Near Miss of the Day 518: Close pass and left hook

It's an ultra-short clip in today's Near Miss of the Day video, coming in at just 12 seconds, but it manages to pack in two pieces of shockingly poor driving from one driver who first makes a very close pass on a cyclist then immediately turns left across him into a supermarket car park.

John, the road.cc reader who sent in the video, told us: "A great start to the new year, full of optimism for the future I thought that I would take advantage of a crisp winter afternoon and take my new bike for a spin around Doncaster, obviously the driver is desperate to top up their festive spirit as they not only give me a close pass but then follow it up with a left hook into the supermarket, amazingly I managed not to swear. To their credit, the use of the indicator was a great help. 

"The vehicle MA05 MUE is currently registered as SORN [ie the registered keeper has filed a Statutory Off Road Notification - Ed] so not only is the driver inconsiderate but also using the vehicle illegally. All details have been passed to South Yorkshire Police, let’s see if they are a bit more proactive than the last time," John added.

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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