Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series has two separate incidents that happened minutes apart to a cyclist in Hampshire.

First off, as road.cc reader Martin waits in Titchfield, near Farnham, to turn onto a road towards the hamlet of Meon close to the Solent coast, a Volvo driver passes him on the inside.

That incident happens 1 minute 10 seconds into the video, and if you pause the footage you’ll see that the gap is so small that as well as the driver passing Martin with minimal room to spare, the nearside wheels of the vehicle are almost touching the kerb.

There’s more to come as less than a minute later, a BMW driver overtakes Martin, this time giving plenty of room, but on a blind right-hand bend – and you can see how the brake lights flash as the motorist has to slow because of approaching vehicles.

The incidents happened last Friday and Martin said that he had sent the footage to the police but has yet to hear back from them.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-638-two-incidents-under-minute-286523

On 21/09/2021 11:35 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series has two separate incidents that happened minutes apart to a cyclist in Hampshire.
>
> First off, as road.cc reader Martin waits in Titchfield, near Farnham, to turn onto a road towards the hamlet of Meon close to the Solent coast, a Volvo driver passes him on the inside.
>
> That incident happens 1 minute 10 seconds into the video, and if you pause the footage you’ll see that the gap is so small that as well as the driver passing Martin with minimal room to spare, the nearside wheels of the vehicle are almost touching the kerb.
>
> There’s more to come as less than a minute later, a BMW driver overtakes Martin, this time giving plenty of room, but on a blind right-hand bend – and you can see how the brake lights flash as the motorist has to slow because of approaching vehicles.
>
> The incidents happened last Friday and Martin said that he had sent the footage to the police but has yet to hear back from them.
>
> https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-638-two-incidents-under-minute-286523

The driver of the vehicle which passed Martin the fairy-cyclist on the
nearside when the Martin the fairy-cyclist was on the crown of the road,
stationary and (presumably) indicating a right turn committed no
offence. Passing a vehicle on the nearside is completely lawful when the
overtaken vehicle is turning right.

The driver of the dark car which overtook Martin the fairy-cyclist later
on committed no offence.

What the episode shows is that that Martin the fairy-cyclist has a screw
loose and delusions of adequacy.

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 11:35:47 AM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series has two separate incidents that happened minutes apart to a cyclist in Hampshire.
hirsute | 4280 posts | 2 hours ago
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Did the volvo driver scrape off any speed? Amazing that they did not hit the cyclist or the kerb. Very poor in a 30.

I try and be a little more to the left now if it is 30 or less - any higher I think they would rear end me.

(Just after 60 to 40 sign - nfa !)

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