fuzz actually give a toss. And if they don’t?