Near Miss of the Day 619: Close pass followed by punishment pass gets driver a “stern talking to” from the police – and nothing more

I can't understand why the police did nothing other than a talking to the driver.  Had the first pass been the only incident then I can understand why they might have had a stern talking to.... educate rather than penalise.

BUT, as soon as the driver brake checked then performed a punishment pass that should automatically move it from the territory of it being a mistake/badly executed pass to being a deliberate act which at the very least should be a Careless Driving charge if not a Dangerous Driving charge.

I am waiting to read the news in Nottingham regarding a driver who seems to have deliberately knocked a Triathlete taking part in the Outlaw Triatholon off their bike on Sunday.

The police are always claiming to have performed this completely worthless 'talking to', which really means they've done nothing at all. The phrase often used in Lancashire is 'I read the Riot Act to him'. It's all part of the multiple layers of non-penalty that they employ- Lancashire's latest dodge to cover up doing nothing is claiming to have 'sent educational material' to the driver, but no mention of any warning letter. This dodge is because of the, admittedly remote, possibility that there could be a check on the PC's actions and possible trouble if no proper recorded warning letter was genuinely sent.

It wouldn't suprise me to read one day that a cyclist has severely injured a driver in self defence after being assaulted with a car used as a deadly weapon, especially as the police seem to be turning a blind eye to these assaults.

and the 2nd overtake was into oncoming traffic too , wanker  

here's hoping there's a second recorded incident soon ( without injury) involving this driver that results in a proper punishment from TVP  - judging by the behaviours exhibited i am quite optimistic for a result ! 

Thames Valley Police's first "offence" generally a warning that's it.

No doubt that both the close pass and subsequent brake checking were absolutely intentional. The driver is both an arsehole and a pitiful coward. You can also add the fact that he's a clueless, bigoted moron into the mix with his pathetic justification. The police then have the opportunity to consider these blatant actions and the fact they are clearly a danger on the roads, yet fail miserably with their laughable inaction. All of which provides zero deterrent to the driver doing this again, with potentially serious or fatal consequences next time. I'd be taking this further until the appropriate action is finally taken.

are the roadworks to fix the state of that road ?

another one in the bank of close passes you, but is instantly focussing enough on your reaction, that he then wants to escalate, wasnt at all about being held up, his gripe is you werent riding on the "cycle path" and so everything stems from that.

Total wanker.  Unable to get past safely due to the oncoming traffic, decided that he didn't want to be held up for ten seconds so overtook anyway when it was not safe to do so.

THEN decided that he wasn't in so much of a rush after all when you shouted/gestured, so stopped - without a doubt to have some sort of confrontation.  Grrr.

Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago.   Driver (who got out with his mate) proceeded to tell me that all cyclists were arrogant idiots, and next time he'd just crash into me rather than leaving the eighteen inches he was prepared to allow me (also due to oncoming traffic), as he'd rather crash into a cyclist than crash into an oncoming car.

It's interactions like this that make me reaslise the utter futility of it all, in the absence of any proper enforcement of standards on our roads.

Cycle path?

Ah well to be fair now, BucksCycleCammer was actually deliberately and with beastliness aforethought riding a bicycle on the public highway...

Seen it all now, the close pass is absolutely atrocious but I suppose could be regarded as a matter for debate by a myopic person watching it on a 10" screen from thirty yards away, but the brake check is clear reckless endangerment. Absolutely shocking.

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“Just what warrants a FPN for driving ‘without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road’ is anyone's guess,” he added.

Oh, it probably involves blood.