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Near Miss of the Day 506: “The wing of the car brushed against me”
Today’s near miss is a ‘miss’ only in the sense that it didn’t result in something more serious, the driver’s car having brushed the cyclist and the wing mirror clipping his arm. Kent Police didn’t respond when it was reported to them.
The incident occurred in Eynsford on November 3 last year.
Mike said: “Fortunately, the wing brushed against me and I more or less slid down the side of the car.
“The wing mirror clipped my arm but there was no real impact as such. I suspect the glass was a stick-on replacement from a previous collision because it came out very easily.
“He had plenty of space to pass safely as can be seen later with the oncoming car.”
The incident was reported to police later the same day, but Mike never got a response.
> 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.
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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
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I know that stretch of road. It's very narrow and the surface is rubbish, so nobody should be driving along there quickly. There are plenty of passing places. A proper driver wouldn't have been so impatient as to put others at risk. And since you can only drive along there slowly anyway, this incident highlights to what degree the driver prioritised shaving a few seconds of his/her journey time over the safety of another road user.
I ride that road regularly and often in the dark. I wouldn't say its particularly poor surface but it is narrow along much of it, particularly the part in the video which is why the car ahead had to wait .There are several passing points along there. Not many drivers use it because it's a bit of a pain to negotiate and it does not save much time over using the A20, unless there are traffic problems at junction 3. That being said, there would be more than enough space to pass cyclists safely at that point, I think a car passed me at the same point only this week without issue.
Total HUNT* - there I said it.
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Well golly, that stings, ooh I'm wounded. If that's the best you've got, give up and fuck off back to Autocar and the Daily Mail where you belong.
**checks watch**
He should be here by now
Cars don't have wings, planes have wings!
Are you sure?
Are you really sure?
That's got wheels, it's clearly a car, not a plane.
Yeah, but no tax disc…
Course they do, here's a Ford
https://www.partbusters.co.uk/ford-focus-12-18-front-left-wing-fender-w-...
*ring ring*
"yes, hello. Andystow? yes he's here - [hands over receiver] - Andy, it's a Mr Bond. He begs to differ...."
So an actual collision occurred without the driver stopping and the Police still never bothered replying?
And I await Swixydixy with bated breath.
Well apparently a none reportable collision under the RTA; but yeah some police acknowledgment would have been nice.
Tried it myself, Kent police are not interested.