Near Miss of the Day 125: Close pass van "inches from bars"

bikeman01 wrote:

Feel free to put them out of business by repeatedly taking them up on their free quotation offer:

https://www.cccarpentry.org/

OFFICE | 02380 369532

CRAIG | 07917 676337

CHRIS |  07970139381

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Spot the C^&t

https://www.cccarpentry.org/meet-the-team 

 

According to that link, the team has "training in first aid".  Perhaps they could also train their drivers not to drive like twats.

Anonymous wrote:

It's a terrible pass, but you're riding far too close to the kerb, which invites drivers to go for it even when there's oncoming traffic. Riding a bit further out forces drivers to have to cross the centre line to get past and therefeore take account of oncoming traffic. It also gives the rider a bit of room to move over if an overtake is a bit close.

What has the centre line got to do with a safe (1.5m) pass? Driver must learn accept this or fuck off!

Anonymous wrote:

It's a terrible pass, but you're riding far too close to the kerb, which invites drivers to go for it even when there's oncoming traffic. Riding a bit further out forces drivers to have to cross the centre line to get past and therefeore take account of oncoming traffic. It also gives the rider a bit of room to move over if an overtake is a bit close.

In a contest with lump of metal approaching them and cyclist on a bike,the cyclist will be the one squeezed every time in that case. Nothing wrong with the road position at all imo.

But I always appreciate vans with company logos on,it gives me an idea of who to add to the list of companies id never use again on principle

Anonymous wrote:

It's a terrible pass, but you're riding far too close to the kerb, which invites drivers to go for it even when there's oncoming traffic. Riding a bit further out forces drivers to have to cross the centre line to get past and therefeore take account of oncoming traffic. It also gives the rider a bit of room to move over if an overtake is a bit close.

So it's the cyclists fault? Taking the primary position might work with some drivers but I expect not with those that like to punish pass like this twat.

As to making room to move over, this is pointless advice since once the close pass has occured it's going to be too late to move. 

Jitensha Oni wrote:

Meh. That's not a near miss/close pass by Surrey standards

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/heart-stopping-footage-show...

Almost got hit by an ocado van in my car when he pulled away from the kerb without checking.

efail wrote:

That's pretty close to what we got today. Middle of nowhere (Caldbeck Cumbria), three of us, front pair riding two up. Van shot past us, flat out, beeping his horn. Missed my mate by inches. Sadly, none of us had a camera. If you find yourself likely to call out 'Derwent Fire Extinguishers', ask them if they are sympathetic to cyclists.

Driven by a 'jam eater' obvs  

Democratic Cyclists' Republic of Oxford wrote:

From the back of the van, it looks like they are accredited under one or more schemes (Checkatrade?). Perhaps someone could help identify these schemes so we can pass on feedback?

https://www.checkatrade.com/CCCarpentryAndBuildingLtd/