Cycling do-gooder who filmed driver on a phone finds himself on danger charge

A CYCLIST who reported a driver for using his mobile phone at the wheel has found himself being accused of breaking the law.

- Tristan Kirk

Dave Clifton, 56, spotted a Range Rover driver holding a phone handset while he was cycling through Belgravia, and he captured the incident on his helmet camera.

But after submitting the video clip to police, they claimed the cyclist had been riding on the wrong side of the road, and suggested that he “could pose a danger to other road users”. Mr Clifton, from south-west London, has been charged with riding a cycle on a road without due care and attention. He intends to fight the claim at a trial next month.