CyclingMikey

“Disgraceful stupid little cupboards”: CyclingMikey left with “utter disgust” for UK trains’ dreaded upright bike storage; Tour de France Femmes gets underway; Remco’s victory tour (+ a golden S-Works Tarmac SL8) + more on the live blog

Happy Tour de France Femmes Monday... Dan Alexander is back in the hot seat as we kick off a new week on the live blog

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CyclingMikey says cyclists breaking rules are “annoying”, but not focusing on drivers to improve road safety the “wrong way round”

The road safety campaigner urged critics of cyclists to "focus on the real menace on our public highways" and said recording and reporting law-breaking road users is "a war on dangerous and selfish road behaviours", not a "war on motorists"

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Leading fact checkers step in as edited CyclingMikey video posted by viral Facebook page falsely claims Rishi Sunak’s wife was caught using Instagram while driving

The video was initially uploaded to YouTube by the road safety campaigner in 2021, the driver who is not Akshata Murty disqualified for six months after receiving six penalty points for her phone use

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“Stoking cyclist hate will get him more publicity”: CyclingMikey hits back at Mr Loophole’s latest attack on “snitch society” camera cyclists

"I don't think a lawyer whose rather large income is based on getting bad drivers off their consequences based on technicalities has any moral high ground to be talking about what is right for society"

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Driver caught using mobile phone launches foul-mouthed tirade at CyclingMikey — and accuses him of supporting Chelsea

“If you’re going to be useful, come inside the car and f****** w*** me off or something”

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Top TV comedy producer who “flipped the bird” and told CyclingMikey to “go f*** yourself” fined over £2,000 and handed six points for phone use while driving

Jimmy Mulville, the co-founder of Hat Trick Productions, admitted that he was checking a text after initially challenging the evidence put forward by the Met

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Taxi driver warns CyclingMikey he will “end up needing the dentist” after challenging phone use

The driver is now being investigated by TfL Taxi & Private Hire but avoided prosecution as the Metropolitan Police "ran out of time"

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CyclingMikey wishes Ashley Neal would “leave me alone” as YouTube driving instructor uploads another video criticising his approach

In his latest "Ashley's Analysis" video the footballer-turned-driving instructor questioned Mikey's riding around pedestrians, arguing it is "concerning" if his followers copy

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“People need to see justice being done”: CyclingMikey says camera cyclists suffer online abuse because some motorists “feel they have the right to drive how they want”

The activist admits that online harassment previously put “a lot of strain” on him, as a fellow camera cyclist deleted his social media accounts following a targeted campaign last week

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Victory claimed for harassment campaign by “mob of decent people” as helmet cam cyclist deletes Youtube and Twitter accounts

Deacon Thurston caught 12 drivers illegally using handheld mobiles in one day – and became the target of abusive and threatening tweets in apparently co-ordinated attack

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