Support road.cc

Like this site? Help us to make it better.

Near Miss of the Day 267: Close uphill overtake

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Wiltshire...

The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows yet another impatient driver who simply cannot wait until it is safe to overtake a cyclist - and thereby endangers themself, the rider, and the occupants of another care.

It happened near Chippenham, Wiltshire to road.cc reader Mike, as he was "coming to the top of a short sharp climb at Bremhill Wick.

"The skidding you can hear is the guy coming the other way having to take evasive action," he added.

> 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.

If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.

If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won't show up on searches).

Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.

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

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.

Add new comment

6 comments

Avatar
burtthebike | 5 years ago
1 like

About ten years ago in the Wye  valley, I was approaching the top of a long hill on a narrow road, which was on a sharp  bend, when I heard a revving engine behind me.  It was darkish, and some vehicles had their headlights on, and I  could see the lights of headlamps in the hedge coming towards me, and held out my right hand to indicate to the driver behind not to overtake, but he did and hit the oncoming car on the bend because he was on the wrong side of the road.  It was a white van, and the car driver was less than impressed.

Avatar
janusz0 | 5 years ago
1 like

I still remember my driving instructor telling me: "Never cause another vehicle to brake or swerve".

EK02CTO might care to join you in a complaint

.

Avatar
kil0ran replied to janusz0 | 5 years ago
0 likes
janusz0 wrote:

I still remember my driving instructor telling me: "Never cause another vehicle to brake or swerve".

EK02CTO might care to join you in a complaint

.

I neeeed that plate #whoyougonnacall

Avatar
Dr_Lex | 5 years ago
2 likes

Dear $DEITY, that was execrable driving! Mike, please report it to the Police if you haven’t already done so.

Avatar
grumpyoldcyclist replied to Dr_Lex | 5 years ago
0 likes

Dr_Lex wrote:

Dear $DEITY, that was execrable driving! Mike, please report it to the Police if you haven’t already done so.

Agree, it might not change things if you report it, but it definitely won't change anything if you don't.

Avatar
Legs_Eleven_Wor... replied to Dr_Lex | 5 years ago
0 likes

Dr_Lex wrote:

Dear $DEITY

Tsk.

`echo $DEITY` TYVM. 

Latest Comments