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Near Miss of the Day 128: Driver follows up close pass with a punch
Today’s near miss video features a particularly unpleasant denouement with the driver responsible seeing fit to exit his vehicle to launch a punch at the cyclist.
The incident took place on Portswood Road, Southampton on March 26.
Dan stopped at a pedestrian crossing and a driver overtook him as he pulled away, passing sufficiently closely that Dan first waved to warn him and then tapped his car when that had no effect.
“That's what upset him,” said Dan.
Some 30 seconds later, the driver pulled into a side road and got out, walked up to Dan and punched him as he passed.
Dan says Hampshire Police told him it was “not in the public interest” to do anything and his personal conclusion is that the force doesn’t have the resources to take action.
“My view is that the level of police resource ought to be provided by the government to be able to take action in a case like this. I wrote to my MP, Caroline Noakes, making that point and whilst I got an offer to take the matter up with the police, I received no response on the matter of resources.”
> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?
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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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.
> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling
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- slappop 3 hours 14 min ago
Hopefully it'll still be allowed for recreational use.
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Well Gloucestershire are getting better. I'm being told whether or not action is to be taken, but not what action, within a few days of each report...
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Surely Lincolnshire is a prime location for UK cycle infrastructure - after all, it's flat, so should assuage the most common excuse that people...
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Churnalism nowadays - mostly clickbait stuff and regurgitation in the local rags/comics and beyond.
- DogOfOB 6 hours 48 min ago
I'm glad the barrier wasn't damaged. Whew, close one there! \s
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Don't forget it woukd be debated in parliament and the law changed.
Private prosecution for assault?
Sod that! Get the police to do their job properly
'Not in the public interest' is an expression used by the CPS where a case has been investigated (by the police) and they decide that there is evidence, but it is not 'worth' proceeding with to court.
In this case it would appear that the expression has been used by the police to fob off a victim of an aggravated assault. Aggravated in that it was 'road rage' IMHO.
The police have a duty to record all crimes and make some attempt to investigate.
Was a crime recorded and if so was the victim given a crime number or incident number?
not in the public interest? That was a clear case of assault... plus he overtook a vehicle at a pedestrian crossing...
While I can totally agree with your sentiments, it isn't illegal to overtake a cyclist at a pedestrian crossing, as I discovered when I reported someone who did. I wonder if the current consultation about cycling and road safety will change that?
But Rule 191 says:
"You MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians."
A cycle is a vehicle.
But: According to ZPPPCRGD
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2400/regulation/24/made
this only applies to cycles when they have stopped to let a pedestrian cross (so vehicles can overtake a moving cycle).
"24.—(1) Whilst any motor vehicle (in this regulation called “the approaching vehicle”) or any part of it is within the limits of a controlled area and is proceeding towards the crossing, the driver of the vehicle shall not cause it or any part of it—
(a) to pass ahead of the foremost part of any other motor vehicle proceeding in the same direction; or
(b) to pass ahead of the foremost part of a vehicle which is stationary for the purpose of complying with regulation 23, 25 or 26."
Rule 191
You MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians.
Typical GMC (German Motor, we'll say, Clown) behaviour. Good to see that assault isn't in the public interest it'll save them a fortune.
Edit: It appears that it's not a german car my bad. Amend to General Motorist, we'll say, Clown.
Except it isn't German.
That appears to be the case. I shall amend.
The car's a Hyundai i40, Korean last time I checked.
So: happy to drive on (and on...) to find a safe place to park, turn off engine, get out of car and attempt to strike cyclist, clearly not in a hurry and hardly a "heat of the moment" type action. And yet couldn't wait a few seconds until there was actually room to overtake safely...
Of course, the lesson here is "Don't touch my car!"
(couldn't find an emoji for "shaking head in a resigned and yet slightly sarcastic fashion").
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