Near Miss of the Day 148: Overtaking minibus driver slows down and squeezes cyclist into kerb

Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows the driver of a minibus belonging to West Sussex County Council making a close pass on a cyclist, slowing down and drifting towards the rider as they do so, forcing him into the kerb.

The footage, shot by road.cc reader Rick, also shows how the driver of the vehicle – which going by the stickers is used to transport schoolchildren – subsequently overtaking a female cyclist immediately before a pinch point in the road caused by a traffic island.

Rick, a member of Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club, said: “If you drive for a living, don't do this.”

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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.

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