London's Finest Black Cab at Gandalf Corner

London's Finest Black Cab at Gandalf Corner - LL59FJA

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3 жыл бұрын

This was in early March when we were all just getting super worried about Corona, but still a few weeks from lockdown. The cabbie had to go on a driver awareness course which would have cost him about £100 and the best part of a day.
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@paulc180 2 жыл бұрын

one of Britain's finest policeman, down to earth and really enjoyed his job. we need more like him, this should be a police training video.,

@mrsmokingskittles148 2 жыл бұрын

I reported him for not giving a shit about Corona and breaking 2m rule

@user-ot7jd9dt7t 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrsmokingskittles148 you reported him.. to the police ? LOL good luck 👍🏼

@bigteddy66 2 жыл бұрын

He s that good he toddled off on his merry way straight over the no cycling great big white letters. You couldn't make up the hypocrisy.

@CyclingMikey 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigteddy66 Parks police are allowed to ride there - it's part of their duties.

@jananilcolonoscopu4034 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigteddy66 Maybe the cab driver learned his lesson here, and maybe you also learned a lesson; not to open your gob without knowing the facts.

@seantimmons1321 3 жыл бұрын

It is always reassuring to see the good cops at work. The good guys make a difference.

@drdark9134 2 жыл бұрын

@Sean Timmons - Just one of a few good apples in a rotten barrel I'm afraid.

@EdwardF83 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice fellow. Acting like a human and not a typical Person in uniform.

@KandiKlover 3 жыл бұрын

Got to, Mikey making them look like slackers now lmao.

@Northstander 3 жыл бұрын

Agree totally, to be fair the majority of cops are like him...if you don't act like a total jerk with them they won't treat you like one. If he is reading this, I hope he has a long and happy retirement!

@alrightboblive 3 жыл бұрын

I will agree with you on this Ed, I did find it funny when he said I don't give a shit about corona. Shame he's retired seems like a legit guy!

@nothankyou 3 жыл бұрын

A very charming super-spreader

@denverspin 3 жыл бұрын

Riding a bicycle for a living keeps one down to earth.

@Gobbbbb 3 жыл бұрын

That copper haha, "I don't give a shit about corona" - Top bloke.

@felixlynch7327 3 жыл бұрын

inadvertently grassed up his mate to his employer like all those drivers lol

@jamesflaherty59 2 жыл бұрын

@@felixlynch7327 He wanted a handshake no harm done.

@grahamnutt8958 3 жыл бұрын

This kind of interaction has been sadly lacking for quite a while. Thanks for posting this Mikey 👍

@thomasdavies9874 3 жыл бұрын

I had a meeting in London today. When it finished I took a walk to Gandalf Corner.. called the wife like a starstruck kid. Keep up the good work Mike 👍

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!

@ibs5080 3 жыл бұрын

I'd be even more star struck meeting Mikey in person..i have to think of a good opening line. How about "You know what's going to happen now don't you? Number one I want to thank you for all your hard work and number two I'm sure the police would say the same". 😉

@Gustava10 2 жыл бұрын

I’d be starstruck too 🤩

@CyclingMikey 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gustava10 Well thank you all! I'm just a normal bloke, nothing at all special about me. I'd be just as honoured to meet you all.

@terrance6013 3 жыл бұрын

That cabbie u tried to butter up ignored u 😂

@denverspin 3 жыл бұрын

Because he drives the same way

@beckscald3855 3 жыл бұрын

He seemed really awesome. What a nice copper. Happy retirement to him.

@dianapeek6936 Жыл бұрын

Such a nice policeman Was doing a better job than the useless wastes of spaces who spend days watching some idiot sitting on a gantry holding up miles and miles of vehicles.

@135Ops Жыл бұрын

@@dianapeek6936 You think this Cop would have done anything different? How naive.

@namastezen3300 3 жыл бұрын

good tag teaming at gandalf, I appreciate the interaction w/cop; you are personable and respectful, thank you for providing incidental ambiance, a far cry from my neighborhood. Good going on LL59FJA.

@RM-qv9rb 3 жыл бұрын

03:50 Did that officer just rode on to a "No Cycling" path?

@Rose.Of.Hizaki 3 жыл бұрын

Its always the good, hard working ones that retire too soon. I wish R.0 524 a happy retirement.

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@tamar5261 3 жыл бұрын

On a full pension at 55 years of age, why would he keep working? Good luck to him.

@keshatton2334 2 жыл бұрын

@@tamar5261 Ditto Chris, i am very happy my taxes help pay for this class of Policing. I well remember my local bobby when i was first driving. He gave me sound but STERN advice. I always respect our police.

@Sam1234Magic 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't they just install a camera at that junction? Would save everyone a lot of manual work surely?

@CyclingMash 3 жыл бұрын

They claim that it will cost too much to run. However in 2021 the park has spent £160000 repairing a gate which has been driven into twice by boy racers

@larry365 3 жыл бұрын

More like why don't they just fix the junction. If this many people break the rules, maybe its time to change them.

@bert454 3 жыл бұрын

That spot must be one of the few places left in the UK not to have CCTV!

@CJM527 3 жыл бұрын

@@larry365 They like it for the income.

@philgee5220 3 жыл бұрын

Or put a zebra crossing there but without the island to get in the way? Its a known bottleneck when it comes to the lights further ahead backing up so there should be some sort of filter there and not someone just propping up the treasury funds.

@BoSelectaCoins 3 жыл бұрын

What a sound police officer. Top guy. Respect

@stevie6420 3 жыл бұрын

Gandalf corner will soon be a world renowned tourist attraction thanks to Mikey 😅

@GavinScrimgeour 3 жыл бұрын

A thoroughly nice bloke

@26TM079 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant You Have Met The Met 👍👍👍💙💙💙

@Moses77786 2 жыл бұрын

when he shook your hand and said I dont care about convid. respect

@namcat53 2 жыл бұрын

I have met only really kind, friendly locals in London. There is a reason why The Beatles came from England; just four very cool English people. I count you and this good cop among them.

@trainman665 3 жыл бұрын

“When we were all just starting to get super worried about corona”, he clearly wasn’t! haha!

@DreamClean 3 жыл бұрын

Does that say "no cycling" on the entrance of the park? 🤔

@KandiKlover 3 жыл бұрын

@@DreamClean yeah most parks prohibit it. At least on the walking path parts.

@gavinharris8373 3 жыл бұрын

3:17 blackbird flies directly past the camera at high speed.

@paulcrawford5437 2 жыл бұрын

I like it when you can talk to cops like normal people, too often it seems like us-v-them where its not. We all just want to be safe and go home at the end of the day.

@jamesflaherty59 2 жыл бұрын

Most Met Police are like this when they're not dealing with something urgent, they're trained how to deal with the public.

@choppsyboy6284 2 жыл бұрын

That copper earns respect 🙌

@roberthughes8428 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a polite friendly interactive policeman. Very old school!!!

@obrienliam 3 жыл бұрын

A last-minute glimpse of pre-pandemic life!

@matthew3774 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah queues of traffic. Great wasnt it

@nigelfarage69 3 жыл бұрын

The officer said “I don’t give a shit about corona” so this must have been filmed during the pandemic.

@KunaevNS 3 жыл бұрын

That police officer was really cool!

@koudacyen 3 жыл бұрын

Wait did that cop say at the end, "i don't give a shit about corona"?

@zoltar666pz 3 жыл бұрын

Yep so do I last year their was a RTA & I helped out I did not care about corona all I wanted to do is care for the bike rider

@Billyb0b557 3 жыл бұрын

@@thisisnotforalltosee1875 It was March 2020 and this is when it was just getting serious in Italy and a lot of people thought it wouldn't come over here hence the officers view. A month later we were In lockdown

@daveupton8625 3 жыл бұрын

Great police officer wish all were like him loveable guy have time for people like him.

@nitramluap 3 жыл бұрын

3:38 - Mikey, I was looking at your shadow and thinking "What kind of action cam is that!?" 🤣

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

Long time Mr Luap! Hahaha, I hadn't noticed that.

@albin2232 3 жыл бұрын

Top copper!

@josephmarsh8235 3 жыл бұрын

Great and friendly police officer. I'm sad he's retired

@doveronefoxtrot4417 2 жыл бұрын

Why don't they install a set of one way collapsible plates at the junction ? Job done.

@grahamlive 2 жыл бұрын

Because they hinder the path of emergency vehicles.

@retiredyeti5555 2 жыл бұрын

This was enjoyable. I chat several times a week with a retired London police officer, when we play a word game against each other. I have the highest respect for the officers who do their job conscientiously, both here in the USA and in other countries. I have often wished I could do here, what you do there - but here I risk being shot as a result of such actions, plus the fact that there is no such law here that allows citizens to report motorists bad behavior or scofflaw attitude, and get results. Might as well howl at the moon! Stay safe, Mikey.

@PAUL-wv6vu 3 жыл бұрын

That cab was not interested in what you were saying

@groovytirma2409 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 Mikey was buttering up the cabbie with the "ooh, I'm on your side in the fight against Uber" comment and the guy couldn't care less.

@mr.lamphun7789 Жыл бұрын

"I don't give a shit about corona" 🤣🤣

@HighwayStarTimmy 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha when the Police Officer left you he rode into the park across a non cycling sign on the ground!! One rule for .. no I'm only joking.

@csiatst 3 жыл бұрын

I like the way the policeman gets on his bike and cycles into the park. He cycles right over the 'No Cycling' writing on the ground.

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

He is allowed to though, as cycling through the park is part of his duties. I'm OK with that.

@KleineJoop 3 жыл бұрын

Hur dur

@manliob8342 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Man! This is exactly what I'd like to do in Milan (Italy), unfortunately car drivers are not so polite like in London. If I'd do something like you do, I'd go directly to the hospital and then into jail because of privacy vilation and some new laws created on purpose for me.

@paulaherne3915 3 жыл бұрын

Whose bicycle is that locked to a road-sign on the dividing-island?

@globe2555 2 жыл бұрын

Put some block-poles in the ground, that only will shoot up and block, if a vehicle is trying to pass from the right. Effective.

@JRidesRally 3 жыл бұрын

Yo.. I have filled a road traffic offence but cannot find a link to check the progress of it. How do you know who is being prosecuted and who got how many points? Thanks

@4exgold 4 ай бұрын

what a brilliant Bobby.....the role model for how all policemen/women should be

@MACK13 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video Mikey... 👍👍👍👮‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️🚵🏻‍♀️

@stevehubbard8446 3 жыл бұрын

How much time do you spend at this junction?

@Dusty101uk 2 жыл бұрын

😂 at the end did he say I don’t give a beep about corona

@penmann4003 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute gentleman

@vetworker 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely could do with more officers like this.

@australiandoggo5688 3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is majority of law enforcement are like this, it’s just the media portrays Leo’s as a bunch of hired thugs

@nutterfjell 3 жыл бұрын

Great Cop!

@Krzyszczynski 3 жыл бұрын

Thought at first it was that black cab you were pinging, for not getting far enough over on the right to make his turn (forcing the vehicle behind him to squeeze carefully past in order to make HIS turn, to the left). That's a habit that really gets my goat, sprawling all over the mouth of the road, so no-one else can get past you, even though there ought to be plenty of room for two vehicles to sit abreast.

@jamessmith-gr5fw 3 жыл бұрын

did that police officer cycle in to a no cycling path in the park?

@deanharris8059 3 жыл бұрын

Yes , the irony

@malcolm4672 3 жыл бұрын

nice copper.

@CortinasAndClassics 3 жыл бұрын

Traffic lights would be good here. Possibly.

@formicapple2 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a decent Constable that. There remains a few like him still, sadly they are all retiring now.

@chombersSOpA 3 жыл бұрын

Send the Police Officer down to Bournemouth, maybe some of his demeanour will rub off on them.

@Billyb0b557 3 жыл бұрын

Auditing Britain's audit of Bournemouth Station was a disgrace

@oeman7363 3 жыл бұрын

@@Billyb0b557 I live in Bournemouth must check that out

@choppapop2027 3 жыл бұрын

That policeman down to earth one in a million happy retirement.

@thebaldyhippy 2 жыл бұрын

One good cop is worth a million bad ones, may the force be with him.

@SeanKingSir 3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely copper.

@M_A357 2 жыл бұрын

Officer broke a rule himself by riding in the ‘no cycling’ path 🤦‍♂️

@CyclingMikey 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Actually the Parks police are allowed to ride and drive there. I do realise it looks hypocritical, but I think it's fair enough as they need to for their job. The rest of us don't need to cycle there. :)

@extremewinter 3 жыл бұрын

I want a shirt “Are you taking a Mikey” 🤪

@nicfripp4159 3 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed watching your many videos you've recorded here, but I'm intrigued by your name for the place. I lived less than a mile away for 15 years near the end of the last millennium, but never heard it named as you do. Please tell me why you call it Gandalf Corner

@ZuluEchoRomeoOscar 3 жыл бұрын

Mikey was named Gandalf by his (many) followers for his 'you shall not pass' attitude. And this is his corner.

@jmoropeza 3 жыл бұрын

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@kristinajendesen7111 3 жыл бұрын

Still don't understand why they don't paint NO ENTRY on the road where they keep driving the wrong way. Quick and cheap partial solution.

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

There's a keep left sign that they are all disregarding, no more is needed. We're all taught about this in our driving lessons, so it's clear that they're doing it on purpose because they don't care.

@chloelouise1502 3 жыл бұрын

“I’ll put him in anyway because it’s a ticket for me”

@high1voltage1rules 2 жыл бұрын

Well done MIKEY. You a star mate. Keep up the Amazing work. There’s a lot of people fully respect what you do mate. GOD BLESS YOU 🙏🏼✝️ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻THUMBS UP👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@TheMG4hubcap 11 ай бұрын

Gonna miss Rich. He was very good with you I feel like yous were very good friends

@millitaryofficial913 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic copper

@archivist17 3 жыл бұрын

Nice guy!

@timothydraper6626 2 жыл бұрын

Is that blue Surley frame a steel frame Mickey?

@CyclingMikey 2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, it's a Disc Trucker.

@MrGuggi74 2 жыл бұрын

He looks very young to be retired,must be early retirement.

@nevilebardos5702 10 ай бұрын

Messaged you before hating on you cause I don't like people grassing but these people need grassing on you've got guts for what you do and if there's anything I love in life its guts

@ITFNBiteBayKon 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, so I'm fairly new about these parts and don't tend to read the comments much, but how would you go baout solving a problem like Gandalf corner?

@davefrance3721 3 жыл бұрын

A roundabout instead of a junction would be a lot better.

@dianapeek6936 Жыл бұрын

Lights - makes common sense.

@Team_Fury 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video & great police officer Mikey. Keep up the good work. Do you have a South African accent? All the best. J.

@ingeposch8091 3 жыл бұрын

he has a Dutch accent... unlike myself, but i had a native English speaking teacher for my English classes. Miss Hannay was very keen on the "proper pronounciation" hence my near impecable English in tongue.

@denverspin 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Miss Hanney

@Pierre3513 2 жыл бұрын

Why not put a camera on the corner I cannot understand why this still happens!

@iggysfriend4431 2 жыл бұрын

We need more videos with this cop, preferably stopping crap drivers. It's a pity he's retired.

@mikparker2572 2 жыл бұрын

“I dont give a shit about Carona” just before shaking your hand. Well nothing more I can say lol

@1991pollard 2 жыл бұрын

‘I don’t give a shit about corona’ - brilliant. He belongs to a generation of policeman who truly believes in upholding the law and policing by consent. It’s how all officers should interact with the public and I wish many more did.

@dianapeek6936 Жыл бұрын

Modern police force have totally lost the plot in the UK. Too afraid of offending people. Its the old timers, as was the policeman, who want to uphold the law, many of the others are too fat and afraid to say boo to a goose.

@turrican4d599 8 ай бұрын

Covidiots are idiots and NOT brilliant. Without mask andates too many dumb people don't wear a mask and innocent people therefore get sick and die in the process!

@Morgan.07 Жыл бұрын

Its great how friendly you are with the police they respect you for what you do.

@leeenglandland2978 2 жыл бұрын

What's the connection between this video and chocolate ?

@nezbit8989 3 жыл бұрын

It’s obviously a problem spot that needs to be made more efficient to help the traffic flow. The people who take the cheeky short cut aren’t in the right but I can understand their frustration and temptation to cut the corner. It’s definitely a dangerous move to make and it would be far more productive to find a solution to this reoccurring problem than stand there waiting for the next problem to occur and getting a sense of satisfaction out of catching the the culprits. Some people have too much time on their hands being a busybody getting gratification out of an obviously problem point rather than trying to find a solution.

@mn1q 3 жыл бұрын

Now at Gandalf corner they do Pass, like eating a bad burrito they just pay for it later.

@mikewest1542 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t seem like a Policeman, seems too nice and not obnoxious!

@australiandoggo5688 3 жыл бұрын

This is how the vast majority of police are it’s just unfortunate that the media only focuses on the interactions that shine a bad light on police officers with little to no context on the situation

@mbshaw1 Жыл бұрын

Baffling that with so much cctv traffic monitoring in London, a camera is not installed at this location.

@vacuumboots6021 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the path he cycled down at the end said NO CYCLING! one rule for one and one for another.

@Sondel_Jonas 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video make more Video

@justice.wilson686 2 жыл бұрын

Yup need more coppers like him. Great guy.

@thewarboysfamily 3 жыл бұрын

You appear to miss the moped which went round island then rejoined queue then turned right

@thegrowl2210 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to your recumbent?

@christopherbutler7588 Жыл бұрын

That was nice of the police man. Keep it up and keep safe

@batfink7452 3 жыл бұрын

So have you stopped walking onto the road to actually stop the vehicle and making it reverse?

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

No, there are more of those videos in the pipeline!

@pikehunter5238 2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂Mate ,you are good ,its great what u do ,but man haha ,ur still a grass .love yer vids..from Scotland 👍🏻

@heene 3 жыл бұрын

He mentioned Uber. I always use Uber. I know the fare beforehand and there is no risk of a taxi driving me round for miles extra across a city I am in for the first time. That happened to me which I found out after the one quarter distance, time and price return trip, and it's why I've used Uber ever since.

@middleman9183 3 жыл бұрын

I would never , ever use Uber. Technology disruptors.

@Billyb0b557 3 жыл бұрын

Uber never used to use flat fares until recently and what about when you really need to get somewhere and they put surge pricing on to make it much more expensive than being driven around the block?

@kabz9062 2 жыл бұрын

down to earth cop.

@MB-jn3xz Жыл бұрын

Oh dear cab driver. London finest.. not holding the standards up, I'm with you on your fight against uber Lol 😆

@nosimpingnocap 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the cabbie at the end on his phone ❓

@davefrance3721 3 жыл бұрын

A roundabout there would solve that junctions problem. 😎

@TheWellington2006 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a nice cop and I love what he said about corona,totally agree😊

@alisonlee3314 3 жыл бұрын

Hope he still has his job after this. What a decent, sensible cop xx

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

@@alisonlee3314 He was a very good policeman, and has retired now. He's missed.

@alisonlee3314 3 жыл бұрын

@@CyclingMikey Oh wow! Great to hear from you. You're a big hero in our household! That copper was the type we desperately need nowadays. A nice man. I hope he enjoys his retirement ☺️. Keep up the excellent work Mickey.

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

@@alisonlee3314 Thanks! I'm just a boring normal person really. Bit of an idiot sometimes. Hahaha!

@nopopcorn3484 3 жыл бұрын

That robbing ur job mate 😂

@paulrobbo321 9 ай бұрын

What a nice guy, he’s a credit to the MET

@MarkBrown-gc6hr 3 жыл бұрын

Mike (definitely noted a SA accent) where do you get the time for this?

@CyclingMikey 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, I'm not South African, have never lived there. I don't spend a great deal of time on this, just an hour before work on a few busy days a year. My friends ride in the park, and I'm doing this to protect them from these idiot wrong side drivers.

@MarkBrown-gc6hr 3 жыл бұрын

@@CyclingMikey good work. I cant believe the traffic authorities cant engineer a solution to stop them.