Near Miss of the Day 232 revisited: Close pass motorist attends driver alertness course – and afterwards gives same cyclist plenty of room

It’s always good to hear a positive result from one of the Near Miss of the Day videos we publish on the site – and road.cc reader Dave from Northamptonshire has been in touch to tell us what happened next in relation to one of his videos that we featured at the start of the year.

> Near Miss of the Day 232: Punishment pass and brake check

Dave said at the time: “Yet another Northamptonshire driver who thinks this is acceptable driving standard.

“A punishment pass and brake check as he thought I was being awkward by riding in the middle of the road,” he continued.

“Of course I was riding in the primary position to try to prevent such behaviour.

“At least this time Northamptonshire Police agreed, I did have reason to report him, and the driver was offered (and accepted) a driver alertness course.”

“Hopefully he will be more considerate next time he overtakes,” he added.

If you commute by bike regularly – especially, like Dave does, in a more rural area – you’re likely to encounter the same motorists every now and again, and Dave added: “Hopefully he will be more considerate next time he overtakes”

Well, it didn’t take long for his wish to be granted – with the driver’s consideration at the start of the video above a world away from that displayed in the footage we featured in January, which also appears in the video.

Dave said: “Good to see that the driver awareness course this driver had to attend after his close pass and brake check seems to have had a positive effect if today's overtake is anything to go on.

“Looks like the course does educate drivers and hopefully covers the Highway Code and cyclists’ needs.”

> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

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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> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling