Near Miss of the Day 179: Bus company failed to provide police with driver’s name

London United, the bus company, failed to provide details of the driver to the Met Police, so this one’s going to court.

The incident occurred in Camberwell on July 2.

MCR Cyclist writes: “The bus driver decided to take the 'racing line' and do a close pass on me in the cycle lane. This lane has restricted width, so I need all the space I can get. If I didn't brake, I'd have been brushing up right next to it.

“The Metropolitan Police contacted the registered keeper, who failed to provide details of the driver. It has now been passed to the Met Police's court team to take further. Failing to tell police who is driving a car when an offence has allegedly been committed is an offence itself. The penalty for failing to provide driver details is six points and a fine of up to £1,000.”

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Over the years road.cc has reported on literally hundreds of close passes and near misses involving badly driven vehicles from every corner of the country – so many, in fact, that we’ve decided to turn the phenomenon into a regular feature on the site. One day hopefully we will run out of close passes and near misses to report on, but until that happy day arrives, Near Miss of the Day will keep rolling on.

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