This video taken by a London cabbie appears to show a fleet of minicabs driving up one of the capital’s cycle superhighways.
The footage was filmed on Blackfriars Road by black cab driver Jon Cox yesterday evening shortly before 11pm.
Mr Cox said he had left The Cut near Waterloo and was heading northbound towards Blackfriars Bridge when he noticed a string of vehicles had taken a hard left and were in the superhighway.
He said: “They all just went straight up there. Obviously I couldn’t stop but at the beginning of the video, if you look in the rear view mirror you could see lots more coming up it.”
Mr Cox added: “I counted a good eight of them and there seemed to be even more coming round, like they were playing follow my leader.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. It was quite comical. They all got stuck and couldn’t get any further because there were vans there doing maintenance.
“What’s funny is it’s right outside Transport for London’s office.”
The end of the video appeared to show one driver riding up over the partition which segregates the route in a bid to try and get out of the cycle lane.
Mr Cox, who has driven a cab for 21 years, said: “I wonder why there aren’t any bollards there. A bollard at the start would stop them doing it.”
Last month, a driving instructor made a similar plea for improvements after he strayed into a cycle superhighway on Vauxhall bridge whilst lost in the city.