Near Miss of the Day 607: Driver pulls out on cyclist going downhill

Today in our Near Miss of the Day series we have a video showing one of those adrenaline-inducing moments any cyclist will be familiar with, as a driver pulls out on a rider coming downhill.

It was filmed close to Weybridge Railway Station in Surrey by road.cc reader Laurence, who told us he was riding at around 30kph on the 2 per cent descent.

“Looks like the rider didn’t see my front light blinking,” he added. Or indeed, the rest of him.  

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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.

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