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This isn’t about cycle lanes or the Highway Code – I just want to get home in one piece

VecchioJo is riding against the clock, but not like that – sadly near misses with drivers are an unavoidable and inevitable consequence of being behind a set of handlebars in 2022

Tue, Feb 01, 2022 10:24

Two thirds of drivers are surprised when a cyclist ‘appears from nowhere’

‘Failure to look’ is the most commonly cited factor in road crashes

Fri, Mar 29, 2019 19:04

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New research finds many drivers really don’t “see” cyclists or motorbikers (+ video)

Phenomenon is labelled “inattentional blindness”

Fri, Jan 12, 2018 14:52

Video: Sorry Mate I Didn’t See You of the Day

Motorist says “look how big my car is” to argue there was minimal impact

Sat, Oct 21, 2017 11:23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxNw2HWhZ1s

Near Miss of the Day 29: “Sorry mate, I didn’t see you … “

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Essex

Mon, Aug 21, 2017 11:58

Near Miss of the Day 23: Featuring a U-turning SMIDSY driver

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London's Quietway 1

Thu, Aug 03, 2017 13:25

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“Blaring music” meant driver didn’t know he’d hit cyclist, court told

William Whincup admits the music in his car was so loud he was oblivious of collision that left Mark Douglas seriously injured

Tue, Jan 31, 2017 17:35

The uniformity illusion: peripheral vision study may help explain why drivers fail to see cyclists

Brain fills in peripheral vision detail based on central stimuli

Fri, Dec 09, 2016 15:55

Video: London cyclist sent flying as motorist drives through mini-roundabout

Incident happened at Thornton Heath on Sunday

Tue, Nov 08, 2016 19:00

Thomas Voeckler (licensed CC-BY-SA 2.0 on Flickr by Laurie Beylier)

Thomas Voeckler hit by car, suffers broken collarbone

Europcar rider says out of World Championships after collision that saw him thrown onto windscreen riding pre-race warm up

Wed, Aug 20, 2014 11:46