[OldRidgeback]

Imagine my surprise when riding home from a training session at Peckham BMX when I was not close passed by an Audi at the junction with Camberwell Road. The driver overtook but was turning left in front of me. He stayed in the other lane and I could see him turning round to see he was giving me plenty of space as he crossed in front of me. As I crossed Camberwell New Road the driver of a black BMW stopped and let me cross in fron of him. Moments later, the driver of a Volvo SUV about to cross my path saw me and stopped and waved me on. Then a nice lady in a rather battered Renault trundled along behind me as I passed Myatt’s fields and waited until the road was nice and wide and then gave me 2m or so as she overtook.

Some drivers are actually ok.

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[Jimmy Ray Will]

Na… type 2 are in ther own

Na… type 2 are in ther own league and are the truly scary ones… they are the ones that hit you. 

[Jimmy Ray Will]

Yeah, I am guilty of this.

Yeah, I am guilty of this. Went fully in the right hand lane to overtake a family on bikes once, stayed out there for ages so no one could possibly feel that I was cutting in on them.

Alas doing so left loads of time for an oncoming car to enter the scene and on balance, my actions bordered on inconveniencing that oncoming car… but more along the lines of ‘how rude!’ rather than ‘argh, hit the brakes, or he’ll hit me’ sort of inconvenience.

The cycling family did submit their footage (in impressive 4k resolution too) and a drivers awareness course was my punishment. 

I learnt a valuable lesson that day… when overtaking cyclists, leave as little space as you legally need to, and minimise the time in the other carriageway to the absolute minimum. I won’t make that mistake again, lol.  

[Oldfatgit]

Interested in the name of
Interested in the name of this app.
Does it require physical sensors connected, a separate device or is it reliant only on a phone in a cradle?

[Matthew Acton-Varian]

And what percentage of

And what percentage of drivers use said app? Not a huge amount. To an extent, having to use the app, or being incentivised to use the all can make better drivers of people, but there are plenty of drivers on the road whose acions leave much left to be desired – and are less likely to use such apps.

[Daveyraveygravey]

Spangly Shiny wrote:

Don’t agree with you there. Since I am a professional driver I use an app that constantly monitors my driving for excess speed, harsh braking and accelleration, hard cornering and even telephone distraction. The app provides a score which I am constantly trying to better. My present score is 989/1000 which is within the top 2% of those who use the app. 
Mind you, it can’t measure how close my passes are but rest assured there are no causes for complaint there.

Do you think many other drivers make any effort to improve their driving?  After all, 85% of Brits think their driving is “better than average”…

[perce]

It must have been the same

It must have been the same driver, it’s too much of a coincidence.

[Rendel Harris]

In the same neck of the woods

In the same neck of the woods, a Range Rover overtaking Mrs H on Camberwell Grove yesterday morning, inches away from the opposite kerb, 10/10!

[Hirsute]

I had a great pass from an

I had a great pass from an range rover driver who used the other lane – almost fell off in shock !

[PRSboy]

I always feel sorry for the

I always feel sorry for the drivers who leave loads of room and do an otherwise slow and safe overtake, except for the fact they narrowly miss an oncoming car.  I feel their heart is in the right place.

[stonojnr]

for me they stick in the mind
for me they stick in the mind more because they’re usually the worst passes, but my experiences of PSV or HGV drivers aren’t that great either

[Tom_77]

I find the vast majority of

I find the vast majority of drivers pass me without issue. Almost as if safely overtaking a cyclist is not that difficult, requiring only a moderate amount of skill and a little patience.

[NOtotheEU]

Thanks for the good news

Thanks for the good news story, I find the odd occasion like this with nothing but good drivers has such a positive impact on my day. Continuing the positive news, the recent improvement in WMP dealing with close passes is continuing, just had this email for the 3 reports I made last week;

Thank you for your submission via NEXTBASE in relation to the vehicles performing a close pass on the 28/09/2023 and the 29/09/2023. I have reviewed these submissions and further action will be taken against the driver of the vehicles in the form of a fixed penalty notice.

Once again thank you for your submission and please send us any further incidents via NEXTBASE and a member of the team will review the submissions and will take the appropriate action in response.

[NOtotheEU]

You may be right but the only
You may be right but the only way I can keep my sanity in the face of all the dangerous drivers and justify the time I spend reporting them is to take it on faith that it is the truth so please stop trying to burst my bubble! ?
Slight mistake in my post, got another email and it’s only two FPNs and one education course but still a result (while my bubble is still intact!).

[wtjs]

Most PSV and HGV drivers are

Most PSV and HGV drivers are above average but when I hear something approaching from behind and it sounds like it’s sizeable and they’re moving quickly then I brace myself for a close one

https://upride.cc/incident/yn67mvj_sainsburys44tonner_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/4148vz_travellerschoicecoach_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/px12dnu_stagecoach40bus_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/px12eez_stagecoach41_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/ua5013_kirkbylonsdalecoaches_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/yj60kgzar12way_brethertonsarchwaybuses_closepass/

Yes, most of you have seen these before. There will be those who claim that things are improving, and that this is not as bad, so 42 buses are OK

https://upride.cc/incident/px12dne_stagecoach42bus_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/px62cea_stagecoach42_uwlcrossclosepass/

 

[Spangly Shiny]

Don’t agree with you there.

Don’t agree with you there. Since I am a professional driver I use an app that constantly monitors my driving for excess speed, harsh braking and accelleration, hard cornering and even telephone distraction. The app provides a score which I am constantly trying to better. My present score is 989/1000 which is within the top 2% of those who use the app. 
Mind you, it can’t measure how close my passes are but rest assured there are no causes for complaint there.

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