Near Miss of the Day 698: MGIF BMW driver close passes cyclist AND runner

'sharpen the mind and reduce the risk of the person doing the same thing again.'

If only! Regret to say that I very much doubt that drivers like this change their behaviour regardless of penalties.

That depends - points on the licence will mean a sharp increase in insurance premiums - more of a penalty than the penalty points and the fine. Every time the person renews their insurance they'll think about it. It's even possible they might have to change their car to something with a lower insurance band.

No MOT either....just saying, check the gap online....and the time this happened.

Wow,  heavan, and at least some reasons some were not processed. Nice to know they accept Horse Rider(s) although they need better cameras. 

Still 50% processed further and 50% got off, mostly because the VRM cannot be read on the camera. Methinks someone should be campaigning to have Massive Number plates attached to all motor vehicles instead of a tabard which would be covered by my rucksack, 

looking through a few of the entries on their .csv files is very interesting.

I'd love to see the footage that got this comment (and an NFA)  "Cyclist holds Primary position for far too long despite several adequate passing points. Vehicle performs safe overtake at a point with good visibility."

Two in the November submissions rejected for 'Insufficient video quality' because 'Video footage is upside down'.

Which makes you wonder if the reviewer is really technically qualified for the job.

mdavidford wrote:

Two in the November submissions rejected for 'Insufficient video quality' because 'Video footage is upside down'.

Which makes you wonder if the reviewer is really technically qualified for the job.

...or an Australian?

Two in the November submissions rejected for 'Insufficient video quality' because 'Video footage is upside down'.

They really are thicker than you think, but they're also clutching at anything that they think allows them to bin cases. I had one rejected because it concerned 2 cases- there were 2 separate case numbers, and 2 separate forms concerning 2 different registration numbers, but the video showed 2 close passes, one immediately after another. I uploaded the same video twice, once for each case. I replied that if they didn't want offences occurring close together they should try to deter them with effective punishment. They had to give way!

Good spot. That led me to have a look.

"Driver has hovered along side in space between them and when he is ahead of them and then has to brake for lead cyclist who should have held back at the parked car. "

Sounds like we need a Spot the Ball or Please Reconstruct the Incident competition !

Found this gem

"Although close, road is narrow, only couple feet from offside verge when overtaking, cant go much further"

Well, if there is not enough room, don't overtake. How can the above be a reason not to proceed?

"Although there was oncoming traffic, I had to close pass the cyclist to avoid my car getting a scratch"
 

2 cyclist on cyclist submissions !

"Offender is a cyclist and cannot be identified"

"vehicles cannot be identified as no VRM plates"

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Still 50% processed further and 50% got off, mostly because the VRM cannot be read on the camera. Methinks someone should be campaigning to have Massive Number plates attached to all motor vehicles

I'd settle for a campaign for numberplates to be:
1) present
2) legally compliant
2.1) not misrepresenting the reg mark
2.2) not with a darkened/smoked overlay
2.3) not missing the retro-reflective backing

Since all the above infractions are deliberate, and moreover indicative of an intention to pervert justice, I think the full penalty should apply in every case. Simple photographic evidence, automatic £1000 fine in the post. Police can't complain of administrative overload, just let the cameras and computers do the work.

Too lenient. Instant seizure of vehicle is my recommendation for making illegal changes to the car.

No MOT either....just saying, check the gap online....and the time this happened.

BMW driver, no surprises there then
So was my latest Garstang red light crasher. Crikey- that confirmation bias is working overtime!

That's Garstang for ya!

Better in Bilsborrow.

Great in Goosnargh.

Brilliant in Broughton.

Of course! It always, 100% of the time, a BMW.

When it's not an Audi. Or a white van.

I had both on the way to work yesterday. BMW pulling out of side road on wrong side of road he was leaving and entering wrong side straight at me. Obviously a giveway which was initially being treated as his right of way. 

Then as I was leaving a supermarket car park onto a one way, a red AUDI appeared from the wrong side of the road again. Unfortunately the number plate didn't come out on the first and the second, although obvious from road position etc, wasn't so obvious on the camera so could have stated I did come down the one way but took late turn into car park.