Jeremy Vine stops sharing cycling videos after death threats and trolling ‘got too bad’
28 April 2025, 20:25
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has said he will stop posting cycling videos after receiving a number of death threats, as the online abuse he faced 'got too hot'.
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Some online trolls said they wanted to see Vine ‘crushed under a truck’ in what the broadcaster described as a ‘trolling-furnace’.
For years, Vine has regularly posted videos of himself cycling through London, recorded on a camera mounted on his helmet, to his social media accounts, often highlighting drivers he saw as endangering him and other cyclists.
Some of these videos went viral, and gained millions of views. While some saw Vine as a hero, pointing out the dangers faced by cyclists in the capital, others were less admiring.
But Vine has now said the amount of hate he received was so extreme, he decided to stop posting cycling videos.
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“I’m stopping my cycling videos,” he announced. “The trolling just got too bad. They have had well over 100m views but in the end the anger they generate has genuinely upset me.”
The 59-year-old said a “regular theme” saw online trolls apparently wishing to see him “crushed under a truck” – something he called a “very real danger” to cyclists.
Vine shared some posts and comments he received from online abusers alongside his announcement.
These include people saying he is ‘beyond hated’ and hoping he gets ‘run down and hospitalised’. Other posts suggested his wife was committing sexual acts with motorists.
One angry critic said he hoped the next driver Vine confronted “kicks your traitor head in”, while another said: “It may be terrible but I hope he falls under the wheels of five cars that reverse and make sure the job’s done.”
The Radio 2 and Channel 5 star has now said the abuse ‘got too bad’, leading him to quit posting his cycling videos, which he said he only posted to highlight the danger drivers can pose to cyclists.
“My aim was only to get all of us who drive to think about the dangers of trying to move around cities on a pushbike,” he said.
“I know I’ve sometimes got a little cross when a driver has, say, pulled out without looking, but I only ever uploaded the film to show the danger.”
Vine said his decision was partly to do with his £620 bicycle being stolen last week, after he accidentally locked it onto something insecure.
“Do I want to get a replacement and go back into the trolling-furnace? As I say, it just got too hot,” he said.
“A new cycle video would make my phone physically heat up in my pocket. There are at least two death threats against me currently being investigated by police.
“I enjoy debates but not abuse. It’s strange that getting interested in road safety can actually endanger a person,” he added.
While the broadcaster will continue cycling, he said he will “stay vigilant but won’t share my adventures.”
