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The Société de transport de Montréal is investigating a verbal clash that took place on Wednesday between a cyclist and one of its drivers that was captured by a camera on the cyclist’s helmet and then posted to YouTube.

The two-minute video depicts the cyclist’s view as he heads east on Sherbrooke St. Captions posted by the cyclist say he was in the right-hand lane and keeping 1.5 metres away from the vehicles parked to his right.

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As the cyclist passes Lambert-Closse St., a No. 24 bus passes him, the body of the vehicle coming close to but not hitting the cyclist.

The cyclist pedals after the bus and, once it has pulled over at a stop a block later on Chomedey St., tells the driver not too come so close. The driver replies that the cyclist should be using the bike path two blocks south on de Maisonneuve Blvd. and, after saying “move it,” pulls away from the stop.

The cyclist then pedals after the bus again and, once the vehicle has pulled over at St-Marc St., tells the driver he’s going to file a complaint against him. The driver replies the cyclist is free to do so “but there’s a bike path for you people and about 28 of you are passing me (on Sherbrooke St.) every day.”