Near Miss of the Day 647: Driver squeezes cyclist into kerb

A driver squeezing a cyclist into a kerb outside Royston Station in Hertfordshire is what we have in our Near Miss of the Day series today, with the rider saying that poor infrastructure was also partly to blame.

John, who posted the video to YouTube, said: “Whilst this was telegraphed right from the point when the van signals to turn right, there was a weary inevitability of at least one of the following drivers not being able to see beyond the end of their bonnet and creating an easily preventable situation.

“This also demonstrates that poor cycle infrastructure, in this case a narrow cycle lane that disappears just where you need it, can cause more problems than it solves.

“Not reported as driver apologised and no damage done apart from a bit of a scratch from my bar end to her quarter panel,” he concluded, adding that the driver will “hopefully be a bit more aware in future.”

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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.

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> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling