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Near Miss of the Day 413: Impatient driver at junction turns across cyclist (includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's London...

The roads may be less busy due to lockdown, but there are still plenty of impatient drivers around, such as this one in South London yesterday ... perhaps they were in a rush to join the massive queue at the newly reopened McDonald's drive-thru in Sutton, who knows?

The clip was sent in by road.cc reader Runar, who said: "This happened yesterday afternoon, I was finishing my ride with an easy cooldown ride back home, so not on full speed.

"I got to the junction where a blue car was waiting for me to pass and I signalled him that I was turning left (doesn't show on video) and I started the turn, only to almost hit the front of the silver Vauxhall coming thick and fast on the opposite side of the road turning into my line of path."

He added: "This happened on the 4-way corner of Lilford Road and Flaxman Road in Camberwell, a very blind corner for cyclist."

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

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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OnYerBike | 3 years ago
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giff77 | 3 years ago
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This is mine from last August.  If you watch to the end she kept her distance after me shooting a contemptuous glare through the window! 

https://youtu.be/_rfLMJLjcd8

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Sriracha | 3 years ago
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As I watch these NMOTDs I always play spot the hazard. So obviously I put my money on the blue car pulling out. But wow, I'd never have guessed it would actually be the car behind!

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ktache replied to Sriracha | 3 years ago
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Hah, yes I try and watch without reading the description,

pinch point...no

Blind right hand bend...no

oncoming vehicle...no

ohhh...wasn't expecting that!!

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HLaB replied to Sriracha | 3 years ago
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I've had 3 accidents in 137,000 miles. Two of them were from behind  7

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Sriracha replied to HLaB | 3 years ago
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HLaB wrote:

I've had 3 accidents in 137,000 miles. Two of them were from behind  7

So, unlike this one?

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eburtthebike | 3 years ago
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Wow!  That really is utterly crass driving, it's certainly dangerous.  Runar doesn't say whether he has reported this to the police, but I certainly hope he has; we need to get drivers like that off the road before they kill someone, not after.

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Hirsute | 3 years ago
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Adds to list of what could go wrong here...

That is a new low of mentality; 'it was just a quiet country road'.

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bike_food | 3 years ago
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That's a new one, takes impatient to another level.

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STiG911 replied to bike_food | 3 years ago
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Probably the same type of twat who drive into junctions on the wrong side, too.

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