Cyclist takes BMW driver to task for parking up in the middle of a road and blocking bus

This is the moment a BMW driver ends up in a stand-off with a bus, as an angry cyclist chastises him for causing gridlock in the area.

Elliot Joseph, from Swansea, south Wales, took the motorist to task after he parked up in front of a bus and refused to budge.

The BMW driver appears to have been trying to overtake a row of parked cars on his side of the road when he came across the bus – and refused to reverse back to allow it through.

The bus driver occasionally interjects expressing his own frustration at the situation – and saying the BMW driver is on the wrong side of the road

In footage uploaded to his Facebook account yesterday, Mr Joseph can be heard saying: ‘This man in his BMW could very easily go back, but instead he’s holding up a bus and, to top it off, a queue of cars, because he’s being selfish.’ 

The altercation has been likened to that of Ronnie Pickering and an unsuspecting moped driver – who was told off by Pickering for not turning at a junction quickly enough. 

The now infamous encounter saw Pickering bark at Steve Middleton ‘Do you know who I am?’, before yelling his name three times. 

In this latest motor encounter, Mr Joseph also criticises the BMW driver for using his phone while sitting in his car and holding up the bus – and several other cars. 

But the motorist hits back: ‘Am I driving?’ 

To which Mr Joseph responds: ‘An officer of the law would tell you, you’re sitting in a vehicle with the engine running.’ 

Before the motorist cuts in and says: ‘Are you an officer of the law?’ 

But Mr Joseph continues: ‘I know the law and so do you, and you know that what you’re doing here is wrong.’

The BMW driver appears to have been trying to overtake a row of parked cars on his side of the road when he came across the bus – and refused to reverse back to allow it through

The cyclist later commented on the footage saying the BMW driver moved – but only after another person asked him to revers back (pictured, vehicles held up by the motorist)

The two continue to squabble with each other, before Mr Joseph threatens to ‘drag him out’ – and later says: ‘Do you think you’re a hard man do you? I think you’re a f****** idiot is what I do.’ 

All the while the bus driver occasionally interjects expressing his own frustration at the situation – and saying the BMW driver is on the wrong side of the road.  

Dozens have commented on Mr Joseph’s post, some comparing the BMW driver to Pickering – and the cyclist later commented on his post clarifying what happened in the end. 

Mr Joseph said: ‘As much as I wanted to drag him out I didn’t. Another guy asked him to move and he did. 

The BMW driver said “If you had asked me nicely then we wouldnt be in this mess.” 

‘The mess started before I got there and I was actually nice to him to start with. 

‘When I told him “Come on man, we all have places we need to be” he told me he didnt give a f***. 

‘The whole thing that I was involved in probably lasted 15 minutes, who knows how long before I got there.’

Dozens have commented on Mr Joseph’s post (below), some comparing the BMW driver to Pickering – and the cyclist later commented on his post clarifying what happened in the end (above)

Among those commenting on the post was Leighton Roberts, who said: ‘What an absolute helmet! The obstruction is clearly on his side of the road also.’

While Jay Huxtable said: ‘How can someone be that much of a c*** and think they’re in the right? Utter t***.’ 

And Donna Jones said: ‘I hate entitled people like this so much. Just move your poxy car. 

‘Clearly in the wrong. Fair play to you, there’s no way I could have kept my cool like that.’

 Others, including Carl Sergeant, commented on BMW drivers as a whole, saying: ‘Typical BMW driver, should have asked him if knew his car had indicators because most don’t.’  

Mr Joseph’s footage has now been shared dozens of times and attracted more than fifty comments. In his post, he asks if anyone knows the BMW driver.