EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline joined cycling 'vigilante' Jeremy Vine on his commute to see first hand how dangerous London's road network really is.
To cyclists, Jeremy Vine is a campaigning hero whose daily two-wheel commutes along London's streets and bike lanes see him battle against and frequently publicly expose rogue motorists.
Several of Vine's recent bike-vs-motorist scraps have gone viral on Twitter with followers split on whether the TV presenter was in the right or wrong MailOnline joined Vine on his commute to see first hand what cycling in London is really likeAnd many motorists give as good as they get: one delivery driver famously greeted his attentions with the loud riposte: 'Vine you p****' - while a bus driver who was accused of cutting him up also had the last word, branding him a...
Crucially, it means he always has evidence to present to the police if he is wronged, which he says happens alarmingly often. Here we are pictured in Kensington High Street - an area which Vine says is 'utterly disgusting' for cyclists, motorists and pedestrians alikeVine gets into regular spats and rows with motorists along his commute
READ MORE: 'Vine, you p****!': Jeremy Vine tweets video of foul-mouthed Amazon delivery driver getting in his way As we briefly pause at the roadside on a section marked with wavy yellow lines to discuss our route, a van roars past. a window is rolled down and the man in the passenger seat shouts at us: 'You can't stop on the squiggles!'
In one memorable encounter last year, Vine even asked his followers for advice on which driver he should report after clocking two infractions on the same stretch of road.Vine explains: 'If you report someone you get told it's going to be processed, that's the auto reply. He is just trying to get to work in a healthy way - and has become somewhat preoccupied with a road culture that makes this less easy than he might like.
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