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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13 thoughts on “Near Miss of the Day 799: “I really got a fright,” says cyclist after very close pass”
Needs to be riding out of the
Needs to be riding out of the murder strip. Would put the onus on the driver to give the cyclist more room, while offering more room to the left when bell-end motorists stray too close.
Yeah, that strip is
Yeah, that strip is unacceptably narrow
More dangerous than having no paint at all. Hate em
It is a masterclass in
It is a masterclass in terrible cycling infrastucture – it’s pretty much a full house of what not to do. It’s not very clear from OP’s video, but I had a look on Street View:
Prior to the start of OP’s video, the pavement is “shared use” but tells cyclists to “rejoin carriageway” (apparently through some convoluted manoeuvre of pulling onto the side road before turning on to the main road). Here.
There is then a very brief section of
murder stripnarrow, advisory cycle lane past the bus stop. The paint has all but been worn away by years of vehicles driving on the lines (clearly effective then) but it’s more obvious from the slightly earlier Street View footage from the westbound carriageway. Here.The cycle lane shortly thereafter appears to just end. At first I thought maybe the paint had just worn away to the point I was missing it, but on closer inspection it does appear to just end. The “shared use” pavement appears to resume. But with no dropped kerb I imagine a cyclist is expected to simply bunnyhop back onto it. Here.
And if you do somehow manage to get back on the “shared use” path of course you then have to play dodge the sign post.
It’s also entirely unclear
It’s also entirely unclear how you are meant to exit the shared use path to join the central cycle path for straight on traffic.
I did spot that too – I think
I did spot that too – I think (and this makes the wild assumption that there was any kind of logical thought process) you are not meant to exit the shared use path. Users of the shared use path can remain on the shared use path and cross at the lights. The in-carriageway cycle provision is then for cyclists who chose not to use the shared use path at all.
Scott. If you’re reading. You
Scott. If you’re reading. You really do need to be on the outside of the murder strip. Especially if you are heading for Glasgow Road. Alternatively use the pavement and if the polis give you jip then you tell them Cambuslang Rd is a bugger and you aren’t being a tool on the pavement.
There’s absolutely no reason why the beemer couldn’t have scrubbed their speed and dropped for literally 2 maybe 3 seconds.
798 for the second NMotD in a
798 for the second NMotD in a row?
pedant much?
pedant much?
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Says the pedant, pedantically!
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Pot, meet kettle.
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LOL!!
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AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
Seems to have been misnamed. I also spotted that.
Looks like a successful move
Looks like a successful move by the motorist to nearly kill a pesky cyclist before jumping the red light…
Why is the OP riding in the
Why is the OP riding in the gutter? The driver is an idiot, but this looks like a self-inflicted near miss to me.
Gilly99 wrote:
Nice debut. But must improve.