Near Miss of the Day 111: Clear straight road apparently not clear or straight enough

We’re in Inverness today, where a driver delivers a close pass of a young cyclist despite having plenty of time and space to avoid doing so.

Hamish’s 16-year-old son Jed was riding a road bike with a flashing rear light on February 25 along the B862 between Scaniport and Dores.

On a clear, straight road in broad daylight, a driver passes him alarming closely at speed (drawing some strong language in response). The driver behind then gives a demonstration of what could easily have happened instead.

The incident was reported to police who have written to the owner of the vehicle. However, Hamish said he was told that it would be difficult to prove it was a case of dangerous driving.

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