I think you'll find there's a fair bit of grey area in how road laws apply to cyclists
and how people behave in practice, and hence why police take a very laissez faire attitude to enforcement. That's why they generally don't fine children for cycling on the pavement to school (Rule 64 of the Highway Code), and why most cyclists don't exercise their right to block off a lane of traffic and hold all the cars up. So they're certainly not assigning detectives to track down youtube cycling posters, no matter the sanctimony it generates
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 26 Feb 2026, 2:32,
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They don't have to investigate it
All the evidence is there and he put his name on it. Were I going to break the law; and judging by the location, the Highway Code doesn't apply; I wouldn't post incriminating videos on the internet for anyone (just to make sure that you understand, I mean the police) to find. Do you know what sanctimonious means, or were you not applying it to me?
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An Egg ,D, Thu 26 Feb 2026, 23:37,
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so, you'll just ignore everything I said explaining why police don't tend to prosecute cyclists even when things happen in front of them
bit like how they dont prosecute drivers who fail to give 1.5m of space if overtaking cyclists as required by the highway code, nor the endless vids of them doing this with their licences plates visible. Or jaywalking.
Sanctimony in this instance is being critical or condemnatory with the inference of moral or ethical superiority, e.g. b3ta.com/links/1630356. In my view it's the dopamine hit this gives people that drives the majority of internet comment.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 27 Feb 2026, 4:12,
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I've been a cyclist for the best part of 40 years, sweetheart.
And a bicycle commuter for half of that.
But unlike the insufferable cunt in this video, I obey the Highway Code. Will it increase my social standing with other road users? Probably not, but that's only because cunts like the bloke in the video exist and drive a negativity bias towards all cyclists.
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mmmm
did that give you a boner?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 27 Feb 2026, 11:32,
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