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A taxi driver who knocked over a high-profile London cycling campaigner has been fined £500 after the crash was caught on camera.

Crusader cyclist Lewis Dediare, 49, said he was lucky to escape with just bruises when he was bumped off his bicycle in Devonshire Street, Westminster in March.

Headcam footage shows how the taxi made contact with his bicycle moments after Mr Dediare sounded his horn at the driver for passing him too closely.

The taxi stops in the middle of the road, waits for Mr Dediare to cycle past before aggressively driving up next to him.

The 49-year-old crashes to the ground when the taxi makes contact with the bicycle.

On Wednesday, driver David Phillips, 46, was fined £500, ordered to pay an extra £200 costs and had his licence endorsed with six points after magistrates found him guilty of careless driving.

According to Mr Dediare, who was called as a witness, Phillps defended himself at Feltham Magistrates' Court and denied the offence.

Speaking after the case, he told the Standard the case highlighted the dangers faced by cyclists in the city, claiming drivers had been "getting away" with driving too dangerously.

He said: "Incidents like these are very common in London and not just taxi drivers.

"I have nothing against drivers personally but I am concerned with the way some people drive around cyclists.

"I would like to see the police or even the Government focus on this because lots of drivers are getting away with it.

"I was lucky I didn't break any bones."

Mr Dediare, also known as Traffic Droid, hit the headlines in 2011 when the Standard reported he was issuing his own tickets to motorists on his £300 camera and uploading the videos to YouTube.

In an explanatory note to accompany the collision, he said his complaint only progressed to court when the driver refused to attend a driving safety course.

He told the Standard he was still cycling in London but was left shaken for several weeks after the collision.