One Of Londons Finest, Caught out by a Nusiance Cyclist.

A cyclist has described his shock after a taxi driver started filming him using his mobile phone while he was driving with a passenger on board.

The footage shows the London cabbie using his mobile, before he realises he has been spotted so dangerously starts filming the cyclist - while he was driving along one of the capital's busiest roads during rush hour.

Road safety campaigner Lewis Dediare, who gathered the footage on New Oxford Street, described his disbelief at the brazen behaviour of the driver.

Forty-nine-year-old Mr Dediare, who is also known as 'Traffic Droid', said: 'I was cycling along New Oxford Street at around 8:30 in the morning.

'I pulled to a stop on the left hand side of the taxi and I scanned left and right and I caught him with his head down and using a mobile phone, that's when I realised he was a naughty boy.

'I made a note of the time and the registration plate and I was going to leave it, but then I realised he was keeping pace with me and I saw his left hand poking out, he only had his right hand on the steering wheel.

'I was so shocked when I realised he was filming me, especially because he had a passenger on board.

'His eyes weren't on the road, it was so dangerous.'


In the footage, Mr Dediare can be heard asking the driver if he is using a mobile phone.

He asks: 'What is the Highway Code, for using a mobile while in command of a vehicle?'

Referring to the camera fixed to the front of the bicycle, the driver responds: 'That is a hazard,' before pulling away. He adds: 'Well you're filming me, so why can't I film you?'

When traffic is stationary again, the pair continue, with Mr Dediare asking: 'When the police ask for the information, please can you submit [your mobile] to the police as well, because that is evidence, that you are using a mobile while in command of a vehicle.'

In the footage Mr Dediare catches up with the driver at a red light and asks: 'Is that a mobile phone?' and the driver continues filming the cyclist.

Telecoms supervisor Lewis, who has been filming on the roads for six years after being involved in a number of collisions, has since reported the incident to police.

Lewis said: 'I film for my protection, and his protection, and everyone else's protection I started filming on the roads after I was knocked off my bike six or seven times.

'I report people on a daily basis because there are too many near misses. It averages between four and ten people per day.

'I don't describe myself as a vigilante. I do not go out looking for incidents to report, but every time I use my bike I take four cameras with me.

'I used to take eleven but the footage was taking up too much data so I had to reduce the number.' 

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