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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Vigilante cyclist reveals film showing 300 law-breaking drivers in a single day on just ONE street in the UK
A vigilante cyclist filmed more than 300 law-breaking drivers in just one day on a single street in the UK. Dan Brothwell, who leads campaign group Bike Worcester, set up a secret camera to catch motorists in the act of breaking the law in the city's busy Foregate Street. Over one 24-hour period, a staggering 315 drivers were caught breaching various traffic laws, primarily parking and loading offences. The timelapse video shows road users and taxis illegally parking on white zig-zag markings on the street, which is not permitted. It also captures vehicles mounting the kerb and even a lorry unloading while parked on a pavement. The video comes as police figures show more than 15,000 clips of cyclists being overtaken too closely by motorists were submitted in England and Wales last year. This was more than double the 7,249 clips sent to police in 2021. The increase comes as increasing numbers of cyclists use helmet cameras to film bad drivers and report them to police. Jeremy Vine, who is thought to have helped in encouraging road users to report vehicles who pass cyclists too closely, says he will no longer share videos of his cycling on social media because of the hatred he receives in response TV presenter Jeremy Vine is credited with boosting the trend, for regularly posting footage of his daily commute through London on social media. But he's recently stopped the practice due to the backlash and hatred he receives in response, saying he is 'worn down'. Bike Worcester has come under fire for releasing the video by councillors who accuse the group of being 'anti-car and anti-taxi'. Richard Udall, chair of Worcester City Council's licensing committee, said: 'We can only enforce at times when we are present. 'Hundreds of fixed penalties have been issued and repeat offenders will lose their licenses. 'Taxis are allowed to load and unload passengers on yellow lines, this may account for some of the issues they are complaining about. 'Enforcement officers cannot just issue a ticket, they need to wait a few minutes to try and locate the driver or ask the driver to move. CCTV and ANPR parking enforcement is therefore not legal at this location. 'The area is patrolled regularly and enforcement officers do act and do enforce the rules. 'Taxi drivers are becoming increasingly concerned about the attacks upon them by Bike Worcester. They feel it's unfair and unjustified. 'The vast majority are law abiding professionals, providing a quality public service. 'They feel the constant attacks from Bike Worcester are beginning to look like an anti-taxi or an anti-car campaign. 'Worcester City Council will continue to enforce our rules and will take action against any offending taxi driver, we will continue to work with the drivers and their representatives to reduce any problems problems which occur.' The covert footage shows the hundreds of drivers committing offences over a 24-hour period last October. Bike Worcester spokesperson Dan Brothwell defended the secret camera, claiming illegal parking is dangerous for cyclists. He said: 'This is a massive problem - and we don't have a vendetta against taxis or cars. 'Our time lapse video recorded over 300 parking offences and incidents of over-ranking in 24 hours. People turn a blind eye to it. 'I feel for Worcester's taxi drivers - they're being swamped by drivers from Wychavon and Wolverhampton. 'But parking here causes the problem that cars overtaking cross the solid white line into the bike/bus lane, meaning cars drive head-on at people cycling - many of these are also taxis.' In April, TV and radio presenter Vine announced he was finished sharing clips of his commutes online. The 59-year-old Radio 2 and Channel 5 star has attracted a combination of praise and derision for his social media clips shaming the capital's worst drivers - which have become more elaborate in their edits over time. But after years of enduring foul-mouthed comments calling for him to be crushed under lorries - and others suggesting that his wife was committing infidelities with car drivers - he's calling it a day on his crusade. 'Small announcement. I'm stopping my cycling videos. The trolling just got too bad. They have had well over 100 million views but in the end the anger they generate has genuinely upset me,' he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. But he did say he will continue to report drivers privately to police. Speaking to MailOnline in April, Vine said that the recent theft of his £620 bicycle from outside his home in Chiswick, west London gave him pause for thought on whether he ought to continue making himself a target for online vitriol. 'It's all just the c-word, the f-word, the w-word - it wears you down eventually,' he continued. 'Even if you look at the responses when I said I wasn't going to do it anymore, people on there are still wanting to see me squashed under a truck. 'Whether it's because their mum hasn't made their breakfast yet, I don't know. You can only laugh it off for so long.'
CTV News
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Dark lullabies and dance with Alex Elliott
Alex Elliott previews her haunting new show Let's not stay awake through dark nights, inspired by Icelandic love, lullabies, and lawbreakers.
The Independent
29-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
Watch: Robert Jenrick confronts TfL ‘fare dodgers' in social media video
Robert Jenrick has released a video of himself confronting alleged fare dodgers on the London Underground, as he claimed lawbreakers are 'chipping away at society'. The shadow justice secretary visited Paddington Station where he filmed several alleged fare dodgers appearing to break the law. The former Conservative leadership contender is also seen reporting a suspected fare dodger to officials, telling him: 'You're on camera, mate, you're bang to rights'. Mr Jenrick adds: 'The state needs to reassert itself, and go after lawbreakers.'
Wall Street Journal
19-05-2025
- Wall Street Journal
Against the ‘Precrime' Police
Alison Leigh Cowan suggests that college admissions officers ask a series of questions beginning with: 'Is it ever justified to . . .' ('How Colleges Can Weed Out Lawbreakers,' op-ed, May 16). That could work, but there's a simpler way. If colleges would actually punish students who 'pull a fire alarm . . . to protest a speaker' or expel a student for 'destroying a mezuza on someone's door,' such behavior would end or at least be markedly reduced. Admissions officers should focus on accepting students who can do the work and add value to the community rather than trying to stop crime before it happens à la 'Minority Report.' Michael Leb
