Today’s near miss sees a Birmingham cyclist forced off the road when a Land Rover driver sees fit to overtake where there is a parked car.
The incident occurred on Thursday at about 6.15pm on Harborne Lane (A4040) between Selly Oak and Harborne, near to the roundabout by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Leigh says he is “absolutely livid” about what happened.
“Forced off the road by this careless woman who just couldn't be patient for five seconds and wait until it was safe to overtake me.
“Had I not reacted instinctively, bunnyhopping up the kerb and onto the – thankfully empty – pavement, I could have crashed hard into the back of the parked car, or hit the kerb and gone flying over the handlebars head first into the ground.”
Leigh added that he had pulled up next to the motorist at the next set of lights, “and she wouldn't even look at me.”
The incident has been reported to police via Nextbase.
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