More close passes in our Near Miss of the Day feature today, sadly, this time from Hampshire.
The footage was submitted by road.cc reader Matt, who told us: “I’m going to be contacting the company about this one … inches from my bars.. “
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14 thoughts on “Near Miss of the Day 125: Close pass van “inches from bars””
From the back of the van, it
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?
Democratic Cyclists’ Republic
https://www.checkatrade.com/CCCarpentryAndBuildingLtd/
That’s pretty close to what
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.
efail wrote:
Driven by a ‘jam eater’ obvs
We had similar recently on a
We had similar recently on a road out of Shrewsbury.
When we got home I emailed the company and they investigated it as their vans have trackers and dash cams, and took disciplinary action against the driver.
Meh. That’s not a near miss
Meh. That’s not a near miss/close pass by Surrey standards
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/heart-stopping-footage-shows-near-14429230
Jitensha Oni wrote:
Almost got hit by an ocado van in my car when he pulled away from the kerb without checking.
It’s a terrible pass, but you
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.
Anonymous wrote:
What has the centre line got to do with a safe (1.5m) pass? Driver must learn accept this or fuck off!
Anonymous wrote:
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:
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.
When are you going to start
When are you going to start the “Stupid manouvre of the day” series?
Lovely one this morning when a van driver pulled out on me on a roundabout – local business, liveried van.
I’ll be contacting both the police and the company concerned when I get the footage off the camera… 🙂
Sadly, I don’t think I got the registration of the car in the same manouvre.
Feel free to put them out of
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
bikeman01 wrote:
According to that link, the team has “training in first aid”. Perhaps they could also train their drivers not to drive like twats.