What makes a citizen turn to vigilantism to make change?

In Philadelphia, one man recently became a cycling superhero (or antihero, depending on who you ask) as his video of bike lane ‘enforcement’ turned viral this past weekend.

His problem with Philly drivers stems from a lack of rule-following, and subsequent lack of enforcement by parking officials. He also notes that when some drivers stop in the bike lane, other drivers act aggressively towards cyclists who are then forced into the road.

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When the law doesn't step up, he decides to by slapping neon-green warning decals—"You are parked illegally / Offenders will be towed away"—on the windshields of cars and delivery trucks parked illegally in the bike lane. He also confronts offenders who are still in their cars, letting them know they're in the wrong; he gets one driver in the video to move out of the lane after this kind of interaction and narrowly avoids a physical confrontation with another.

Will we ever know the vigilante’s name? Like Batman, he seems to prefer keeping his identity a secret—at least for now.

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But you can still see his hand, and his handiwork, in his video here:

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