Near Miss of the Day 196: Driver makes close pass on cyclist then tells him: "You're going to come a cropper"

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Waving his finger, the driver said: “You should have ****ing stayed behind that bike.”

I would have been tempted to reply “You too mate” 

I drive that stretch about an hour later each day. It's fast for bikes and there is probably no point overtaking cyclists at all, there are loads of them and they just pass you in the queue at the lights or get to Vauxhall Bridge long before you anyway. I try to get into a position so the cyclists are in a group ahead of me, sometimes I overtake so as not to be alongside a long chain as it gets thinner. I've seen some really dangerous driving around cyclists there, especially the bit at the end where the works are. Saw a cyclist being attended to by an ambulance there Friday before last I think.

I do about 3k a year and I don’t drive like a penis...

BP51TYA which has mileage of 50001 in 17 years, no wonder their driving is so poor as they hardly do any time on the road.

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why even bother havin a conversation with an ork?? there is no future anyway, 

Had 2 muppets on the way home last week.

1st was sat on my wheel for a while and then, just as I started to indicate and then move across to turn right at the next roundabout, the fool saw fit to overtake me in order to then cut me up to turn left at the roundabout. Special mention for the policeman in his car at the roundabout that completely ignored my waving at him and the car and just drove off.

Bit further on and I got close-passed by another driver who seemed happier to buzz me and risk a head-on with a car waiting to turn right than to wait a few seconds - the other car even flashed him! Caught the elderly driver up at the next set of lights and got a mouthful from his wife that it was my fault for not being on the cycle path. Indeed - the pitch black that's shared with runners and pedestrians with no lights!

Both these will be going to the local police when I get the footage off the camera.

No point in arguing with these people, or trying to teach them the HW code; it's not a reasoned discussion. Either ignore them, or tell them to fuck off.

Schroedinger’s cyclist - he’s going so fast you’ve no choice but to overtake him.

"speed limit is the same for both of us"

Not actually true. In general on UK roads, under the Road Traffic Act, the speed limit only applies to motorised vehicles, so there is not a speed limit for cyclists.

The thing that get to me about these sort of drivers is that they're not getting anywhere any quicker. I've cycled and driven a lot in London and on the whole most drivers have figured it out that there's no point in being in a hurry because all that happens is that you get to the next queue just that bit sooner and your frustration levels rise. 

This should be reported to the police.

Just your normal, everyday, entitled mouth-breather in car who thinks the road is for his exclusive use and that speed limits are for other people.  I wonder if Sir Chris could have a word with him about sharing the road?