– ‘Too many cyclists have died’ –
His efforts inevitably irritate some road users.
“How about cyclists then? They are far worse. They don’t look at the traffic lights,” asked a disgruntled truck driver, while casting a wary eye over the “Droid”.
Others accuse him of being a “snitch”, an informer in a country already riddled with surveillance cameras.
“I’ve been attacked a few times,” admitted Dediare, but insisted he was just being a “concerned citizen”.
About 15 cyclists are killed in London each year on average, a toll that also spurred cyclist Dave Sherry to start filming his bike trips into the capital.
“Too many cyclists have died,” said Sherry, a 37-year-old bus driver. “It’s a jungle out there.”
Both Sherry and Dediare complain that budget cuts mean there are no longer enough police officers to protect cyclists. There are now 3,600 fewer officers in London than three years ago, according to Metropolitan Police figures.
Sherry claims to have notched up 60 convictions in the past two years. And last year, one of his videos even led to the dismissal of a fellow bus driver for texting while driving.
He admits to some resentment among his co-workers, but says: “I don’t care what people think. If I can save one cyclist’s life, that’s a good thing in my book.”
The father-of-five identified “mothers on the school run, van drivers, black cab drivers and people in high-end sports cars” as habitual offenders.
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