Black Cab driver’s foul-mouthed tirade at cyclist on Picadilly Circus…but who was in the right?

SHOCKING video footage has emerged of a black cab driver launching a foul-mouthed tirade against a cyclist on Picadilly Circus.

The cabbie launches an explosive rant against the cyclist - but viewers are torn over who is right in the situation.

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Footage taken by biker Ross Holdsworth shows a minor prang between the cyclist and the taxi as they pull away from a set of traffic lights.

Uploading the video on YouTube, Holdsworth claims the cabbie overtook the cyclist, cutting him off before storming out of the motor.

The video shows both pull over and the Hailo taxi driver storms out of the cab, asking: "What are you doing? What you hitting my cab for?"

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Holdsworth responds: "You drove into him mate."

The taxi driver shouts: "I didn't drive into no one, I'm coming up here.

"You hit me f***ing cab. Pull over there, we'll cal the police."

Holdsworth then warns: "It's alright, I've got a camera, mate."

The driver then shouts back: "I've got a camera in here. I ain't cut in front of nobody. You f*** off."

He then repeatedly shouts, swears and points at the cyclist in the heated exchange in the middle of the street.

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A spokesman for Hailo said: "At Hailo, we care passionately about all road users. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our customers and those on the road.

"We have already been in contact with the Hailo customer concerned.

"Although Black Cab drivers are entrepreneurs, we expect any drivers associated with Hailo to act professionally and safely at all times.

"In this specific incident, which we have investigated further, we have spoken to the driver in question and we have now removed him from our network."

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