Video: BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty hits back at anti-cyclist comments on live TV

Please don't make me put a bell on my road bike.

There seems to be no disagreement in previous postings that cycle bells should be mandatory.  On the road, a polite tingaling from a bell is not going to bring the traffic to a halt.  On a cycleway or a bike / pedestrian shared lane, a polite "Excuse me please" followed by "Thank you" seems to work well for me.  

Good toasting by Naga. Ian, should go back to local radio. He should not be given national exposure. 

Quote:

Ian Collins of LBC

Says it all. Shitgibbon from a right wing shitgibbon radio station.

Naga Haggar?

The Naga Viper.

The Munchetty?

Naga has gone from curious crush to number1 pin-up xxx

There's nothing a cyclist likes more than watching a fat prick motorist fall on his arse

There's nothing a cyclist likes more than MOTOR CAR LANES

You'd think that if you were going on to do a TV interview that you'd perhaps research who was going to be interviewing you: if you find out that your interviewer is, for example, a regular and vocal cyclist, maybe you'd find a different way of making a fool of yourself...

Good on you, Naga! 

      I think having a cycle bell or horn is a good idea.

      P.s. strangling Ian Collins is also a good idea.

     Well done Naga.

There's nothing a cyclist likes more than a road with no other vehicles.

There’s nothing a cyclist likes more than (insert joke)

winner gets nothing at all apart from Road.cc adulation.

Here's my opener

There's nothing a cyclists likes more than YO MOMMA!

Surely his comments are inciting hatred. If he had said something as equally untrue and biggoted about say black people, "there's nothing a black person likes to do more than...", he would be out on his ear and up before a court. I don't see this as any different. In the same way that racist comments encourage hatred towards racial minorities among prejudiced idiots, so his comments only encourage hatred towards cyclists among the prejudiced idiots that we have to put up with. 

I think Naga was very restrained to be honest. I know that if that if i was on the sofa listening to that crap i would have taken the prick down hard. In fact, he would probably have been holding his breath in the Salford Quays with my foot on his head.

As already noted the biggest law breakers on the road are motorists. Speeding, red light jumping, drink driving etc etc........  The standardised and almost what feels like compulsory hatred of cyclists is merely a deflection tactic from that demographic group.

As a recreational cyclist i ensure that i follow laws of the road as long as my safety is ensured while following them. We all know that some road laws are heavily weighted against us and we have to make judgement calls 'in the moment'. Sometimes those decisions look to be wreckless or dangerous to the uninitiated but more often that not it is the only solution to a problem.

Ian Collins is a dangerous man, broadcasting his hatred of cyclists to many drivers who then, consciously or unconciously, use it to justify their appalling driving.  I've said it before, but if cyclists were a racial group, people like Collins would be prosecuted for hate speech.  If it's against the law to hate someone because of their skin colour, religion or nationality, why isn't is also against the law to hate someone because they ride a bike?

Doesn't LBC have rules about being balanced and not spreading ignorance and hate?

Well done Naga for slapping him down, but why should it be necessary for individuals to do this?  The organisations these hate-mongers work for should be doing it.

Ian collins is an arsehole - full stop. Gave up listening to his radio show many moons ago because of his ridiculous anti cycling rantings.

£100 trillion spent on cycle lanes in London? No wonder this country is in massive debt, I think someone needs to audit the books though as I'm fucked if I can see that amount was spent.

Very un-BBC of her to slap down a liar like that. Wouldn't be surprised if she gets emails on Monday morning inviting her to partake in some "balance" training.

“No, I do cycle,” said Collins"

So, by virtue of that assertion, he also jumps red lights and is in no position to criticise.

Why do people who clearly hate cyclists claim to cycle?  Do they think it validates their argument?

My opinion of Naga had gone up 1000%

Well said!!!