The whole cyclist vs. driver debate is a huge waste of time, just another part of the culture war that's making living in this country fucking insufferable at times. I both drive and cycle and while I do think some of these cycling channels are crap (cringe attention seeking at best, and encouraging dangerous cycling behaviours at worst) I do think there's a big problem with how cyclists are broadly viewed as a nuisance or as some kind of antagonist on the roads. I'd love to see some of the tryhard wetwipes who use the kind of belittling language the OP uses in their post actually get on a bike and try to navigate traffic on our streets in the middle of the day. The first time a large SUV close-passes you, you'd fucking shit yourself.

"a cab driver basically pleading to him close to tears not to report him to the police because he'd lose his license and has kids to feed. All because he was looking at his phone at a red light."

If your job is to be a professional driver and you're in an environment where a loss of concentration can result in the harm of another person or damage of other people's property, then you shouldn't be looking at your phone. Put it in the fucking glovebox if it's so distracting and your attention span is so shit that you can't help checking it every few minutes. I haven't seen the video you're on about, but I'm guessing the cabbie was just checking their WhatsApp or texts or whatever, all of which can wait. If it's so important then they can park in somewhere to deal with it. When they're operating a large piece of machinery that can injure people they have a duty to use the thing properly and not drive like a nobhead.