Near Miss of the Day 2: Taxi driver turns into path of cyclist

I think as cyclists we pretty much deserve what is thrown at us day in, day out. 

Why?  We all come on here to have a whinge, look at who's been killed, post emoticons when people fall off their training rollers and hope Chris Boardman is going to create some kind of cycling nirvana for us all whilst standing around in our lycra scratching our balls.

Given there are so many of us it baffles me as to why we take the sort of abuse and prejudice levelled at us and can't organise a piss up in a brewery to get together, in whatever form that may be, to fight for our basic rights, both lawful and moral, so we can simply go from A to B without living in constant fear.

We should be up in arms about this stuff but all we seem to do is cross our fingers and hope the next idiot in their golden chariot hits someone else and not us.  Anyone else out there actually pissed off or is it just me?

I hope at the very least he will get a fine for stopping in a yellow box zone, i had one the other day in a transit, had i arrive 5 seconds earlier he would of had me off as he massively cut the line at a junction, managed to fire of knobhead as he passed and still had the cheek to beep me, i hate them where i live, they have different laws for themselves.

If you read the campaign you'll see in more detail so yes I am serious.  Sure a terrorist isn't going to give a shit about a licence, I get that.

What isn't right, and is the focus of the campaign, is that such people can come out of prison and apply for their licence when they've used a vehicle to kill and maim, they are categorically unfit to drive and should be prevented from doing so to the full extent of the law irrespective of whether they heed that later in life or not.

Not having a licence won't stop many people from driving as we see day in and day out, the issue is not making it easy for them by handing it back when it suits them. 

We might as well have a whip round to send the little shites to Disneyland if we're all happy to give them equal and lawful right to the roads.

Am I the only one that thinks it's cool for an ex attacker to join Londons roads as a bus driver or worst still, an Addison Lee driver?  When that guy who drove into worshippers at the mosque the other day comes out do we really want him driving about with our families because the courts don't give a damn about the rest of us?

Don't want to hijack this in any way but in the interests of trying to do something I've started a change.org campaign. 

https://www.change.org/p/department-no-driving-licence-privileges-for-te...

We all know motorists (of which I am one) are reluctant to do anything that in any way jeopardises anything motoring related even where death is involved but I am hoping to some extent to appeal to their better selves.

Supporting a campaign to prevent convicted terrorists from holding a driving licence once they've served a custodial period could, in time, lead to the definition of a terror offence and a dangerous driver causing terror to another individual becoming ever closer to each other. 

We all know that the courts are useless when it comes to revoking driving licences, however, if we can get a law passed on the back of rising intolerance and anger towards terrorists using vehicles we may in time be able to morph that to a more everyday level of legal protection that we'd all benefit from.

Long shot?  Possibly, worst case it's ignored, best case enough people agree such people shouldn't be legally entitled to drive again and we give them the mighty middle finger...it's not right at any level that such offences are only met with brief bans and an extended retest anyway. 

Read the campaign, if you agree please do take a few seconds to support it.  Terrorists in motor vehicles irrespective of excuses given is not a good mix, we shouldn't make it easy for them at any level.

Cheers.

Oh come on! It's a taxi driver.

No such thing as "right of way". There is "right of access" and "priority".

She had both.

She also rode very close to the kerb despite having quite a pace on her.

Well, i'm glad you didn't start this on "BikeWeek". Way to put people off cycling to work because it's too "scary".

And this, this isn't a "near miss", It's  a collision. "Not seriously hurt", means an injury, and needs to be reported to the police for due care and attention as well as the council as it's a taxi so points against the taxi licence.

Unless you are trying to add to the weight of evidence of a social media justice, this isn't going to get the message to anyone who isn't already a cyclist. Now, getting it onto "motoring site" - that "might" help.

But please, heed Zermattjohn above and go talk to Chris Boardman et all about how you can lend your weight to increase the safety of cyclists on our roads, not the clickbait trap you've chosen.

"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 in to 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 Close Pass of the Day will keep rolling on."

Really? You going to keep up this clickbait for ever? Because you'll never run out of near-misses to report.

What is the purpose? If you're trying to make a point about road safety, why not do it constructively - go to British Cycling, ask to speak to Chris Boardman about how you, as a well-read website can help, plenty of options - rather than just posting this up on a website dedicated to cycling?

Shouting about how bad something is in a room full of people who'll just agree will do nowt.

"My leg was trapped between my bike and his bumper. I wasn't seriously hurt. He reversed slightly, easing the pressure, freeing my leg."

That's not a near miss, that's a collision. Back to the police (wth a reprimand for not noticing that themselves!)

How is it a "near miss" if there was contact?

A YouTube channel dedicated to near misses would be useful to see them all in one place, volunteers anyone?

So the Sun had page 3 and we've got this. It's a toss-up as to which is the more tawdry.