Latest video led to a bus driver being fined £100 for using phone at wheel

Dave Sherry, 38, (pictured) is notorious for filming drivers who break the rules by using his helmet camera before handing the footage to police

A vigilante dubbed 'Britain's most hated cyclist' is celebrating after using his helmet camera to get a bus driver fined for using his phone while behind the wheel.

Cyclist Dave Sherry, 38, from Harlow in Essex, is notorious for filming drivers who break the rules, using his helmet and bike-mounted cameras to catch them before handing the incriminating footage to police.

The father-of-five, who is also a bus driver, has already got one colleague sacked and said he was pleased to learn that another bus driver has now been fined £100.

The unnamed bus driver was caught on his mobile while driving in Epping, Essex, and also had three points slapped on his licence.

Mr Sherry, who has three cameras mounted on his bike, said: 'It's re-education on a grand scale. He needs to learn from his mistakes.

'Points don't win prizes, if you know what I mean. It's excellent news. There are some things you don't do and chatting on the phone with a bus-load of passengers is one of them.

He spotted his latest perpetrator driving in Epping at around 7.30am on June 20.

Mr Sherry said he noticed the driver on his phone from afar and as he passed him on the other side of the road he flicked his head to the right to get the incriminating footage.

The video then shows Mr Sherry shaking his head in disgust after capturing the offence.

He said: 'As a bus driver, I clocked a mile off that he was doing something he shouldn’t be. The bus was slightly overshot on the road.

'When I saw the handset to his ear I was shocked. He had passengers in the vehicle and a duty of care to be giving them.

The driver was caught on his mobile while driving in Epping, Essex, and also had three points put on his licence

Mr Sherry noticed the driver (pictured) was on his phone from afar and as he passed him on the other side of the road he flicked his head to the right to get the incriminating footage

'As a bus driver you should have 100 per cent concentration on the road, there is a certain standard and this driver did not meet it.

'People are putting their lives in his hands, the people of Epping need to be aware of this.

'People shouldn’t have to worry about whether or not their driver is fully concentrating on the road when they board a bus, that is an unwritten rule.'

Employers Town Link are yet to comment and have not yet confirmed whether the driver still has a job with them.

Mr Sherry, who has driven buses for 14 years, says he has handed over four videos of fellow bus drivers to police during his three-year moral crusade for road safety.

Despite a backlash from some of his colleagues he has vowed to carry on catching bad drivers - even if they are his friends.

Mr Sherry, who has driven buses for 14 years, says he has handed over four videos of fellow bus drivers to police during his three-year moral crusade for road safety

He said: 'If it takes one to catch one, I'm sorry he deserves what he gets. I didn't ask him to talk on that phone. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

'It's one more down, many more to go.

'With all the cyclists dying on the roads, reckless driving needs stamping out by hook or by crook and I will stamp it out.'

Mr has uploaded more than 400 videos to his YouTube account to publicly shame dodgy drivers.

Bus operator Roadrunner Coaches confirmed in February that it had sacked a driver after Mr Sherry handed over footage of him using a phone at the wheel to police.

In June Mr Sherry shamed a woman motorist after she was caught apparently texting while driving with her two children in the back of the car

He spotted the woman holding her phone with both hands while he was cycling in Waltham Forest, east London.

At the height of his notoriety Mr Sherry took to wearing body armour while cycling after he was punched in the stomach by a furious van driver.