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Near Miss of the Day 72: Distracted driver on roundabout

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Norway
by Simon_MacMichael
Tue, Dec 12, 2017 12:21
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The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series is the second we've featured by Norway-based Scot, Stuart Baillie, who lives in Stavanger.

Stuart told us: "The driver appeared to be distracted by something below dashboard level, I assume a mobile.

"One good solid Scottish/Viking roar woke her up though."

He added: "It was daylight, with my normal light/clothing setup for riding where there's traffic."

Stuart Baillie.jpg

A case of  Beklager, jeg så deg ikke (assuming Google Translate's rendering into Norwegian of "Sorry mate, I didn't see you" is correct).

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 send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.

If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won't show up on searches).

Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.

Near Miss of the Day
NMotD Norway
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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StuInNorway | 7 years ago
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<A case of  Beklager, jeg så deg ikke (assuming Google Translate's rendering into Norwegian of "Sorry mate, I didn't see you" is correct).>
Google's getting better, although the more normal reaction is simply  "HÆÆÆÆÆÆ?"   <Eh?????>

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don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

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StuInNorway replied to don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

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don simon fbpe replied to StuInNorway | 7 years ago
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StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

Damn that Napoleon for making everyone change to the wrong side!

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DoctorFish replied to StuInNorway | 7 years ago
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StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

 

And Cyrus, Malta and Ireland.

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StuInNorway replied to DoctorFish | 7 years ago
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DoctorFish wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

 

And Cyrus, Malta and Ireland.

 

Bleugh, OK, but apart from them....

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ChrisB200SX replied to StuInNorway | 7 years ago
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StuInNorway wrote:

DoctorFish wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

 

And Cyrus, Malta and Ireland.

 

Bleugh, OK, but apart from them....

Japan, Australia, New Zealand?

The reason we ride on the left is so that when on horseback, swords are not crossed when people travel the road in opposite directions.

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StuInNorway replied to ChrisB200SX | 7 years ago
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ChrisB200SX wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

DoctorFish wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

 

And Cyrus, Malta and Ireland.

 

Bleugh, OK, but apart from them....

Japan, Australia, New Zealand?

The reason we ride on the left is so that when on horseback, swords are not crossed when people travel the road in opposite directions.

 

Last time I looked, Japan, Australia and New Zealand were not a part of Europe . . 

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FluffyKittenofT... replied to StuInNorway | 7 years ago
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StuInNorway wrote:

ChrisB200SX wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

DoctorFish wrote:

StuInNorway wrote:

don simon wrote:

Well, what do you expect when they're both going the wrong way around the roundabout!

Personally I find it beneficial follow the conventions of the vast majority when it comes to which side to cycle on.  Also I believe that the UK is alone in Europe in driving and cycling on the left. (That said handbrake turns with the left hand still feel better after 10 years of left hand drive driving)

 

And Cyrus, Malta and Ireland.

 

Bleugh, OK, but apart from them....

Japan, Australia, New Zealand?

The reason we ride on the left is so that when on horseback, swords are not crossed when people travel the road in opposite directions.

 

Last time I looked, Japan, Australia and New Zealand were not a part of Europe . . 

 

So why's Australia in the Eurovision song contest, eh?  Who are you going to trust, atlases, or camp, bad pop, and the ghost of Terry Wogan?

 

PS it's basically 'island nations' that drive on the left, no?

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davel replied to DoctorFish | 7 years ago
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DoctorFish wrote:

Cyrus

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