Near Miss of the Day 197: "Just a normal 40-minute commute"

The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows no fewer than four pieces of poor driving encountered by one cyclist during his 13.6-mile commute in Leicestershire.

The footage was sent in by road.cc reader Andrew, who rides to work from Coalville to Leicester each day.

He said: “Just a normal 40 minute commute,” before going on to describe each incident:

1. Close pass by tanker HGV. I could've touched the rear of the trailer it was that close. I felt the draft sucking me in.

2. Car started pulling out as I approached.

3. Impatient driver passed me as we approached a traffic queue, braking in front of me.

4. HGV truck passed me on a bend, the rear of the truck cutting in close to me.

“Luckily I'm still alive,” he added.

> 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.

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.

> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling