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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker

No wonder Jeremy Vine is hanging up his helmet cam – the rage we cyclists face is off the scale

Jeremy Vine riding his bike.
The broadcaster Jeremy Vine has stopped uploading his cycling videos due to online abuse. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

My local area has a thriving community website mainly based around things such as recommendations for plumbers and restaurants, or people selling sofas. But every now and then I feel the need to scan its pages to make sure a near-neighbour hasn’t libelled me. Why? Cycling, of course.

As Jeremy Vine has found out, there is something very peculiar about riding a bike. It seems to make otherwise sensible people on the roads around you lose all reason and perspective. Vine has spent years posting informative and amusing video vignettes of his bike commute, pointing out the many and frequent ways that some drivers seem oblivious or, at times, openly homicidal to those on two wheels.

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