We see quite a few Near Miss of the Day submissions that have taken place on large roundabouts – typically, when a cyclist is going around the outside lane but not looking to take the first exit on the left, only for a motorist who is heading for that exit cutting across them.
This one from Coventry is a different scenario, however. Approaching the junction, the cyclist is in a lane clearly marked for traffic to go straight on or left at the roundabout. As he rides through it, a driver passes on his left, then moves across his path.
There’s no rear-facing footage, but it seems a fair assumption that the driver entered the roundabout from the lane marked for left-turning traffic, before coming up alongside the cyclist and turning across him.
“It was my first commute into the office for over 18 months,” said road.cc reader Brendon. “In Binley (the edge of Coventry) the roads were relatively quiet and it was a pleasant dry day.
“However the driver behind in a black Ford Fiesta decided it would be a good idea to use the left hand lane at a roundabout to turn right, and cut me up in the process.
“I can only presume that she thought I was also turning right, as I would hope she wasn’t deliberately trying to hit me as I cycled straight on at the roundabout.
“I have submitted the footage to West Midlands Police via operation snap, but I have yet to hear back from them,” he added.
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12 thoughts on “Near Miss of the Day 622: Driver nearly right-hooks cyclist on roundabout”
Utter shit show – and of
Utter shit show – and of course not indicating either, such is the standard these days.
The bus that did similar to
The bus that did similar to me 6 months ago was indicating at least – maybe that’s why I didn’t hear anything back from the police report.
“the cyclist is in a lane
“the cyclist is in a lane clearly marked for traffic to go straight on or [b]left[/b] at the roundabout”
Did you mean the other left, aka right?
Sriracha wrote:
Reminds me of the first Mrs H: Says “Turn left”, points right. 🙂
FrankH wrote:
“No no no – the other left!”
Wow, didn’t expect that one
Wow, didn’t expect that one (watched first, read later). I was bracing for a near miss with the silver Golf instead.
Classic Roundabout MGIF
Classic Roundabout MGIF undertake and doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt imo.
I know exactly where this is
I know exactly where this is and the roads are needlessly wide, the lanes never make sense to me there in a car never mind on a bike. It’s the A428 and one of those roads I personally avoid going on (in fact that whole area I try and avoid riding). It’d be an easy low hanging win for the council to build a cycle lane on that road.
They didnt have a clue how to
They didnt have a clue how to use a roundabout fullstop. I dont think it would have mattered if you were in a Lorry – Still would have done the same manouvre. Utter Twunts.
Yep, watching UK dash cammers
Yep, watching UK dash cammers and the vehicles in wrong lanes at islands makes up a bulk of videos each week. Of course the difference is usually the cammer also decides to go fast and perform an overtake assuming theirs manouvre and so exaceberates the situation which isn’t the case here.
I believe that this happens
I believe that this happens for a variety of reasons (including “MGIF”, selfishness, etc) but I believe it’s also a function of our driving licence system. People are not learning to drive anymore – they’re learning to pass a test. And once they pass, some of them forget (or ignore) how they were taught to drive while trying to pass that test, and instead just drive however they feel like. They also know that once they have that licence it’s actually rather difficult/unlikely that they will have it taken away, even if they behave like a twat at the roundabout.
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A reply from West Midlands Police!!!!
Expect a Snowman in hell or even an update from Road.cc on the subscribers adverts issue before you ever get anything from WMP.