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Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist so closely that rider could bang the door
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.
The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.
It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.
"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."
It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.
Lewis added that the Incident was reported to Warwickshire Police last Friday and a further copy of the video sent to the investigator yesterday.
> 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
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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I don't want to address all horse box drivers as "They", but i do find that rather a lot of them do not like changing course or braking, or accelerating abrubtly, presumably because they do not want to upset, injure their cargo.
They had better plan a head a bit more then.
You are dead right.
What the video shows is that once the horse box has started to overtake it's just going to keep on coming.
So horse riders want everyone to pass THEM safely, but the gloves are off when the horse is tucked up in a big metal box, eh?
Scumbag.
Maybe don't let this colour your opinion of all horse riders. The ones I meet are all fine. But then most people one meets are - until they are behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.
A lot of horse box drivers are awful drivers in my experience.
Also, I'm sure it's a big expense and they keep their vehicles a long time. I've breathed in unbelievably noxious exhaust fumes from these vehicles.
Oh, now that was nasty... They weren't exactly speeding past the rider, either - a clear case of MGIF, M'lud.
That is apalling, and I sincerely hope the police take action. But if it's a live investigation, don't most forces ask you to remove the video from public view so as not to prejudice the investigation / prosecution?
If they do, it's just a dodge and is clearly b****cks. The only thing that will persuade a police force which has abolished close passing as an offence (it took a long Freedom of Information quest to reveal that Lancashire has not prosecuted anyone for this offence in the last 5 years- this means they never have!) to take any action is public exposure.
In most cases it probably makes no difference, but there is a theoretical risk that public comments on this sort of forum will prejudice a fair trial. I'm all for sharing them here after justice has taken its course, but I don't like posting them here before the police have had the chance to act. If the CPS refuse to prosecute or the judge has to vacate a trial simply because public reporting has prejudiced the trial, that doesn't serve anyone.
Absolutely. Cops don't fix it. And it's total BS cus there ain't gonna be no jury, so there's no perceptions to prejudice. Total dodge.