London's Finest Black Cab at Gandalf Corner - LL59FJA

This was in early March when we were all just getting super worried about Corona, but still a few weeks from lockdown. The cabbie had to go on a driver awareness course which would have cost him about £100 and the best part of a day.
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[@paulc180]

one of Britain's finest policeman, down to earth and really enjoyed his job. we need more like him, this should be a police training video.,

[@mrsmokingskittles148]

I reported him for not giving a shit about Corona and breaking 2m rule

[@216-i6p]

@@mrsmokingskittles148 you reported him.. to the police ? LOL good luck 👍🏼

[@bigteddy66]

He s that good he toddled off on his merry way straight over the no cycling great big white letters. You couldn't make up the hypocrisy.

[@CyclingMikey]

@@bigteddy66 Parks police are allowed to ride there - it's part of their duties.

[@jananilcolonoscopu4034]

@@bigteddy66 Maybe the cab driver learned his lesson here, and maybe you also learned a lesson; not to open your gob without knowing the facts.

[@seantimmons1321]

It is always reassuring to see the good cops at work. The good guys make a difference.

[@drdark9134]

@Sean Timmons - Just one of a few good apples in a rotten barrel I'm afraid.

[@EdwardF83]

What a nice fellow. Acting like a human and not a typical Person in uniform.

[@KandiKlover]

Got to, Mikey making them look like slackers now lmao.

[@Northstander]

Agree totally, to be fair the majority of cops are like him...if you don't act like a total jerk with them they won't treat you like one. If he is reading this, I hope he has a long and happy retirement!

[@alrightboblive]

I will agree with you on this Ed, I did find it funny when he said I don't give a shit about corona. Shame he's retired seems like a legit guy!

[@nothankyou]

A very charming super-spreader

[@denverspin]

Riding a bicycle for a living keeps one down to earth.

[@Gobbbbb]

That copper haha, "I don't give a shit about corona" - Top bloke.

[@felixlynch7327]

inadvertently grassed up his mate to his employer like all those drivers lol

[@jamesflaherty59]

@@felixlynch7327 He wanted a handshake no harm done.

[@grahamnutt8958]

This kind of interaction has been sadly lacking for quite a while. Thanks for posting this Mikey 👍

[@thomasdavies9874]

I had a meeting in London today. When it finished I took a walk to Gandalf Corner.. called the wife like a starstruck kid. Keep up the good work Mike 👍

[@CyclingMikey]

Oh wow!

[@ibs5080]

I'd be even more star struck meeting Mikey in person..i have to think of a good opening line. How about "You know what's going to happen now don't you? Number one I want to thank you for all your hard work and number two I'm sure the police would say the same". 😉

[@Gustava10]

I’d be starstruck too 🤩

[@CyclingMikey]

@@Gustava10 Well thank you all! I'm just a normal bloke, nothing at all special about me. I'd be just as honoured to meet you all.

[@namastezen3300]

good tag teaming at gandalf, I appreciate the interaction w/cop; you are personable and respectful, thank you for providing incidental ambiance, a far cry from my neighborhood. Good going on LL59FJA.

[@Sam1234Magic]

Why don't they just install a camera at that junction? Would save everyone a lot of manual work surely?

[@CyclingMash]

They claim that it will cost too much to run. However in 2021 the park has spent £160000 repairing a gate which has been driven into twice by boy racers

[@larry365]

More like why don't they just fix the junction. If this many people break the rules, maybe its time to change them.

[@bert454]

That spot must be one of the few places left in the UK not to have CCTV!

[@CJM527]

@@larry365 They like it for the income.

[@philgee5220]

Or put a zebra crossing there but without the island to get in the way? Its a known bottleneck when it comes to the lights further ahead backing up so there should be some sort of filter there and not someone just propping up the treasury funds.

[@RM-qv9rb]

03:50 Did that officer just rode on to a "No Cycling" path?

[@beckscald3855]

He seemed really awesome. What a nice copper. Happy retirement to him.

[@dianapeek6936]

Such a nice policeman Was doing a better job than the useless wastes of spaces who spend days watching some idiot sitting on a gantry holding up miles and miles of vehicles.

[@135Ops]

@@dianapeek6936 You think this Cop would have done anything different? How naive.

[@terrance6013]

That cabbie u tried to butter up ignored u 😂

[@denverspin]

Because he drives the same way

[@BoCollectsCoins]

What a sound police officer. Top guy. Respect

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Its always the good, hard working ones that retire too soon. I wish R.0 524 a happy retirement.

[@CyclingMikey]

You and me both!

[@tamar5261]

On a full pension at 55 years of age, why would he keep working? Good luck to him.

[@keshatton2334]

@@tamar5261 Ditto Chris, i am very happy my taxes help pay for this class of Policing. I well remember my local bobby when i was first driving. He gave me sound but STERN advice. I always respect our police.

[@trainman665]

“When we were all just starting to get super worried about corona”, he clearly wasn’t! haha!

[@DreamClean]

Does that say "no cycling" on the entrance of the park? 🤔

[@KandiKlover]

@@DreamClean yeah most parks prohibit it. At least on the walking path parts.

[@Pierre3513]

Why not put a camera on the corner I cannot understand why this still happens!

[@stevie6420]

Gandalf corner will soon be a world renowned tourist attraction thanks to Mikey 😅

[@koudacyen]

Wait did that cop say at the end, "i don't give a shit about corona"?

[@zoltar666pz]

Yep so do I last year their was a RTA & I helped out I did not care about corona all I wanted to do is care for the bike rider

[@Billyb0b557]

@@thisisnotforalltosee1875 It was March 2020 and this is when it was just getting serious in Italy and a lot of people thought it wouldn't come over here hence the officers view. A month later we were In lockdown

[@daveupton8625]

Great police officer wish all were like him loveable guy have time for people like him.

[@Moses77786]

when he shook your hand and said I dont care about convid. respect

[@namcat53]

I have met only really kind, friendly locals in London. There is a reason why The Beatles came from England; just four very cool English people. I count you and this good cop among them.

[@GavinScrimgeour]

A thoroughly nice bloke

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

Why don't they install a set of one way collapsible plates at the junction ? Job done.

[@grahamlive]

Because they hinder the path of emergency vehicles.

[@roberthughes8428]

Nice to see a polite friendly interactive policeman. Very old school!!!

[@mr.lamphun7789]

"I don't give a shit about corona" 🤣🤣

[@stevehubbard8446]

How much time do you spend at this junction?

[@manliob8342]

Hey Man! This is exactly what I'd like to do in Milan (Italy), unfortunately car drivers are not so polite like in London. If I'd do something like you do, I'd go directly to the hospital and then into jail because of privacy vilation and some new laws created on purpose for me.

[@vetworker]

Definitely could do with more officers like this.

[@australiandoggo5688]

The sad thing is majority of law enforcement are like this, it’s just the media portrays Leo’s as a bunch of hired thugs

[@paulcrawford5437]

I like it when you can talk to cops like normal people, too often it seems like us-v-them where its not. We all just want to be safe and go home at the end of the day.

[@jamesflaherty59]

Most Met Police are like this when they're not dealing with something urgent, they're trained how to deal with the public.

[@DowellPa]

That police officer was really cool!

[@globe2555]

Put some block-poles in the ground, that only will shoot up and block, if a vehicle is trying to pass from the right. Effective.

[@obrienliam]

A last-minute glimpse of pre-pandemic life!

[@matthew3774]

Yeah queues of traffic. Great wasnt it

[@nigelfarage69]

The officer said “I don’t give a shit about corona” so this must have been filmed during the pandemic.

[@josephmarsh8235]

Great and friendly police officer. I'm sad he's retired

[@retiredyeti5555]

This was enjoyable. I chat several times a week with a retired London police officer, when we play a word game against each other. I have the highest respect for the officers who do their job conscientiously, both here in the USA and in other countries. I have often wished I could do here, what you do there - but here I risk being shot as a result of such actions, plus the fact that there is no such law here that allows citizens to report motorists bad behavior or scofflaw attitude, and get results. Might as well howl at the moon! Stay safe, Mikey.

[@paulaherne3915]

Whose bicycle is that locked to a road-sign on the dividing-island?

[@gavinharris8373]

3:17 blackbird flies directly past the camera at high speed.

[@26TM079]

Brilliant You Have Met The Met 👍👍👍💙💙💙

[@choppsyboy6284]

That copper earns respect 🙌

[@csiatst]

I like the way the policeman gets on his bike and cycles into the park. He cycles right over the 'No Cycling' writing on the ground.

[@CyclingMikey]

He is allowed to though, as cycling through the park is part of his duties. I'm OK with that.

[@KleineJoop]

Hur dur

[@1991pollard]

‘I don’t give a shit about corona’ - brilliant. He belongs to a generation of policeman who truly believes in upholding the law and policing by consent. It’s how all officers should interact with the public and I wish many more did.

[@dianapeek6936]

Modern police force have totally lost the plot in the UK. Too afraid of offending people. Its the old timers, as was the policeman, who want to uphold the law, many of the others are too fat and afraid to say boo to a goose.

[@turrican4d599]

Covidiots are idiots and NOT brilliant. Without mask andates too many dumb people don't wear a mask and innocent people therefore get sick and die in the process!

[@formicapple2]

Sounds like a decent Constable that. There remains a few like him still, sadly they are all retiring now.

[@4exgold]

what a brilliant Bobby.....the role model for how all policemen/women should be

[@raypang1981]

03:50 doesn't the writing on the floor say "NO CYCLING"?

[@CyclingMikey]

LOL, it does. However, his duties require him to cycle through the park, and I often see Parks police driving through the same sort of entrance. I guess it's OK as they're police. I've really no idea on what is actually legal.

[@raypang1981]

@@CyclingMikey "it's OK as they're police" - I hope you keep up the good work, even if it is the police (when not attending an emergency)

[@jamessmith-gr5fw]

did that police officer cycle in to a no cycling path in the park?

[@deanharris8059]

Yes , the irony

[@nicfripp4159]

I've enjoyed watching your many videos you've recorded here, but I'm intrigued by your name for the place. I lived less than a mile away for 15 years near the end of the last millennium, but never heard it named as you do. Please tell me why you call it Gandalf Corner

[@ZuluEchoRomeoOscar]

Mikey was named Gandalf by his (many) followers for his 'you shall not pass' attitude. And this is his corner.

[@jmoropeza]

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[@Dusty101uk]

😂 at the end did he say I don’t give a beep about corona

[@Krzyszczynski]

Thought at first it was that black cab you were pinging, for not getting far enough over on the right to make his turn (forcing the vehicle behind him to squeeze carefully past in order to make HIS turn, to the left). That's a habit that really gets my goat, sprawling all over the mouth of the road, so no-one else can get past you, even though there ought to be plenty of room for two vehicles to sit abreast.

[@Team_Fury]

Nice video & great police officer Mikey. Keep up the good work. Do you have a South African accent? All the best. J.

[@ingeposch8091]

he has a Dutch accent... unlike myself, but i had a native English speaking teacher for my English classes. Miss Hannay was very keen on the "proper pronounciation" hence my near impecable English in tongue.

[@denverspin]

Thank you Miss Hanney

[@mikparker2572]

“I dont give a shit about Carona” just before shaking your hand. Well nothing more I can say lol

[@PAUL-wv6vu]

That cab was not interested in what you were saying

[@groovytirma2409]

😂😂😂😂😂 Mikey was buttering up the cabbie with the "ooh, I'm on your side in the fight against Uber" comment and the guy couldn't care less.

[@nezbit8989]

It’s obviously a problem spot that needs to be made more efficient to help the traffic flow. The people who take the cheeky short cut aren’t in the right but I can understand their frustration and temptation to cut the corner. It’s definitely a dangerous move to make and it would be far more productive to find a solution to this reoccurring problem than stand there waiting for the next problem to occur and getting a sense of satisfaction out of catching the the culprits. Some people have too much time on their hands being a busybody getting gratification out of an obviously problem point rather than trying to find a solution.

[@thewarboysfamily]

You appear to miss the moped which went round island then rejoined queue then turned right

[@mbshaw1]

Baffling that with so much cctv traffic monitoring in London, a camera is not installed at this location.

[@JRidesRally]

Yo.. I have filled a road traffic offence but cannot find a link to check the progress of it. How do you know who is being prosecuted and who got how many points? Thanks

[@leeenglandland2978]

What's the connection between this video and chocolate ?

[@penmann4003]

Absolute gentleman

[@thebaldyhippy]

One good cop is worth a million bad ones, may the force be with him.

[@choppapop2027]

That policeman down to earth one in a million happy retirement.

[@nutterfjell]

Great Cop!

[@Knight_of_NI]

Great work mate. It’s nice to see the police working with you. Here across the Pond.. There are some officers who get grumpy if they feel like someone’s helping them do “their job “

[@BostonBobby1961]

Not only grumpy, they wouldn’t honor this guy’s videos. Here in Boston or Massachusetts his videos would be inadmissible because most traffic violations are considered infractions. When they want to enforce laws/collect revenue, that’s when they put officers with radar guns which have also been beat in court for in accuracy.

[@nitramluap]

3:38 - Mikey, I was looking at your shadow and thinking "What kind of action cam is that!?" 🤣

[@CyclingMikey]

Long time Mr Luap! Hahaha, I hadn't noticed that.

[@heene]

He mentioned Uber. I always use Uber. I know the fare beforehand and there is no risk of a taxi driving me round for miles extra across a city I am in for the first time. That happened to me which I found out after the one quarter distance, time and price return trip, and it's why I've used Uber ever since.

[@middleman9183]

I would never , ever use Uber. Technology disruptors.

[@Billyb0b557]

Uber never used to use flat fares until recently and what about when you really need to get somewhere and they put surge pricing on to make it much more expensive than being driven around the block?

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Traffic lights would be good here. Possibly.

[@marklittler784]

"Londons finest! " "I'm wuth you on your fight against Uber ! " 😃😂😃😂😁😀😃😂😁😀😃😂

[@CyclingMikey]

TBF I think Uber as a company is a very bad actor, and they are demonstrably bad for cities, moving people away from public transport and active travel and putting them in cars instead. Few of us should be driving in cities.

[@kitchencarvings4621]

I see you are a Surly man. Is that a disc trucker?

[@CyclingMikey]

Well spotted!

[@iggysfriend4431]

We need more videos with this cop, preferably stopping crap drivers. It's a pity he's retired.

[@batfink7452]

So have you stopped walking onto the road to actually stop the vehicle and making it reverse?

[@CyclingMikey]

No, there are more of those videos in the pipeline!

[@TheWellington2006]

Seems like a nice cop and I love what he said about corona,totally agree😊

[@alisonlee3314]

Hope he still has his job after this. What a decent, sensible cop xx

[@CyclingMikey]

@@alisonlee3314 He was a very good policeman, and has retired now. He's missed.

[@alisonlee3314]

@@CyclingMikey Oh wow! Great to hear from you. You're a big hero in our household! That copper was the type we desperately need nowadays. A nice man. I hope he enjoys his retirement ☺️. Keep up the excellent work Mickey.

[@CyclingMikey]

@@alisonlee3314 Thanks! I'm just a boring normal person really. Bit of an idiot sometimes. Hahaha!

[@mn1q]

Now at Gandalf corner they do Pass, like eating a bad burrito they just pay for it later.

[@TheMG4hubcap]

Gonna miss Rich. He was very good with you I feel like yous were very good friends

[@ranxxerox6407]

Some coppers are worth more then the money they recieve! Shame theres not more coppers.

[@nevilebardos5702]

Messaged you before hating on you cause I don't like people grassing but these people need grassing on you've got guts for what you do and if there's anything I love in life its guts

[@timothydraper6626]

Is that blue Surley frame a steel frame Mickey?

[@CyclingMikey]

Yes indeed, it's a Disc Trucker.

[@HighwayStarTimmy]

Ha ha when the Police Officer left you he rode into the park across a non cycling sign on the ground!! One rule for .. no I'm only joking.

[@chloelouise1502]

“I’ll put him in anyway because it’s a ticket for me”

[@chombersSOpA]

Send the Police Officer down to Bournemouth, maybe some of his demeanour will rub off on them.

[@Billyb0b557]

Auditing Britain's audit of Bournemouth Station was a disgrace

[@oeman7363]

@@Billyb0b557 I live in Bournemouth must check that out

[@ITFNBiteBayKon]

Ok, so I'm fairly new about these parts and don't tend to read the comments much, but how would you go baout solving a problem like Gandalf corner?

[@davefrance3721]

A roundabout instead of a junction would be a lot better.

[@dianapeek6936]

Lights - makes common sense.

[@MB-jn3xz]

Oh dear cab driver. London finest.. not holding the standards up, I'm with you on your fight against uber Lol 😆

[@albin2232]

Top copper!

[@gooner70_ns]

Policeman "I don't give a shit about corona" 🤣🤣🤣

[@CyclingMikey]

Back then many of us had that dismissive opinion, and how things changed as we learned more in the weeks after this.

[@lesjones471]

Hey CyclingMikey why don't you join the police to monitor that junction or get the highways to fit a oneway stopper,It allows a vehicle to fold down the plate in the correct direction but in the other direction it's high and the vehicle could not ride over it at speed and the rear wheels get trapped.

[@thedarklordsauronhimself4850]

is blue the new black?

[@mikewest1542]

Doesn’t seem like a Policeman, seems too nice and not obnoxious!

[@australiandoggo5688]

This is how the vast majority of police are it’s just unfortunate that the media only focuses on the interactions that shine a bad light on police officers with little to no context on the situation

[@Frenchwine15]

This seems to be a problem junction that features drivers ignoring the highway code. Maybe it's time that the junction was altered to stop this madness.

[@tanvirhussain6106]

These cyclists have too much time on their hands. If only we were all blessed with such stress free lives and nothing better to do all day

[@ibs5080]

Lovely police officer with a very friendly and approachable personality. He even used good natured humour to the young lady who thought the officer was talking to her by saying "You can talk to me if you want". A shame he's retired. Curious to ask and apologies if I missed it in this video but when the police are there further up the road from you, are you working in tandem with them? And if so, do you have some sort of signal to notify them that "Here comes another wrong side driver for you", since they themselves can't really tell from their vantage point. I've noticed also quite a few drivers emerge from that side road to turn right when they still can't clear the first half of the road, thus blocking it. I understand that they are taking the opportunity to get part way across before traffic from their right blocks them from doing so but I feel they could have at least waited behind the Give Way line a bit longer. They could have also straightened up to be more or less parallel and alongside the traffic queue they are trying to merge into. I guess it's all part of London driving and making progress by taking every opportunity you can get as soon as it's there. Another thing I noticed for the first time in this video is how wide the traffic island is in the side street, where you parked your bike. The result is that it limits how far over to the right drivers can position themselves for a right turn, which then results in drivers turning left mounting two wheels on the pavement to make it around the corner because they can't be bothered to wait. In fact, we've seen at least one video where you caught such a driver doing that, a VW Golf I believe. Given all the issues at Gandalf Corner, I do think that whole junction needs a bit of a redesign, with cyclists and pedestrians in mind too of course.

[@ozzyefc44]

I’m surprised the cab on the main road didn’t let the cab out from the junction obviously the standards of some London cabbies have gone downhill

[@high1voltage1rules]

Well done MIKEY. You a star mate. Keep up the Amazing work. There’s a lot of people fully respect what you do mate. GOD BLESS YOU 🙏🏼✝️ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻THUMBS UP👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SeanKingSir]

What a lovely copper.

[@thegrowl2210]

Whatever happened to your recumbent?

[@kristinajendesen7111]

Still don't understand why they don't paint NO ENTRY on the road where they keep driving the wrong way. Quick and cheap partial solution.

[@CyclingMikey]

There's a keep left sign that they are all disregarding, no more is needed. We're all taught about this in our driving lessons, so it's clear that they're doing it on purpose because they don't care.

[@vacuumboots6021]

I'm pretty sure the path he cycled down at the end said NO CYCLING! one rule for one and one for another.

[@shawnkennedy2675]

Just a bit of advice, you would be more effective if you don't hide behind a hedge and stood right at the corner with your camera visible, then drivers won't even try to do it

[@denverspin]

But then, when he's not there, the motorist will keep doing it. The element of surprise works better. It like having a police officer on every corner. No crime. But to catch someone in action has more power.

[@MACK13]

Excellent Video Mikey... 👍👍👍👮‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️🚵🏻‍♀️

[@extremewinter]

I want a shirt “Are you taking a Mikey” 🤪

[@justice.wilson686]

Yup need more coppers like him. Great guy.

[@therealrobpreston1086]

Mikey, you're doing a fabulous job... just one observation, you could stand on the island and get the registrations of the motorbikes going through...

[@timhooper1557]

Did you catch the white moped sneaking around the island!😂

[@SKBKER]

What did the cop say at the end .

[@jeffrey44]

"I don't give a shit about Corona" because he had just shaken Mr Mikey's hand.

[@MarkBrown-gc6hr]

Mike (definitely noted a SA accent) where do you get the time for this?

[@CyclingMikey]

Nah, I'm not South African, have never lived there. I don't spend a great deal of time on this, just an hour before work on a few busy days a year. My friends ride in the park, and I'm doing this to protect them from these idiot wrong side drivers.

[@MarkBrown-gc6hr]

@@CyclingMikey good work. I cant believe the traffic authorities cant engineer a solution to stop them.

[@pikehunter5238]

🤣😂Mate ,you are good ,its great what u do ,but man haha ,ur still a grass .love yer vids..from Scotland 👍🏻

[@kabz9062]

down to earth cop.