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Video: Jeremy Vine gets (very) close pass from white van man - in a bus lane

Broadcaster posted the footage to Twitter on Monday evening
by Simon_MacMichael
Tue, Feb 05, 2019 17:54
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The broadcaster Jeremy Vine has posted another video showing a van driver making a very close pass on him during his commute in London – this time in a bus lane.

The footage he posted to Twitter late yesterday evening came less than two months after he shared another video on the social network of what he termed “the most life-threatening moment I’ve ever had on my bike.”

In the videos that he tweeted yesterday, shot with front- and rear-facing cameras, the 53-year-old yells out as the van driver, who was undertaking a lorry, passes him very closely.

In a subsequent tweet, Vine wrote: "Disgusting behaviour — he has literally not saved himself more than 2 seconds, while risking my life."

A number of people expressed shock at how close the overtake had been and urged Vine to report the incident to the police.

Some cyclists suggested that Vine should have adopted primary position, or perhaps vary his route to use quieter streets – however, some of the listeners to his BBC Radio 2 show said he should give up cycling altogether for his own safety.

One person replying referenced Auto Trader’s recently launched #SwearToChange campaign, pointing out that Vine’s footage showed exactly why efforts to reduce casualties among vulnerable road users should be primarily directed at motorists rather than the people they put at risk through dangerous driving.

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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jthef | 5 years ago
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That was not a nice one.

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Hirsute | 5 years ago
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A number of Twitter posts were depressing.

You should cycle near the kerb.

I'm a lorry driver and this happens to me a lot - yeah, I bet you werecquaking in your cab as a transit undertook.

You should cycle in national parks not London.

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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I hope JV has reported this, yet again, just a few mm difference could have been a death sentence, and drivers like this do need to be removed from the roads.  This is, to any rational person, dangerous driving, but not according to the law, and even if JV was killed, it is unlikely that a prosecution for dangerous driving would succeed.

The minister for twattery and avoidance of responsibility anounced yesterday that they plan to increase the penalties for dangerous driving, a completely pointless, useless waste of time, as the charging and conviction rate for that offence is almost zero compared to the vast amount of dangerous driving we see every day.  In a court of law, that video should be clear irrefutable evidence of dangerous driving, and a conviction should result; the sentence could be decided later, but should be at least a £1k fine and two year ban, with the fine being £5k and prison for driving whilst banned.

Have I mentioned the 2014 review that was going to sort all this out?

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Housecathst replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

I hope JV has reported this, yet again, just a few mm difference could have been a death sentence, and drivers like this do need to be removed from the roads.  This is, to any rational person, dangerous driving, but not according to the law, and even if JV was killed, it is unlikely that a prosecution for dangerous driving would succeed.

The minister for twattery and avoidance of responsibility anounced yesterday that they plan to increase the penalties for dangerous driving, a completely pointless, useless waste of time, as the charging and conviction rate for that offence is almost zero compared to the vast amount of dangerous driving we see every day.  In a court of law, that video should be clear irrefutable evidence of dangerous driving, and a conviction should result; the sentence could be decided later, but should be at least a £1k fine and two year ban, with the fine being £5k and prison for driving whilst banned.

Have I mentioned the 2014 review that was going to sort all this out?

 

Doesn’t dangerous driving say something like, driving which falls way below that of a careful and competent driver and there in lies the problem the majority of drivers sitting in jury are also dangerous drivers but believe there better than average. So there judging people by there own low standards. Not guilty etc 

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