Near Miss of the Day 37: Motorcyclist squeezes through gap that isn't there

Refreshingly, in this latest entry in out Near Miss of the Day feature, the motorist leaves the cyclist loads of room.

It's a shame, then, that a motorcyclist decides to use the gap created to simultaneously overtake the cyclist while undertaking the car.

Crazy moment idiot biker undertakes car overtaking cyclist from SWD Media on Vimeo.

Cyclist Duncan Milne, who filmed the incident at Bridge of Don near Aberdeen, said: “Whilst cycling home a car overtook me, they left plenty of room, but whilst doing so a motorbike decided to overtake me and undertake the car at same time.

“I think the biker was taking a big and unnecessary risk just for the sake of saving a few seconds, I dont know if the driver of the red car was even aware they were there.

“I saw the same biker the next day on my way home trying to force his way through a gap that wasn;t there.”

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.

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