Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

Ok so it's disproportionate. They were still breaking the law.

They are, indeed, filthy cyclist lawbreaking scum.

But we should question why, given that the police are a finite and very limited resource, should they enforce a small subset of road traffic laws at a restricted set of locations.

By any measure, be it the safety of other road users, reduction in accidents, anything other than visibility of offence, this tactic is regressive, unproductive, and makes reduces the normalisation of cycling. This in turn makes our journeys by bicycle less safe.

And that's even before some noddy plastic bizzy offers advice on hats or yellow jackets.