An angry policeman pulled over a cyclist who chose not to ride in a nearby cycle superhighway because it was busy.

Video which appears to have been filmed in Kennington Park Road at around 10am yesterday morning, was published on YouTube by a cycling instructor, who was stopped by the visibly annoyed officer.

After addressing the policeman as "mate", the cyclist is immediately told "I'm not your mate" before being advised he should have pulled over sooner, the footage seems to show.

Pointing back down the road, the policeman seems to tell him: "There's a cycle highway there for you. For you to suddenly come out is going to cause you to get knocked off your bike but you obviously don't understand that."

The cyclist is shown insisting he didn't suddenly pull out of the cycle lane and was trying to avoid other bike-riders already using it.

The argument breaks out around two minutes into the video.

But the policeman tells him: "It's pointless listening. You will end up underneath a lorry because of the way you cycle."

The apparent exchange continues. "Am I allowed to continue cycling on the highway?" the instructor asks.

The policeman replies: "Nobody's saying you're not allowed to continue cycling on the highway."

"So why have you pulled me over?" the man responds.

"Because your cycling is dangerous that's why," the policeman replies.

The argument continues further before the policeman tries to take down the cyclist's name in his notepad.

"Why are you taking my name , what are you charging me with?" the bike rider demands.

The policeman, who claims to have been doing his job for over 30 years, then hits back: "Ok I tell you what. I'm retiring soon, ok, and idiots like you riding your bike like you do will continue to get yourself knocked off.

"But you won't listen will you, because you know it all."

They then have a bizarre debate about what a car horn should be used for.

As the policeman put away his notepad, gives up, and heads back to his car, the cyclist asks if he can continue on the highway, but appears to be ignored. He then cycles off down the road.

Today, a cycling group warned there was nothing to stop bike riders from choosing how they wanted to get around the capital.

Tom Bogdanowicz, senior policy and development officer for the London Cycling Campaign, said: "There's nothing to prevent cyclists making their choice about which facilities they use.

"We hope that the standard of new facilities will be as such that cyclists will be willing to make use of them."

The Standard has approached the Met Police for a comment.