4 Prosecutions and 1 Advisory/Warning for 5 Phone Drivers

[@archstanton5603]

That most of these motorists are so self-absorbed in their cellphones not to initially notice Cycling Mikey clearly demonstrates they are not concentrating on the highway and their surroundings. Keep up the good work Mikey!

[@strickostricko]

“I’m the guy the caught Guy Ritchie..” Name droppper😂

[@romanroad483]

No wonder there are so many traffic queues in London, everyone is on their phone and not paying attention!

[@baseman1253]

No, it's because of cycle lanes there is queues, without cycle lanes there is an extra lane for cars to drive.

[@kizu3534]

🤓

[@Wolf-yw5cx]

Thats not the reason, AT ALL. How did you get 93 likes for that nonsense

[@OhCrumbs96]

@@Wolf-yw5cx It's tongue in cheek, genius.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Good point

[@larrywardell2459]

It just proves your point! They don’t even see you when you are right outside their side window. Perhaps an automatic one month ban would concentrate their minds? Keep up the good work !,

[@rogerfrancis65]

6 month more like!

[@ianpennington5856]

Make it a mandatory lifetime ban please. Plus car seized and crushed, no exceptions.

[@zitzong]

@@rogerfrancis65 Exactly what I was going to type lol

[@Admodeus]

Their lack of any situational awareness is astonishing, I really wonder how they survive on the road.

[@Free__Speech]

I've witnessed it myself. People on phones 📱 behind the wheel blind around the surroundings & don't see u standing there

[@thecraigmachine69]

People just can’t keep those damn phones out of their hands. We are quite literally obsessed with them, and this is coming from someone who is writing this on a mobile whilst sitting on the toilet 😂

[@romanroad483]

Too much information 😊

[@ingeposch8091]

now that is quite obsessive, isn't it?

[@Testedecazzo]

Some* but it is a sad disease

[@petrasant5495]

Don’t forget to use toilet paper, not your phone.

[@Colin-kk8rz]

@@petrasant5495 if its an IPhone then its found its best use 🤷

[@rootpotato]

Even the revised penalties for phone use clearly aren't working . . . Until this has the same stigma as drink-driving, idiots will continue to fiddle with their mobiles behind the wheel.

[@JL-rx6hl]

Whenever Mikey turns round to go after an errant motorist I always hear the jaws music in my head...

[@dougtherugg]

He has added it to some previous videos!!

[@PedroConejo1939]

So many at it, and you just know they're the first to complain if they're the victims of crime.

[@geraldinebyrne8872]

Love your content. Shocking how many people I see on their phones ... keep up your excellent work. You are appreciated

[@Admodeus]

I'm actually shocked with how little attention or care that woman had while driving, that gap is enormous...

[@SwazersC]

Keep up the good work Mikey. You are one of my heroes.

[@albin2232]

Good work Mikey. "Driving whilst oblivious."

[@highwaycodeencounters]

The Porsche licence plate is not to the approved spacing and should be fined in addition to the phone violation

[@paulcollyer801]

I too noticed that, and reported to the DVLA, as it’s a Cherished Vehicle Recognition Mark. Two reports of VRM Abuse (usually spacing to spell something) & the VRM can be withdrawn; AND the DVLA Can issue a Q plate that stays forever with the vehicle.

[@AllanHarding-n4s]

Cherished plates i call them VANITY plates do you have to tell people your name

[@tomsimpson3322]

People just don’t care. Unless they are involved in an accident due to phone use by themselves or a third party it’s just on their radar to stop this behaviour. Tougher sentences might help but most of the car owners on this video have plenty money it would seem. Stay safe Mikey👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@namastezen3300]

Thank you for your comment. Mikey's greatest value is chronicling antisocial drivers for their inevitable future victims. All the best regards to you 🙏

[@0llie]

it's funny cause they all say "kids cant get off their phones these days" but then look at these guys, cant stay off it for 2 minutes in traffic 😂

[@garyrumney6407]

Nice one Mikey , loved the way you corrected the chap who interviewed you on panarama . You are no vigilante, just merely passing the information on you record. Keep it up .

[@robeaston4063]

"There's people like me who hunt phone drivers." That sentence was left ominously incomplete.

[@chiefrocka8604]

Yes Mikey could you do a KZbin video basically showing you catching someone to then uploading it somewhere then sending it off to the 👮 ? That way other people who catch someone law breaking can see how it’s done ? Peace man…The Chief x

[@jmsld_]

I've reported a few - it's fairly easy to do via The Met website. @cyclegaz has done a good video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i52ZfqNvnbxojdE

[@Kat69nh]

Keep up the great work and be safe

[@RideWithRoy]

It’s an addiction and as dangerous as class A

[@colonelga-taffy6753]

America has Dog The Bounty Hunter (TV show) UK has Mikey The Phone Hunter (True life) Keep up the fab work Mickey

[@andreashaynes3346]

Well done Mikey. Take care 👍👌

[@abitfringe]

Keep safe Mikey, it's dangerous on the roads!

[@Testedecazzo]

It is not that dangerous, mps etc try to make it very dangerous however. *Try*

[@littlebigman6957]

@@Testedecazzo yes it is. That lorry driver near Oxford who wiped out a family when messing with his cab phone.

[@Dat-yi4iz]

Just shows how distracting phones are by the amount of time he stood by cars without driver realising

[@johngrice2246]

I dont suppose sc10ros was done for illegal reg plate

[@UCOOLJULES]

For goodness sake drivers, grow some balls. If you get caught just be polite. if you can't do the time don't do the crime Porsche number plate illegal af

[@claireburroughs9025]

How come the woman in the mini only got a warning?

[@watchviewer]

Well done. You knifed that woman with charm. ;-)

[@JustSomeVideos0]

Nice work Mikey. The scary thing is how many people are on their phones. I wish the MPS would allow a bulk submission where we just have to put the time the mobile phone interaction is visible. At the moment a four hour cycle takes about 4 times as long editing the videos and doing the submissions.

[@deelitedmanchester4302]

I thought it would be helpful if you could set up an account in the reporting portal. It could then prefill all the personal information, which in itself takes time.

[@larrysellers7891]

Somebody should report this tool for riding his bicycle on the wrong side of the road.

[@CyclingMikey]

Go ahead - I did nothing wrong in this video.

[@larrysellers7891]

@@CyclingMikey What is your issue with people picking up their phones if the car is stationary? . . . I can understand when they are driving. Fair enough. But somebody felt the need to beep their horn at you in that video because you weren’t on the right side of the road. That is more dangerous than someone picking up their phone whilst sitting stationary, with their brakes on.

[@CyclingMikey]

I think they were beeping to warn the driver I was filming as I'm well known in that area. Stationary phone drivers are still dangerous for many reasons: 1) Should a child or shorter person cross in front of them they wouldn't even see them, and would likely then move off, running them over. Notice how WFN364 (google for videos) drives forwards whilst looking at his phone? This is common behaviour from phone drivers. Here's an example someone else caught where the driver almost takes out a pedestrian at a crossing: twitter.com/phonekills/status/1491526464520560641?s=20 2) They are entirely unaware of filtering cyclists and motorcyclists. These drivers are often slow to react when the queue starts moving, and then when someone behind them beeps they drop the phone and hastily move off without even looking. 3) If you imagine these people only use their phones when queuing at the traffic lights, that's terribly naïve. The gardener in LM63BTZ was on the phone whilst driving along, and quite likely had been doing it for some considerable part of his journey. These phone users are constantly using their phones, but it's just much easier to catch them when they're in the queue. 4) Phone distraction lasts for a good 10 minutes after you put the phone away. Even if you're only using the phone in each traffic queue at each junction (which is highly unlikely), then you're constantly topping up your mental distraction and are basically as disabled as a drunk driver. 5) Phone driving is worse than drink driving for distraction rates, and that's why it's part of the #Fatal4 behaviours that police target heavily. 6) Mobile phone laws are about to get even more restrictive because of the govt, police, DfT all recognising the danger of phone use. New laws making it even more strict and easy to catch came in on 25th March 2022. 7) People who knowingly break minor driving law will likely also break more serious laws. Strong policing of minor traffic offences has a strong effect on reducing collisions resulting in killed and seriously injured people. It's good to police these phone drivers. I'm really not interested in this nonsense of "it's not dangerous when stationary, because it clearly is and it's clearly still very appropriate to catch these drivers.

[@larrysellers7891]

@@CyclingMikey Aye you know what, fair play to you. I apologise for my earlier offence remark.

[@CyclingMikey]

No worries and thank you! I'm fine with being criticised, it's enough to make me question myself sometimes and it's right for me to think about the situation.

[@wrinx]

The Toyota driver was appalling! Keep doing what you do...

[@sugarrats666]

You can hear the other drivers warning them on their horns yet they're still oblivious to it. Those warning these idiots clearly commit the same offences whilst driving and put all cyclists lives in danger as well. Stay safe.

[@strickostricko]

Maybe they were beeping to tell/reprimand the drivers to keep up with traffic flow?!

[@vetworker]

I don’t go a single day without seeing someone using their bloody phone. I’m not aware of the statistics on phone use but I’m guessing it’s rising not decreasing. The law isn’t a deterrent. Maybe it’s time phone use was an automatic ban and the car crushed.

[@RSF0088]

Enforcement is the deterrent. 6 points is half your license.

[@freddiesmith7821]

Aren't you on the wrong side of the road impeding on coming traffic?

[@GilesWendes]

I see about 20 people on each way every day. Staring at their phones. I only cycle 7 miles each way and it's terrifying.

[@martinjames9250]

People and their bluddy phones! --- It's an illness. 😠

[@arva1kes]

You should consider polarized lenses for camera.they take away the reflection of sky on the glass and it will make you able to see into car even better than naked eye.

[@paulcollyer801]

Unfortunately that may have an effect on seeing the phone screen. Double edged sword et al

[@elcamionero1200]

Looks like big bingo day for Bikey Mikey!

[@ant7936]

What did we do before phones? Look at newspapers, maps, letters? But no so fixated as screens.

[@BeasleyStreet]

You are a good man Mikey, but I agree with the gentleman about cycle lanes which have been put there after lengthy consultation at great expense for a safer place for cyclists, the rhetorical answers don't carry any logic, cyclists who refuse to use them because that's there prerogative can't complain about incidents on the road when a safe alternative was there unused...

[@CyclingMikey]

Fortunately the highway code doesn't agree with you. You're required to share the road with cyclists regardless, and such attitudes are why so many of us run video cameras. Oh, and we will complain about bad driving around us and report it, because they'll still be the fault of the bad driver.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

You're an absolute legend Mikey. I'll be shocked if the Met follows up with actual charges. Too busy doing less than nothing these days.

[@ant7936]

If they can do it sitting down, at a computer, it may happen. An easy nick!

[@davidsampson3537]

Mikey it amazes me the ammount of people on the phone and they stick out like a sore thumb with there driving gaps ALL DRIVERS you catch should be fined and points! Keep up the good work.

[@COL-1]

I wonder if the police did anything about the illegal spacing on that Porsche number plate too. The paint job on that Mustang looked a bit tasty!

[@garfield2279]

Looked bloody horrible more like, good luck selling it when the time comes.

[@GilesWendes]

SC10ROS is such an illegal plate too!

[@carllockpick6179]

Lost all faith in the met. Since the car / bonnet incident. What they say, & do, is two different matters. It depends on, who the driver is.

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

The Met did their job in that case. That incident was put to the Courts. It was the jury who found the driver Not Guilty.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

The Met police aren't fit for purpose. Unless said purpose is checking their Instagram account.

[@mruuuuuu]

@9:01 I would hate to see a vehicle/pedestrian accident immediately after you filmed her on the phone, I just have a feeling unfortunately that one day it will happen

[@namastezen3300]

Thank you for your comment. I'm convinced that Mikey's greatest value is chronicling antisocial driving for their inevitable future victims. Mikey says that he runs video on his commute and 99% of people are courteous, conscientious drivers. What you are calling an "accident" is really a collision, and not a coincidence for this minority of drivers. You are correct in saying it "will" happen. All the best regards to you 🙏

[@damionlee7658]

@@namastezen3300 the only time a collision is not an accident is when the person that caused it set out with the intention of causing a collision. Drivers that use their mobile phones are morons and a danger from the outset, but none of them intend to cause the collisions or injuries that occur. So whilst entirely avoidable, they are still accidents.

[@madchefmark]

@@damionlee7658 nope. It's a collision as one or more of the parties obviously weren't paying attention.

[@jastat]

The one who got off on a warning knew the secret handshake

[@weyman4317]

Getting silly- drivers are ignoring the law. MPs need to think about banning drivers for 1 year automatically or month in prison - otherwise more lives will be lost. Well done Mikey- should get a knighthood for road safety.

[@chiefrocka8604]

I wouldn’t prison unless a accident was involved but agree fully a month ban straight away and if caught in that month a year on tag can’t leave the house …👍

[@glenpierce777]

Nicey nice nice! Well done once again Mikey, hopefully they may learn from the error of their ways, then again probably not. Keep up the great work and stay safe matey.

[@tonysullivan1936]

Still trotting out the line I’m the guy that caught guy Ritchie 😂😂🍾⚒️💩

[@krody2367]

9:29 it's like watching the shit Olympics, Mikey adding that sweet-sweet commentary as we see how long it takes before the silly cow moves her car ahahaha, another banging video Mikey.

[@ibs5080]

Great captures there Mikey. I might have argued the point regarding cycle lanes with Mr. Audi a little differently. I would have been inclined to point out that although he CAN use the motorway, he doesn't have to. This aligns more closely with "Cyclists can use the cycle lane but don't have to"...as opposed to telling him that he can use the motorway in his car but you can't on your bike & vice versa. I'm not sure if perhaps that's what you were intending to say but it just came out a little differently. Either way, great work again!

[@bigbadcameraauditsuk5627]

The Black Porche "SC10ROS" has an illegal VRN. That's a show plate. Illegal font as there was no space between the year and last 3 indexs. No British standard or manufacturers name. This is an offence.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Well done. We need more to do this.

[@Faradiddle]

So many mobile phone owners have become 'addicts' to their devices and are not Adult enough to kick the habit, even while driving.

[@rosemaryharwood2032]

Mikey it's such a shame the police don't do more than just send a letter out to them because if they did it might have more of an impact love xxxx

[@CyclingMikey]

Oh, those that got NIPs I would expect most were prosecuted to at least an FPN of 6 points and £200 fine. Only one got an advisory letter, I guess because it wasn't that clear that she was dealing with her emails on the video.

[@stephentait8734]

mikey mikey mikey, we love what you do, but give the Guy richie thing a rest :-)

[@judosteffer]

Absolutely scandalous, so many on the phones. I'm amazed the police haven't contracted out enforcement to do the same as yourself to then get commission from the tickets.

[@jimralph8066]

Can't understand why you have to chat to them after filming them,surely you speaking to the drivers through the window is a distraction and is just as dangerous and could cause a accident as well. 🤔

[@PhilPage227]

Very well done Mikey, that Porsche had a totally illegal number plate, what are your thoughts on that.I see plenty of them daily and the police do not seem interested.

[@iwashere2370]

3rd party reporting is fine but scolding people to boost your ego is gonna get you in trouble. The guy that caught guy Ritchie🤣

[@MageZathara]

It's worrying how addicted people are to technology

[@clappedoutmotor]

True, I am worried for my own addiction to the Internet if I'm honest

[@MageZathara]

@@clappedoutmotor I used to be addicted not to the level of dangerous driving or potentially hurting others but hurting my own mental health as it absorbed all my free time.. I deleted facebook and had a digital detox for about a year (completely staying away from social media) i opened it up again a few months ago but barely go on it. The feeling of freedom that comes from it is immense, i deffo recommend a digital detox

[@2DogsVlogs]

Wish I could do that in Australia but private camera videos are not admissible.

[@maxwellfan55]

Shows beyond doubt the LAW has NO fear. And so it will continue.... Now if it were an automatic disqualification, heavy fine and jail sentence. Job done.

[@anotherperson1625]

So many people defend themselves on bad driving and how they’re ok to use the phone because their vehicle has stopped in traffic BUT everyone of these shows that they have zero idea of their surroundings until someone (Mikey in this instance) is pretty much level with them, knocking on the window! And yet people will continue to say or claim to have control and acknowledge what’s going on around them. Clearly not!

[@djsylambert]

You caught the Actor? I'm sure I'll find it, playing through your videos. Totally took all my attention from World Cup 😂

[@VPPAF]

does anybody know what the law says about cops on there phones parked up but engines running my latest video shows cop on his laptop in police transit van while engine was running are cops allowed to do what the want ?

[@purlink1394]

It's the police so they can do whatever they want even if it's illegal

[@richiestrich8079]

Where in London do you film this?

[@jimswheels]

Makes you wonder what their criteria are for warning vs. NIP ... could it be wheels in motion whilst holding the phone?

[@CyclingMikey]

I suspect the advisory/warning was because our view of the phone on video wasn't completely convincing that she was using emails. Back then proof of interactive communication was required, so I guess that's why she got a warning and the rest got prosecuted.

[@itsonlyme9938]

Phones need to be banned from being switched on entering cars

[@zazz63]

you have no choice???...right

[@125brat]

Hi Mikey, well done but please be careful out there! It's an epidemic ☹️ but like shooting fish in a barrel for you😁 Are you able to update us as and when the actual penalties or otherwise for these idiots are actually published please? 🤔

[@matteo.ceriotti]

Ubiquitous. Absolutely ubiquitous

[@kevinleesmith]

Luv u mickey but can u answer me a question? Whatsoever rules regarding using Google maps in a phone holdet and interacting with it?

[@davidedwards1786]

what about the SC10ROS illegal numberplate ?

[@rogerfrancis65]

Im a cyclist too, the 4 wheeled version of a racist say, some of my best friends are black!

[@kawasaki32]

The fact they Don't even see you while on the phone just shows there lack on awareness of what's going on around them.

[@alrockman9817]

Mikey are u going to let us know the outcome of the prosecutions when u find out,

[@Zzzzz_Zzzzzz______]

That woman at 9:00 needs to have her licence revoked after that. She's absolutely shocking. :O

[@zazz63]

whats the reaction times on this stretch??

[@Met182]

It's so strange how addicted people are to their phone. I put mine in my bag in the boot when I'm driving. Why do they think whatever they're doing on the phone can't wait until they get to their destination? There needs to be a TV advertising campaign to tell people that using their phone when stopped isn't allowed - so many are convinced they're okay to do it at traffic lights.

[@aggressivemoment4745]

How don you report ? Like you turn up to the police station ?

[@CyclingMikey]

Oh, it's much easier than that - just report online here: www.met.police.uk/ro/report/rti/rti-a/report-a-road-traffic-incident/

[@geoffw8565]

Mikey, don't you think you are creating a dangerous obstruction by placing your bike sometimes on the wrong side of the road and in the path of oncoming traffic in your attempt to sidle up and peer through the mobile phone offenders windows ? Just a thought ?

[@FirstNameLastName-ev3jk]

2:30 “It’s safer to be…” Where is the danger coming from?

[@surfingonmars8979]

Wonderful vid, CM. Be safe!

[@djsylambert]

It's undeniable, that they're distracted. Given the fact they don't see you watching beside them 😄

[@jamespitman6483]

Is it also the norm now, the MET just send warning letters? Haven’t seen a prosecution in a while

[@CyclingMikey]

NIP letters mean the start of the prosecution process. I'm reasonably confident that most of the drivers who got an NIP ended up with a fine and 6 penalty points.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

The onLy answer is technology built into cars and phone to disable phones when the key is in the ignition unless its in a hands free cradle.

[@arghjayem]

02:04 I always love it when people do this…. “Use the cycle lane, it’s made for you”. Yes and it is not compulsory to use the cycle lane, it’s an option. Just like it’s not compulsory for him to drive down another road rather than use the one he’s on. Optional. After all if cyclists were forced to only use cycle lanes they’d be f**ked. Cycle lanes don’t go everywhere roads go, plus they often stop and start at random points. You’d be hoping off your bike onto the pavement the majority of the time if you could ONLY use cycle lanes and not roads. Get back to your drug dealing Audi man! 😂 05:42 Scioros!? 🤔 Dyslexic hairdresser?

[@CyclingMikey]

Yes indeed. I really like this particular cycle lane though, it's of a very high standard.

[@arghjayem]

@@CyclingMikey yeah but that’s London parks for you. Easy to put nice cycle lanes through there. Elsewhere in the country you lucky to a marked out lane on the road let alone two very wide nicely separated bike lanes with some physical barrier (kerb) separating it from the road. 🤷

[@ex-scientia4234]

Somebody in a Porsche with personalised number plates thinking they’re above any road laws? Well, who would have thunk it!

[@simonrook5743]

Blondie Yaris Hilton was the worst, clearly driving is such an interruption to her mobile use.

[@Rollin-Rant]

Nice one Mikey, I'm in a wheelchair and always see lot's of driver's using their phones whilst driving, keep up the good work 👍

[@oldschoollondoner4674]

That porche number plate may be illegall, incorrect spacing and the Audi driver i think had no seat belt on.

[@RafalRzepecki]

This is ridiculous. If you need to use your phone in transit, take the subway. You might even get there faster.

[@paulcollyer801]

2:48 I think You’re the guy that had the incident with the taxi driver, you know the one, so pleasant & nice…. 😂😂

[@r0smor]

It's like shooting fish in a barrel this week.

[@brentjennings3267]

Thanks for the great work you do Mikey. Just curious, are you a lawyer or retired lawyer? You seem to know your way around the legal system. No big deal, but just curious. Thanks.

[@CyclingMikey]

Not at all - I'm an IT guy by training, although I currently work as a factotum and carer for a private family.

[@brentjennings3267]

@@CyclingMikey Thank you for the reply. I truly believe in your work and I believe you help save lives by changing behavior one driver at a time. We could use more of your type of safety work in the United States. Take care.

[@brucemanley7593]

Governments should implement that cell phones must be kept in the glove box or the trunk of the person's vehicle,and fined heavily if stopped and found that not to be the case! What you think?

[@rockgsxr]

mine goes in my work bag on the drive home and stays there till i arrive at my destination,the world doesn't end and i missed nothing

[@MageZathara]

I use mine on a cradle for Google maps sat nav..

[@stuartb4525]

If kept in the boot , what or who can you call in an accident, if trapped in the car?

[@archstanton5603]

I don't even have one and am still living a reasonably comfortable life..... 😄

[@boredalone-dx5pq]

i hope the porche got done for the number plate too

[@simonwilton3546]

I wonder how many accidents have been caused by phone use on this road.