Near Miss of the Day 693: MGIF driver ignores oncoming vehicle for unholy overtake outside Ripon Cathedral

Today in our Near Miss of the Day series, we're in Ripon, North Yorkshire for a must get in front driver requiring forgiveness for pushing their way past, despite oncoming traffic outside the city's cathedral.

road.cc reader John told us all about this impatient encounter, which happened on Sunday 2 January as he climbed the hill next to Ripon Cathedral.

"I was cycling up the hill when I was overtaken by an idiot, even though (a) I was overtaking a parked car, (b) the road is not very wide and (c) there was an oncoming vehicle!"

"I reported this a week ago via NextBase but haven’t heard anything from them since. I’m not even sure if they passed this on to North Yorkshire Police."

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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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