Near Miss of the Day 840: Cyclist narrowly avoids collision with motorist who doesn't wait at roundabout

I'm pretty sure you are correct, however, will the fact that they have been given a NIP make them more careful around cyclists in future. I suspect the answer is yes. It's not long ago I had someone tell me that I had to get out of her way because I was on a bike, "it's in the highway code".

Any action at all is unusual for my submissions which, as you know, I have detailed on the forum here https://road.cc/content/forum/reporting-traffic-offences-298075. The thing that puzzles me is why this one has been given a NIP while others, which have been just as dangerous from my point of view, have not.

Any way, have a good Christmas and we'll hope for better support from our respective forces in the new year.

"girl/lady just looked right at me"

Now I see why this is called "near miss"...

GMP should get the ticket out to her sometime Friday so with luck it'll land a couple of days after Christmas

I am rather unimpressed by this confident expectation- GMP is like Lancashire, so it could be an advice letter or nothing at all. I would be happy to be proved wrong. See above what happened over 'Richard's NIP'!

If it's anything like Lancashire it'll be fuck all, just lame excuses such as their favourite one, "It's not in the public interest" aka we can't be arsed.

Glad you are OK. Thanks for reporting it and good luck. I would be very interested to hear the outcome of the report when you get it.

I think there is a measure that could somehow mitigate such situations. All new able bodied motor drivers would have to complete a 5km bicycle commute in urban traffic without any shared cycle lanes. Cost would be almost zero as no extra training would be required. If there was a way to enforce such a thing happening once per year, such driving would be mostly eradicated

cyclisto wrote:

I think there is a measure that could somehow mitigate such situations. All new able bodied motor drivers would have to complete a 5km bicycle commute in urban traffic without any shared cycle lanes. Cost would be almost zero as no extra training would be required. If there was a way to enforce such a thing happening once per year, such driving would be mostly eradicated

 I totally agree but there would be too many drivers claiming spurious disabilities to get out of it. The solution? VR, complete with actuated bike platform and exhaust generators. I genuinely think this would be the most effective way of eradicating all of the "just wasn't thinking" incidents that drivers cause. This would free up resources to catch and prosecute the (thankfully relatively few) genuinely dangerous and aggressive drivers 

A true progressive licence system is the logical outcome of the Hierarchy of Responsibility. It also aligns with the Institute of Advanced Motoring best practice of multiple mode experience.

• Walk
• Run
• Cycle
• Motorcycle
• Car
• Van
• Small Truck
• Bus
• Big Truck

Will ensure that responsibility on the highway is correctly understood...

Of course, no politician has the charisma and courage for that!

You forgot Horse & Donkey.

The progressive license already applies to goods vehicles
You must have had a car license for a minimum of two years before you can apply for provisional LGV.
They changed the law in the 90s that split LGV in two - rigid and trailers.
In order to get a C+E (artic and drawbars) you must have a C (rigid over 7.5t) first.
However, there is no requirement to have driven small trucks upto 7.5t before full-on LGV.

Car 2years
C1 - goods vehicles up to 7.5t
C - rigid goods vehicles over 7.5t
C+E - articulated and C with a trailer

That's another classic 'two moving objects on a constant bearing relative to each other will collide' - the cyclist stays on the same line relative to the driver's A pillar and the driver didn't see him because they didn't move their head.  Again.  Lack of driver due care and attention.  "He came out of nowhere" - how many times have you heard that?

You can't claim SMIDSY if you react to the cyclists.
Best to just pretend they don't exist and let their self-preservation instincts do the rest.