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“In four years Mike van Erp has filmed 1,400 drivers using their phones, leading to 1,800 penalty points, £110,000 of fines — and him being assaulted by disgruntled motorists. Is he a road safety hero or just a darned nuisance? Nick Rufford joins him on patrol”

I’ve watched a few of his videos. I should be surprised that he catches so many drivers in their phones, but in and around London? Not surprised at all.

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[–] CrapConnoisseur@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has Mikey gotten anybody in trouble who's pulled into a lay-by, stopped the car, turned off the engine, removed the key, and left the car to take a phone call? If not, I don't see what your beef is with him.

[–] Blake -4 points 1 year ago

Remember that bit in my comment about “all I want to discuss is whether or not that is justice”?

I don’t have a “beef” with Mikey, he’s somewhat neutral as far as I’m concerned. Why do you care about that in comparison to the real question I asked? Surely if there’s injustice in our legal system that’s more important than whether or not some random internet weirdo likes some other internet weirdo?