Near Miss of the Day 285: Two dodgy manoeuvres in the space of two minutes

Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series is summed up by its title on YouTube - "Two dodgy manoeuvres in two minutes."

It was filmed in East Renfrewshire near Glasgow by road.cc reader Andy as he entered Barrhead on his evening commute home.

He told us:  "The driver had no chance of seeing what was coming the other way, but committed to the overtake anyway then had to dive in when there was an oncoming car.

"Police officer (genuinely) thought long and hard about it but decided not to pursue any prosecution.“

Referring to the end of the video, he added: "Look out for the bonus bus too!"

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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.

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 (link is external).

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.

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> What to do next if you’ve been involved in a road traffic collision