Cycling campaigners have called on gardaí to be proactive by investigating incidents of road rage against cyclists recorded on camera.

Dublin Cycling Campaign urged gardaí yesterday not to wait for formal complaints to examine such incidents. The appeal was made after dash-cam footage of an incident on Belvidere Road between North Circular Road and Dorset Street in the north inner city was published online yesterday.

The recording shows a cyclist and a Toyota Prius taxi driving through a red light before the driver tries to impede the cyclist by driving on the cycle lane. After the cyclist moves to the cycle lane on the other side of the road, he is followed by the taxi driver, who drives in the lane of oncoming traffic and