Near Miss of the Day 799: “I really got a fright,” says cyclist after very close pass

A road.cc reader who was on the receiving end of a very close pass in Glasgow says he “really got a fright” as a result of the incident.

Scott was riding along Cambuslang Road in the south east of Scotland’s largest city when the driver of a BMW shot past, “inches from hitting me.”

It’s worth bearing in mind that he had his camera positioned on the left hand side of his handlebars, so the distance the driver left is far closer than it may appear from the video.

“I think the BMW driver was racing the white Land Rover Discovery,” Scott 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.

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