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Near Miss of the Day 49: Make way – oncoming vehicle coming through

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the UK and beyond – today it’s the United States

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Historic Columbia River Highway (via StreetView).jpg

US motorist who hit cyclist, demanded money and then fled is arrested after running over her passenger when she returned to the scene

Charity cyclist was clipped by wing mirror of passing car

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FBI seeks cycling bank robber dubbed the ‘Sneaky Cyclist Bandit’

‘Sneaky Cyclist Bandit’ has struck five times, including the same bank twice

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Hackettstown Middle School (via StreetView).jpg

US teen steals bike to get to school on time… cops give him a life lesson

Do you have trouble arriving on time in the morning? Hackettstown Police have got some tips for you

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‘Stress map’ informs Washington DC cyclists of the scariest roads

Research carried out via StreetView and in person

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Montana bill banning cyclists from ordinary two-lane roads to be rewritten

Legislator who proposed it surprised that it would have covered ‘way more’ roads than he anticipated

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Cyclists may use full lane sign in Ferguson (CC licensed by MoBikeFed via Flickr).jpg

US city to replace ‘share the road’ signs with ‘bikes may use full lane’ ones

Signs treat cyclists ‘less like potential hazards and more like the legal road users that they are’

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Proposed bike trail in Matamoros, Mexico (Matamoros Planning Commission).jpg

Towns on US-Mexico border plan shared bike path

Twin cultural centres would be linked by cycle route across a bridge

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Cyclists in New York City

US to set up $3m national pedestrian and bicycle information centre

Government invites organisations to bid for grants to run facility which will focus on issues inclding safety

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Near miss for cyclist’s head after crossroads encounter with SUV

Incident took place at unmarked crossroads

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