Near Miss of the Day 715: Driver clips cyclist's handlebars overtaking on tight bend

IanMK wrote:

Priceless, I nearly didn't watch that clip. Is that man drunk? Standing "in the middle of the road" shouting about how he thinks the Edge line is a cycle path?

I loved listening to his voice getting higher and higher, roughly in proportion to how red his face was turning...

I didn't watch to the end - I presume he got back in that car parked further up the road?

I stay to the right. You never know when the verge, hedgerows or potholes and debris are going to be in your way and you've no means to avoid. I'd much rather keep to the right and know I've a bailout if need be. 

The ranty shouting bloke must be a bit dim if he doesn't know he's driving a W123 and not an early model Golf. I'm curious if his lack of knowledge of the HC is in a similar vein.

Clown.

Garage at Large wrote:

Very poor, careless driving by the motorist, and hopefully they will get the correct punishment befitting of such a dangerous and pointless overtake.

Unfortunately, looking at the YouTube Channel, there's a video showing the chaos that hogging the road on a leisure club ride causes. We need to have more regulation of these cycing clubs, including tabards and the ability to prosecute group ride leaders who deliberately and dangerously hold up traffic in the manner indicated.

There is only one person in that video who is deliberately and dangerously holding up traffic. They are also being aggressive and violent, even when their victims are being extremely calm despite the onslaught. But you are such an ignorant moron, that you are suggesting the victims should be prosecuted for an offence of being a victim? And that potential victims should be forced to wear clothing that other road users would not have to, in order to oppress them and ensure 'they know their place in society'? You are an exemplary buffoon Loophole.

Three people out for a ride doesn't constitute a club run. I counted 3. Well within your previous demands. Also do you condone the individual attempting to kick a girl off her bike as she's passing him? Then throwing an object at the other two? That with all his obscenities. At the very least that's a Public Order Offence at the least and a Section 51 slapped on his car. 

You should have stopped after the first paragraph. 

That's how Garbage rolls, he simpers like a dowager duchess at how absolutely shocking it is if a cyclist swears at someone who's just nearly killed them, but if it's the driver of a car ("humanity's greatest achievement" as he calls it) they get a free pass. See also:

https://road.cc/content/news/aggressive-driver-meltdown-after-close-pass...

An absolute psychopath screaming obscenities in the face of two cyclists (including using the c-word, which Garbage has attempted to use to call me a misogynist for over a year because I shouted it, in shock, at someone who passed me by 20cm at 40mph, see https://road.cc/content/news/cyclist-almost-run-down-impatient-peugeot-d...) and Garbage's response was, and I quote, "Lol! That was entertaining... will be interesting to see what the police make if it, although I'm pretty sure there's no law against getting angry." 

He's not only a stinking hypocrite and blatant troll, he's also too stupid even to be consistent.

Do yourself a favour and just completely ignore him

Rendel Harris wrote:

Too stupid even to be consistent.

Nice.

I know. I keep telling myself not to bite and to be fair I manage until he tosses one of his poorly thought through grenades then I have to. 

Garage at Large wrote:

Very poor, careless driving by the motorist, and hopefully they will get the correct punishment befitting of such a dangerous and pointless overtake.

Unfortunately, looking at the YouTube Channel, there's a video showing the chaos that hogging the road on a leisure club ride causes. We need to have more regulation of these cycing clubs, including tabards and the ability to prosecute group ride leaders who deliberately and dangerously hold up traffic in the manner indicated.

Finally... now we know you're the ankles lawyer Nick Freeman.

Honestly, duck off. As fun as it's been to have you, it's time to go home now. 

If this doesn't result in a court case or FPN then we really are in trouble
Yes- we are. The Filth are putting maximum effort into rendering the so-called HC changes ineffectual. I hope someone posts genuine action being taken by the police over contraventions of of the 'new rulesc- that's real action, not 'we have done something but we won't tell you what it was, which just means 'words of advice'