Mr van Erp, who has received death threats while filming, keeps a running tally of his successes on his CyclingMikey YouTube account, including the number of penalty points or amount in fines issued to each of his targets.
Six days ago, in a video entitled 'Nice tattoos, still reported', he approached a driver in a black van who was texting while sitting in traffic.
After standing next to his window with his camera for several second, Mr van Erp was spotted by the bemused-looking driver, who wound down his window. 'Having a good Whatsapp there mate?' he asked, to which the driver replied, 'Fine, yeah'.
'Sorry mate, you were doing it while you were driving,' Mr van Erp said, before taking reading the driver's numberplate in the NATO phonetic alphabet. The driver then called him a 'f****** b****** as he walked away.'
Yes texting or using your phone if driving is a stupid and dangerous thing to do but how is the bloke still alive
Absolutely, I don't condone phone use while driving of course, but it's not for these interfering shysters to enforce the law. You read about this sort of thing all the time, I hope this one gets a good hiding sooner or later.