Near Miss of the Day 342: Ban for driver who made 90mph close pass on cyclist

Some relatively good news at last. The insurance penalty should be severe, if the company has any sense.

and again, a BMW ...

My guess is that this tool will simply ignore the driving ban and be out driving by the weekend at the latest. People with such utter disregard for the law aren't suddenly going to go straight getting caught once.

I'd like to see vehicles being impounded in cases of repeat offenders and any further offences should result in the car being seized and sold or scrapped

He was banned for his outrageous speeding due to the cyclist's footage, not for a close pass.

Pretty lenient sentence/fine but only possible because the road traffic act requires the vehicle owner to state who was driving or be convicted themselves. Something most police forces seem to forget when investigating dangerous driving.

Also obviously speeding and probably not necessary to prove actual speed once the driver has admitted the offence.

Dave,

Thankyou for taking the time to report this and being instrumental in making the roads safer for everyone.

90mph in a 30?! I.e. A residential street that is likely to have pedestrians crossing the road. He should have been jailed.

Maybe I need to update my rear camera, it struggles at times to capture a plate at 30mph, let alone 90mph at that distance… that’s quite impressive that the plate was mostly legible.

A few years ago I was with out with an old school friend (lady) having a pootle in the sun not far from my old stomping ground, just as we were coming around a bend a motorcyclist was speeding towards us and decided he needed to enter our lane to make the bend. I was riding on the outside to protect her as she wasn't a regular cyclist and I really thought he was going to wipe us out. She was absolutely petrified by this but we did go out again almost every time I went up visiting.

These criminals need to have their licenses ripped up for far longer and severe penalties, this is typical pathetic response that has virtually no impact in the grand scheme of things.

Ban is pathetic. Clearly has nothing but contempt for the law.

Prefer a fast pass with room to a close past at Honda Jazz speed. 

Close pass?

Too fast, yes; close, no.

Not really a close pass but certainly frightnening.

Good on Northants Police for adopting this initiative. I follow PC Lee on Twitter and he, like his colleagues, do a tough and at times harrowing job in wanting safer roads.

I just  hope Operation Snap leads to a more consistent and objective approach to video evidence than in the past where Northampton police and the CPS could see reason to prosecute only for the case to be pursued by officers in another town who'd side with the driver and see no case to be answered.

Double.

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/crime/rushden-motorist-caught-ov...

So the driver has been convicted of speeding  based on the cyclist's excellent footage. Amazing!

He pleaded not guilty, so whatever system the police use to estimate vehicle speed from video footage must have been scrutinised and accepted. 
 

Three times the speed limit. I hope that his insurance company are in the loop.

Good result 

Sounds good but for 3 times the speed limit in a built up area through a crossing, the first be and ban seem light.

Well done both Daves.

Brilliant, serves the massive cock-womble right .