Cyclist who tried to catch out driver with bike cam vid is fined £1,200 for his OWN bad riding as complaint backfires

AN angry cyclist who reported a motorist for bad driving has been slapped with a £1,200 fine after footage revealed his dodgy pedalling. Footage shows the pedal biker space- invading oncoming cars and riding “without due care and attention” according to cops. A cyclist was hit with a heavy fine despite reporting a motorist Credit: West Yorkshire police The man’s dodgy cycling forced motorists to hug the curve to prevent a scraping Credit: West Yorkshire Police The cyclist uploaded footage of motorists to West Yorkshire Police hoping to dob in a bad driver near Leeds. But the video ended up exposing his own mishaps as he cycled in the middle of the road narrowly avoiding a motorist who was forced to “hug the kerb” to prevent a scraping. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Now the cyclist has been ordered to pay over £1,200 in fines and court costs by a Magistrate in Bradford for “riding without due care and attention”. West Yorkshire Police said: “The Leeds-based cyclist uploaded a video showing a car passing too close to his pedal cycle to our Op Snap portal. Police said the cyclist should’ve unclipped from his pedals Credit: West Yorkshire Police Footage shows the cyclist driving down the middle of the road Credit: West Yorkshire Police “But later on in the same submission, he captured himself riding without due care and attention as he approached a parked car and an oncoming vehicle. “Rather than slow down or have to unclip from his pedals, the rider chose to travel between the parked car and the vehicle heading directly towards him.” Comment now