--- title: Kind Truck Driver Earns Thumbs Up For Passing Tiny Cyclist description: A Scottish truck driver went viral after he kindly cut a wide berth around a family of cyclists, earning a "thumbs up" from their youngest. canonical: https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-06T15:49:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:15.661Z og:title: Kind Truck Driver Earns Thumbs Up For Passing Tiny Cyclist og:description: They earned the approval of the tiny cyclist og:url: https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3b5c637efbedfb/69893262cf40a859b2c4c6bb/truck-driver-overtakes-kid-cyclist-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Silhouette Girl Riding Bicycle On Grassy Field Against Sky During Sunset og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kind Truck Driver Earns Thumbs Up For Passing Tiny Cyclist twitter:description: They earned the approval of the tiny cyclist twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3b5c637efbedfb/69893262cf40a859b2c4c6bb/truck-driver-overtakes-kid-cyclist-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Truck Driver Has Gone Viral for Showing a 4-Year-Old Cyclist Respect > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 6, 2018 3:49 PM UTC  Seamind Panadda / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 6, 2018 3:49 PM UTC A truck driver in [Scotland](http://time.com/5288246/loch-ness-monster-dna-test/) has gone [viral](http://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/) after he kindly cut a wide berth around a family of intrepid cyclists, which earned him the approval of their youngest, a 4-year-old cyclist who flashed him a “thumbs up” and a “thank you.” The video was captured by on the dash cam of Tom Jones, the patriarch of the family, who began recording the family’s bike rides after experiencing aggressive passes by drivers. According to the [_BBC_](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-44368874), the Jones family has traveled all over Scotland on bikes, including children Thomas Ivor (9), Ruth (5), and Rhoda (4), who gave the truck driver positive reinforcement for his excellent passing skills. “I told her, ‘that lorry driver has been really kind, make sure you say thank you,” Jones said. Jones shared video of the friendly act on their Twitter account on Sunday night, where it was viewed by thousands and also shared by many police accounts as affirmative examples of good behavior on the road. > [](https://twitter.com/FamilyByCycle/status/1003394102543732736) > [](https://twitter.com/BreconRPU/status/1003942583939272704) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/"},"headline":"Truck Driver Has Gone Viral for Showing a 4-Year-Old Cyclist Respect","datePublished":"2018-06-06T15:49:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:15.661Z","description":"They earned the approval of the tiny cyclist","url":"https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3b5c637efbedfb/69893262cf40a859b2c4c6bb/truck-driver-overtakes-kid-cyclist-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3b5c637efbedfb/69893262cf40a859b2c4c6bb/truck-driver-overtakes-kid-cyclist-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Silhouette Girl Riding Bicycle On Grassy Field Against Sky During Sunset","caption":"Silhouette Girl Riding Bicycle On Grassy Field Against Sky During Sunset","creditText":"Seamind Panadda / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5303098/truck-driver-passes-tiny-cyclist-viral-video/","name":"Truck Driver Has Gone Viral for Showing a 4-Year-Old Cyclist Respect"}}]}] ```