A cyclist who sent a video of a driver on a mobile phone to the police, only for the police to prosecute him for stopping the traffic, has been told the case against him will be dropped.
BristolLive reported how Tom Bosanquet had a helmet camera filming as he cycled up Stokes Croft in Bristol and paused for a few seconds to tell a driver waiting at the junction with City Road to get off his phone. A van driver behind had to stop for a few seconds and sounded his horn, before driving past him and through a red light.
Mr Bosanquet sent the footage to Avon and Somerset police, but Avon and Somerset police prosecuted him too for ‘inconsiderate cycling’ for delaying the van driver. The case prompted outrage among cyclists and road safety campaigners, and the 43-year-old from Bedminster's defence was funded by Cycling UK’s Cyclists’ Defence Fund.
