Yesterday’s item on our Live Blog about Leicestershire Police putting up signs reminding motorists to give cyclists plenty of room attracted plenty of comments – as well as prompting one reader to send through a clip of an extremely close pass his wife received from a motorist as they were passing one of the signs.
> Police install ‘give cyclists room’ signs…local asks for ‘cyclists single file’ version
Be on the lookout for new signage popping up in the lanes aimed at all road users with a view to protecting the most vulnerable. They will be in areas used frequently by cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians. Every road user has a responsibility to #ShareTheRoad pic.twitter.com/dq4EtwX62d
— Leicestershire Police Specials (@LeicsSpecials) September 5, 2021
Kieron, the reader who sent the clip in, told us: “My wife and I were cycling through Blaby in Leicestershire, when we were both close passed by a white Jaguar.
“What makes this close pass ironic, is that seconds prior to the close pass, there is clearly a notice from Leicestershire Police, telling drivers to give cyclists space.”
The comment of one reader, Gareth Roberts, to yesterday’s Live Blog story proved prophetic, given the footage.
He changed our original headline, “Police install ‘give cyclists room’ signs … local asks for ‘cyclists single file’ version” to read “Local asks for ‘cyclists make it easier for me to scrape by you’ sign.”
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-7-september-2021-286161#live-blog-item-27597
Another reader, Mark, said: “A better deterrent would be if the police acted on incidents with meaningful prosecutions/fines/licence withdrawals instead of the usual soft-touch improvement courses.”
Given that Kieron has submitted the footage to Leicestershire Police, we’d be interested to find out how they handle this one.
> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 – Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?
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@road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.
If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won’t show up on searches).
Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.
> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling
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12 thoughts on “Near Miss of the Day 634: Rider gets very close pass … by police sign telling drivers to give cyclists plenty of room”
That camera is awful, is the
That camera is awful, is the image compressed? Are you able to get licence plates from the original?
Also, she’s a great rider, using the road well, good awareness, I’d sit on her wheel all day.
Quality loss in to youtube
Quality loss in to youtube etc … I have a screen shot with a clear view of the number plate and I have submitted an online report to Leicestershire Police
Surprised they haven’t asked
Surprised they haven’t asked you to take it down.
Agreed. Absolutely sh*tty
Agreed. Absolutely sh*tty pass but great riding.
nappe wrote:
GK63URM JAGUAR XF WHITE, I believe. From the clip, and checking the government website.
That was a really nasty pass.
That was a really nasty pass. I think that Mrs Kieron dealt with it really well.
What makes this close pass
What makes this close pass ironic, is that seconds prior to the close pass, there is clearly a notice from Leicestershire Police, telling drivers to give cyclists space
That’s nowt! In Lancashire drivers take Lancashire Constabulary’s Totally Ineffectual Mobile Messaging Trailer as a challenge to disobey all of the 3 ‘messages’ at once, and STILL LC won’t act!
Given that Kieron has
Given that Kieron has submitted the footage to Leicestershire Police, we’d be interested to find out how they handle this one
My money is on The Lancashire Constabulary Response Protocol, which defaults to None Whatsoever
Rubbish close pass, hope the
Rubbish close pass, hope the driver gets a good penalty for that one. On the signs, no surprise really – a complete waste of effort and money as virtually everyone wrote yesterday.
What makes this close pass
Ironic, yet not unexpected. Given how many can’t see the mahoosive dayglo signs warning them to leave good clearance for the bridge, what hope is there that drivers pay any heed to the little one about clearance for cyclists (well, for automonous bicycles)?
Hmm, parked up with the
Hmm, parked up with the window down and a couple of blokes crossing the road a bit eagerly – perhaps he’s delivering something to be consumed that isn’t food?
Dreadful driving – please let
Dreadful driving – please let us all know outcome of complaint – i hope it’s not another ineffectual “driver education” cop-out