Thursday 10 November 2022 08:20 PM Sajid Javid and Jeremy Vine clash over video of car passing by boy cyclist trends now
Sajid Javid clashed with Jeremy Vine today over a controversial video showing a car passing 'too close' to a five-year-old cyclist.
The footage shows a boy cycling along a street in Kingston, south-west London. A car approaches from the other direction and passes without incident, but the parent filming his son from behind criticises the driver for not stopping or slowing.
Vine, a well-known cycling advocate, took to Twitter to slam the motorist for not going 'dead slow' and said anyone who disagreed should 'cut up their driving licence'.
After this sparked a social media row, the journalist tweeted again on Tuesday: 'Take a look at this video of a five-year-old cycling to school. He's being recorded by his dad behind. Look at how close this car approaches the child. Who is in the wrong? Is it the five-year old, or is it the driver of the Ford?'
'The 5-year old's father,' Mr Javid, the MP for Bromsgrove and a former Home Secretary, responded today.
A clearly frustrated Vine then tweeted: 'I mustn't respond. I mustn't respond. I mustn't respond.'
The footage shows a boy cycling along a street in Kingston, south-west London. A car approaches from the other direction and passes without incident, but the parent filming his son from behind criticises the driver for not stopping or slowing
Vine, a well-known cycling advocate, took to Twitter to slam the motorist, but Javid responded claiming the boy's father was at fault
Vine tweeted 'I mustn't respond' in frustration amid Javid's tweet
Sajid Javid (pictured) clashed with Jeremy Vine over a controversial video showing a car passing 'too close' to a five-year-old cyclist
Jeremy Vine leaves the BBC Radio 2 studios on his bike
The father, a Twitter user with the profile name 'AZB' gave his own comment on the incident last week.
'How can we expect parents to let their kids ride to school if this is how their neighbours drive towards them?' he wrote November 4.
'He's five by the way and this is 100m from his home. This is what happens when you don't provide safe cycling infrastructure
