I Reported A Speeding Driver To Police, Here's What Happened... 

In a 30mph area, lamp posts are a set distance apart (ie: always the same measured distance apart), therefore the police will know that any ICE vehicle (car, motorbike, van, lorry etc) travelling at 30mph it will take an exact amount of time in seconds to travel from one lamp post to the next. Any time quicker than that precise time means the driver is exceeding the speed limit and speeding.

I was looking forward to testing my newly built bike when I get there. 😂🙏🏻

Similar here in Rhode Island… Cops always put fault with the cyclist because they don’t have insurance companies behind them. They are lazy and always go for the low hanging fruit. Why should they protect you when they can stare into their phone at a job site for $150 an hour?

Jimmy thought the same though, always worth a try!

I disagree because what that driver did was actually dangerous. Being close passed by a vehicle doing 60 or 70 is terrifying & I speak as someone who enjoys dangerous hobbies like mountaineering & drives a pretty quick dragster sometimes. Always seems to be Audiw@nkers.

I was confused, does the light record the riders speed or the car?

cade media, if you cant tell by their accents, are british, and american law doesn’t apply

@@doctorscoot I guess I'm the dumbest Yank of their Patreon supporters. I thought they had Southern accents. 😀

The only reason the police acted on this is because they were so far over the speed limit that it wouldn't be remotely arguable that they weren't. To be able to prosecute people for speeding, you have to be able to show that they were speeding. Thats easy enough on a camera if someone is breaking it by 100%. If that car was doing 40 I can almost guarantee that they wouldn't be able to prosecute. We have to clearly mark our static speed cameras in the UK but there is no requirement to tell anyone you are filming when driving or cycling.

@@mctrials23they absolutely did not get prosecuted, they probably just phoned him to make it look like they did something. No personal cameras can be used to prove speeding even if the drivers doing 200, he’s also stated on the video he left more than 1.5mtrs so dd isn’t an option. Don’t believe everything you’re told on the internet by people who make money from stories.

@@joeblack7469it says in the video that the driver was not being prosecuted for speeding. Driving without due care is regularly pursued on the basis of camera footage

Do they do anything about it?

It depends on the city. Some take it serous and even ask for submissions, others will try to sue you for GDPR violation. You know, number plates are holy personal data, right? But so far they always lost in court.

@@sir-twix-a-lot9461 I really don't know. But I was asked once for more details by the city of Freiburg for exact address at a tricky intersection. So, there seems to be some attention going and it does soothe my soul by keep submitting them :) I really do need a camera front and back as some drivers provide almost no space when taking over or even open the door without looking into the mirror.

It’s so annoying that the other side sees your full name and home address 💀

@@evidenz_ well, only if the lawyer requests it and the judge approves it. I never had issues with that. Did you?

Additional field needed, download from connectiq. Forgot the name, but you’ll van find it in am sure. Shows relative speed (ro you) and speed approaching vehicle.

@@Chiller11 No question that some drivers would straight up retaliate here in the States. And I made the point that a driver who got reported would likely recall the police informant, like for sure it was that dude in the yellow jacket on a commute. Or not and yikes, either way would be bad, bad, bad for the cyclist. No way am I a fan of this. Get more police on traffic patrol to catch the bad actors.

The police won’t come out to a death? Ok, sure

@@out_spocken You’re talking about “math” and “police” in the same post. LOL.

@@paulgrimshaw8334 You're right. I'm an idiot. Thank you lol

@@out_spocken Ha ha. My theory is that anyone can teach the average police officer binary math and digital computing. All it takes is a bag of chips (the “ones”) and a box of donuts (the “zeros”).

The resources required to fine someone are tiny compared to investigating a crime without a clear suspect etc.

@@alvaroodeh4794 precisely!

That is a tax that can easily be avoided by driving normal.

Stream of revenue or not, at least the police take action against inconsiderate and dangerous road users.

@@MichaelSmith-fn1ci in an absolutely tiny fraction of cases. Probably less than any other type of crime. People just don’t realise just how much low level rule breaking and straight up dangerous drivers there are about. Whenever I am in the passenger seat of a car on the motorway, the number of people on phones blows my mind. Van drivers are the worst by a mile as well.

Speeding is fine as long as one is alone on the road. As soon as you endanger others, it is a totally different story

Except the speeding driver was just as much of a hazard to other drivers and pedestrians, as they were to cyclists. Same for mobile phone use while driving. Anybody should report it regardless of the mode of transport they are using at the time. So I don't understand why reporting someone dangerously driving by a cyclist is a thing for drivers and seen as cyclists hating on drivers. Drivers with camcorders do often report dangerous driving too.

@@christoph1 40mph over the speed limit is fine? What if the driver had lost control of the vehicle, went off the road and ended up skidding/rolling etc. and ploughing into a group of pedestrians or a nursery play area full of kids, which happened the other day in London.

@@82vitt true but undeniably it is a lot harder to report and prosecute a cyclist compared to driver or a motorbike rider

I agree, and we do live in a small world. Not a stretch to think a driver who got reported to the police can recall exactly when and where it was done and perhaps wait to retaliate on another day. People can truly be mean and nasty and vindictive and, thankfully, we have police to do police work, not an easy job and much respect to them. And if bike riders want to take on that job, well, be careful, please. And I say that as one who, years ago, went through the process on my job of reporting my concern over the mental well-being of a colleague who freakin' WENT OFF on management in a verbal rant. And I did what we were asked to do, I reported it by filling out a form and putting my name on it. And management talked with him, and he apologize to me, not necessary, but yeah, I paid for it through various bad vibrations from him and his buds after that, and I wanted none of that, of course, but it did come back to bite me for being a good guy, I was truly concerned about him. And again, I simply think police work should be done by police. Let's get the UK to hire bike-mounted riders with cameras.

Agreed. We are sitting ducks without them.

@@scoopermg8226 Also agreed. This is a huge secondary marketing feature for cycling navigation devices.

@@keyyyyyyyyyify That’s not true. First of all, the police can issue a charge. It is up to the courts to convict or rule on a disputed citation. If the matter proceeds to court, the attending officer needs to appear. Half the time they don’t. So the accused walks. If the accused is charged on the basis of an un calibrated image or video taken by a citizen, then having the citation overturned is as easy as asking for expert testimony to verify that the image hasn’t been tampered with, is optically correct, accurate etc. The key legal principles are: (1) presumption of innocence and (2) nothing is self apparent. It doesn’t take Johnny Cochran (OJ Simpson’s defence lawyer) to obtain an acquittal on these terms. Doesn’t even take a lawyer. If you want to know why crimes where people are harmed are not ruthlessly investigated… look no further than statistics on the number of officers assigned to traffic duty handing out tickets to generate revenue for the state. The officer pool is the officer pool and the number of people making speed complaints is greater than those reporting break and enters by a factor of… 100. If you want to know why so many serious criminals walk due to judicial delay, look no further than the fact that traffic tickets make up 90% of a court’s docket. Since the state makes money from fines and loses money when incarcerating criminals, I’ll let you figure out a key issue underpinning the math.

Yes, and it indicates speed on the garmin bike computer (additional field needed). As i have a gopro as dashcam in front, i’ll have the licence plate. Started to use this when a few hit and runs went on in my neighbourhood (cars hitting cyclists and run off).

@@Stevenafoe Thanks, I need to look at something.

Snitches get stitches lol

Agreed. What a wanker. And yes I’m a cyclist .

What's being a cyclist matter? Most dash cam reports of dangerous and law breaking car driving are made by car drivers. Dangerous car driving impacts everyone. The largest group injured and killed are car occupants. Car drivers kill more pedestrians than they do cyclists, by a factor of 4.5 in 2023, and half of those occurred on the footpath. Endless videos of dangerous driving and drivers being caught on the phone drive up insurance premiums.

@@petergibson7287 I guess you’ve never exceeded the speed limit then. Or ever done anything wrong. I do not want to live in a place where we all tell on each other to the authorities for any infringements. A world of “Karens” is not a world I want to be a part of.

@@vmgmarcus everyone can break the law because you are a dick? nice idea

@@vmgmarcus Doing over 70 in a 30 limit is not just a little bit over a limit is it? It's stupid.

For the people by the people. We are the government

In Texas I’ve heard that pickup drivers paint little bicycles jut under the driver’s side window, one for each cyclist they’ve taken out.

Yes, & I'm a pedestrian & I have witnessed 100s of cyclists disobeying/ignoring stop signs, red lights & riding on the wrong side of the road or sidewalk. Would you be OK with me sending videos of them to the local police ? Be careful for what you wish for, justice is a bitch. BTW, I doubt this "evidence" would be admissible in court as the US Constitution requires the accused the right to face his accuser.

@@Tumid1 I for one have no problem with you sending videos of cyclists doing whatever it is that you accuse them of, but make sure you're not being biased toward them; cyclists make up one percent of road users so for every one that you film, you must also have 99 videos of car drivers disobeying and ignoring stop signs, red lights & driving on the wrong side of the road or sidewalk. I often report cyclists for transgressions where I live, and I know that the police act; I've filmed them hanging around my described location waiting for the cyclists to show up. Meanwhile, hundreds of car drivers will blow the red lights or sit waiting for a green and be scrolling through their phone, or they'll speed through the zone. It's a true gold mine. They then pack up and leave before even one cyclist arrives, but that's ok, they've fined about fifty car drivers...

Zzzzz booooring.

In the week the 3 girls in Southport were murdered, an average of 35 people died on the roads, mostly due to careless or incompetent driving. Does that put things in perspective for you?

Unlucky

Too little benefit to resources involved ratio. What improvement and at what would it precisely achieve? 350 deaths, 150k injured in accidents involving a car. 1 dead and 450 injured in accidents involving cyclists. How often do you see temporary road closures due to accidents caused by a cyclist? I have never seen one, but see road closures due to car accidents at least once per fortnight.

@@82vitt All of a sudden when the spotlight is towards yall..... First off all you guys are using a vehicle on the road so there's really no discussion to be had about, at the very least, identification. Once cyclists are indentified the same resources that catch cars and motorbikes wrongdoings can be used towards cyclists, that's no excuse. If we are going to throw around numbers then lets start collecting data on how many of those accidents involving cyclists and cars are "self inflicted" to say the least. At the moment the narrative is always angel cyclists trying to save the world while being hunt down by cars so lets investigate and shine light.

Next up… a car uses dash cam video to dob in a cyclist passing them and exceeding the village speed limit.

But, by this logic, if you report someone for stealing something at a neighbour’s house, for example, would that be becoming a police informant?

@@BrenGunning Fair point. Whatever you see going on at your neighbours house thru binoculars and night vision goggles is fine. LOL

@@BrenGunning Respectfully, I'd say no because everyone knows you cross a line when you enter someone's private space, be it house or vehicle or whatever. It is a clearly defined law, not always enforced, certainly, but still a recognized right of citizens to abide in peace in their place. And again, if we riders are going to be reporting vehicle drivers, fine, make it official and maybe get the special tool for it, the Garmin Cop Cam. 😀

30mph speed limits in the UK are basically never used anywhere but residential areas. Someone doing 70+ in a 30 is fantastically dangerous and they should instantly lose their license. The speed limit is there for a reason. He can give the cyclist as much room as he wants flying past at 70+, hes going to kill someone who pulls out in front of him or steps off the pavement in front of him. There isn't a chance he won't crash. This idea of snitching is just bizarre and belongs in bollocks gang culture. This isn't someone doing 35 in a 30. This isn't someone parking where they shouldn't or bending the rules a little. Hundreds of people die each year in the UK because people drive like knobs. I bet every single person who talks about snitching would feel differently if their family member was killed by a twat doing over twice the speed limit in a residential area.