Councillor's Cycling Vigilantism Sparks Debate

0:00On April 4th, Adrian Chapman Law, a liberal Democrat counselor in Bournemouth Dorset, has turned into a full-long cycling vigilante, filming drivers, who pass too close and reporting them to police. He's earned the nickname, the new, Cycling Mikey, for his YouTube videos that have nabbed 80 offenders so far, leading to fines and bans through. Dorset Police's Operation Snap program. His latest class won viral after he posted a video of a run-in with an Iceland delivery driver named Sean in nearby pool. Chapman Law was riding outside the painted cycle lane lines when the van overtook him tight, so he honked and waved, prompting the driver to pull over. On double yellow lines for three-minute roadside debate, they went back and forth on whether the lane was mandatory, Chapman Law called it advisory, and stressed drivers must leave at least 1.5. Meters, when passing cyclists, under 30 miles per hour, per highway code, rule 163.

1:01Sean pushed back, questioning the lane's existence, and even joked about Chapman Law's size fitting in it, while Chapman Law defended his right to take. The primary position in the lane. Public reaction split down the middle on his social media, with fans praising the space reminder and critics accusing him of riding wide on purpose to, bait confrontations. He's faced heat before, like apologizing for filming kids near school, and some say he's more aggressive than the original cycling, Mikey, Banging, Windows, and dropping F-bombs in older clips. Despite the backlash, Chapman Law shows no signs of slowing his one-man safety squad, keeping the streets of Dorset buzzing with these 10 cyclists. Versus driver standoffs.