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Near Miss of the Day 3: Audi caught on film – but police won't act
The cyclist who suffered this incident on June 7 in Swindon was told by police that no action would be taken due to insufficient evidence.
Ash was heading straight over a roundabout on Kembrey Road and says that the Audi driver looked at him, “then floored it.”
He reported the incident but was last week told by Wiltshire Police that “the footage provided does not show enough of the behaviour of the alleged offending vehicle to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the driver committed any traffic offences.”
The incident is similar to one road.cc reported on last week in which a driver cut in front of a Derbyshire cyclist at speed, missing him by centimetres.
Derbyshire Constabulary initially declined to take action and didn’t even watch the footage. However, following pressure from Cycling UK and Chris Boardman, the driver is now being prosecuted and the force has also pledged to review its policy regarding the submission of video evidence.
Over the years road.cc has reported on literally hundreds of close passes and near misses involving badly driven vehicles from every corner of the country – so many, in fact, that we’ve decided to turn the phenomenon into a regular feature on the site. One day hopefully we will run out of close passes and near misses to report on, but until that happy day arrives, Near Miss of the Day will keep rolling on.
If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or contact us via the road.cc Facebook page.
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Why is it so hard for road.cc to understand the basics of the law?
You have had it explained to you numerous times. You know perfectly well footage like this will not result in a successful prosecution, as do the Police, as it doesn't meet the required standards.
Stop posting these clickbait rubbish videos trying to line your own pockets at the expense of road user safety. All you are actually doing is scaring riders and pissing off drivers leading to more likely clashes on the roads. You are actively making it more dangerous on the roads by your actions.
So you are telling me that if someone was stabbed in full view of a CCTV Camera, and there were no witnesses that the police would just go "its only CCTV footage and there were no witnesses, case closed"?????
An Audi, you say? How odd, given that they are such underpowered cars, typically driven by kind, patient people. Why, I've seen entire parking lots belonging to estate agents almost completely filled with Audis, and if that doesn't say something about the sort of gentle, considerate people who often drive them, I don't know what would.
I've probably been driving slower and more laid back since I added 4 rings and 120 extra horsepower.
I drive and Audi and have just ordered a larger more powerful one. What's your misguided point?
Have a look in your underpants and all your questions will be answered.
I look forward to mine shrinking a bit, it was too big when I had a Hyundai. Literally dragging on the floor when I had a 125cc and made a top tube out of it when I cycled.
How does one Audi?
Carefully?
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