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Near Miss of the Day 580: "Super close pass at speed"
The registered keeper of a van which was driven past a cyclist at speed was fined in court for failing to disclose who was behind the steering wheel at the time if the incident.
The YouTube user who filmed the clip, MCR Cyclist described it as a "super close pass at speed" but said that when "the Metropolitan Police tried to engage the alleged driver, but they refused to accept any culpability for their actions."
The van's registered keeper (who may of course have been the driver) was fined £660 for failure to give information relating to the identity of a driver and had their driving licence endorsed with six penalty points, as well as being ordered to pay costs of £166.
> 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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That's pretty good you've managed to get a result.
Thames Valley Police's stance on close passes is warning letter, then if they do it again, they'll investigate.
Unless they class it as 'dangerous' - whatever that means to them.
https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/thames-valley...
which is completely open to interpretation. I had a close pass <50cm at speed, just a warning letter.
Yep same in my locale, <50cm at speed,I was doing 20mph,they even added a chop across my front wheel & i think shoved a partial brake check as well, just got a letter.
When I talked to an officer at TVP about a case I submitted, his description of dangerous driving seemed to be the sort of thing that you'd see a joyrider doing on police, camera, action!
I had to argue that the bar is a bit lower than that when you look at the legislation. But this flow chart does not surprise me. You've got to only submit the very worst and then hound the police to take action.
The case went to court as careless driving. The CPS very rarely bring dangerous driving charges, as the minimum penalty if convicted is a 12 month driving ban. This is seen as a severe punishment apparently.
Also, the police can prosecute for careless/inconsiderate driving without referring to the CPS, by conducting a 'police led prosecution' (as was done in my case)...
https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/thousands-convicted-thanks-poli...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-led-prosecution-list-o...
I wonder if it was the close pass or the apparent speeding?
Would have to be the close pass I think, so driving without due care which fits with excessive speed like this anyway, because on speeding you cant prove the speed from this clip,even if you could work it out roughly and clearly demonstrate it was above the speed limit.
Whilst you are right that the police would not be able to prosecute for speeding on the basis of that video I suspect that speeding was nonetheless the motive behind pursuing the driver.
Hurrah! Well done!!
That's better than I have ever managed. I am still waiting for the court case for a similar offence which took place a year earlier in Lancashire- supposedly due 14th June
I would wager that if the keeper had only admitted who was driving, they would have been fined two buttons and a Mars bar and had a very stern finger-wagging...
Nice to read about something resembling a proper result.
Agreed. I've seen a lot of these get dropped when they can't identify the driver.
Jenova20 are you the CPS?