Vigilante cyclist who pushed his bike into a car he was trying to stop at ‘no entry' sign makes bizarre excuse
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A VIGILANTE cyclist who filmed himself pushing his bike into a car to stop it driving down a 'no entry' road has given a bizarre excuse.
Footage posted by Michael van Erp, known as Cycling Mikey, shows him getting into a heated exchange with the motorist on Sunday.
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Mikey's bike was smashed out of the way
Credit: Cycling Mikey
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The motorist ignores the flimsy roadblock and accelerates along the road anyway
Credit: Instagram / CyclingMikey
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Despite being confronted by the vigilante, the driver keeps trying to sneak down
Credit: Cycling Mikey
The video, posted on his Youtube channel, shows the 52-year-old initially blocking the Fiat 500 from driving down the road.
Due to roadworks, the road appears to be reduced to a one way street, with traffic cones and signs telling drivers not to enter it.
Despite being confronted by the vigilante, the driver keeps trying to sneak down Paddenswick Road in Hammersmith, west London.
It is at this point the brazen vigilante cyclist tries to block the driver's path by throwing his bike in his path.
The motorist ignores the flimsy roadblock and accelerates along the road anyway, smashing into the bicycle in the process.
Responding to critics of his extreme actions today, Cycling Mikey gave a bizarre excuse for not stopping his bike.
Writing on X, he claimed that he 'couldn't… brake a 28kg e-bike once I realised the driver wasn't stopping'.
Footage of the confrontation between the road safety warrior and the driver was filmed by Mikey and a bystander.
The Dutch vigilante is then left to pick up his possessions from the tarmac after unsuccessfully stopping the motorist.
Prior to the smash, Mikey can be heard in the clip saying: "What is that sign back there? You have to go back now, very naughty.'
Shouting at another driver who attempts to drive through the one-way street, he says: "No f*** off, go back.
"What do you think you're doing? Go back."
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The Met confirmed they were aware of the footage and urged Cycling Mikey to speak with officers.
A spokesperson for the force said: 'We are aware of footage circulating on social media which appears to show an incident on Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith on Sunday August 10.
'No arrests have been made at this stage.
'We urge victims of crime to contact the police by calling 101, or 999 in an emergency.'
Cycling Mikey has made a name for himself by filming motorists breaking the rules of the road and reporting them.
On his social media, he claims to have reported more than 2,000 drivers in the space of six years.
Since 2019, he says motorists have paid a total of £165,700 in fines and received 2,649 penalty points due to his actions.
He also claims 35 people have been disqualified from driving.
Last year, footage showed him cruising along the road before he caught a woman red-handed using her phone behind the wheel.
She can be seen winding the window down as Mikey explains what she's done wrong.
The woman then says how she's a doctor and explains it's a very "difficult job".
Mikey then appears to consider letting the woman off the hook before he asks her if she already has points.
But then when she admits she does he replies: "I'm starting to think you're someone not learning from the points system."
In 2020, he videoed Guy Ritchie texting while behind the wheel of his Range Rover
The exchange led to the film director being banned from driving for six months, as he already had nine speeding points.
He also caught Chris Eubank on the phone in 2021, with the former world champion boxer telling him: 'Go away. Off you go, off you go.'
Eubank was handed three penalty points and fined £280 in costs because he jumped a red light having driven away from van Erp.
As well as his YouTube site, van Erp also uploads footage to a police website which is set up for citizen reporting.
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Cycling Mikey has made a name for himself catching drivers breaking the rules
Credit: Cycling Mikey
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