Video: Motorcyclist Knocks Phone Out of Bicyclist's Hand for Filming Him Driving in Bike Lane

San Francisco, CA -- Bike lanes are generally considered, for better or worse, a safe zone on otherwise busy streets. That wasn't the case for bicyclist Randall Dietel though, who was attacked yesterday by a motorcyclist who stopped in the bike lane alongside him.

According to KPIX 5, the confrontation occurred across from the Golden Gate Theatre on Golden Street. Dietel filmed the incident, which shows the motorcyclist driving down the bike lane before coming to a stop next to Dietel. In the video, the man reaches out and makes contact with Dietel, knocking his phone to the ground. Before Dietel can retrieve his phone, the motorcyclist drives off, preventing his license plate from being captured.

Comments on the video show Dietel stating he called 911 and reported the incident, but decided to go to the station to file it after the estimated time for a policeman to show up on scene was over an hour.

This isn't the first time Dietel had filmed this street in an effort to "enforce" bike lanes. He has also previously used a speedometer to document cars going as much as 20 miles over the speed limit to catch a light before it turned red.

“I think what the city needs to be doing is focusing on making it safe for people who are eight to 80 to be able to cycle and get around in the city,” Dietel told KPIX 5.

In January of 2016, KQED News reported that twenty-four pedestrians and five bicyclists died in accidents in San Francisco in 2015, despite San Francisco's efforts to make its streets safer.

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Photos and videos courtesy of Randall Dietel/Twitter.