Road rage sensation Ronnie Pickering who became internet star thanks to his hilarious ‘Do you know who I am?’ rant gets his own ‘blue plaque’

• Ronnie Pickering shouted at a moped rider near his home in Hull in 2015 
• The rider filmed the confrontation including Pickering’s rant about his same
• Eventually, an angry Pickering told the bemused rider ‘I’m Ronnie Pickering’
• Pickering’s epic rant has now been commemorated with a blue plaque  

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A man whose road rage rant make him an internet star has seen the location of his epic row marked with a special blue plaque. 

Ronnie Pickering shouted at a moped rider near his home in Hull in September 2015. The footage was captured on film and uploaded to the internet where it was shared by thousands of people. 

Mr Pickering winds down the window of his red Citroen Picasso before shouting ‘Do you know who I am?’ 

Ronnie Pickering became an internet legend when this video was posted on the internet 

Pickering berates the moped rider before asking the motorcyclist whether he knew who he was. When the man fails to respond Pickering informs him: ‘I’m Ronnie Pickering’

The blue plaque was erected by the Hull-based Drunk Animal Creative Studio

When the rider fails to identify him correctly, Pickering replies with great certainty: ‘I’m Ronnie Pickering.’ 

According to the Hull Daily Mail, the location has been immortalised with a blue plaque. 

Pickering later apologised to the moped rider having accepted he overreacted. 

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The blue plaque, which is near The Ship Inn pub in east Hull reads: ‘Ronnie Pickering. Became an internet sensation near here from his red Citroen Picasso.’ 

The plaques have been erected by a Hull-based company, Drunk Animal Creative Studio, who want to recognise living legends from the city. 

Among those with blue plaques is Paul Heaton of the Housemartins and the Beautiful South, and fundraising ‘Bee Lady’ Jean Bishop.

Official blue plaques are controlled by Historic England and have very strict criteria. A plaque can only be erected once someone has been dead for 20 years.  

Unlike traditional blue plaques, the Hull ones are designed to commemorate ‘living legends’. The traditional blue plaques run by English Heritage can only memorialise people 20 years after their deaths

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