Near Miss of the Day 258: Driver changes lanes (nearly) into cyclist

Today’s near miss involves a motorist indicating only as they change lanes and not before. The unfortunate cyclist is squeezed to the kerb.

Dan said: “I recorded this on my commute on Balham Hill in South London. The date is correct but the time is off by one hour. It happened at 8.30ish.

“There were quite a few cyclists behind me and you can hear one ask if I’m ok in the vid. I spoke with the driver at the lights and he just shouted at me that I should have noticed his signal.”

Dan’s final comment is a recurring one within our Near Miss of the Day feature. “I was unhurt and obviously no point reporting it to the police who simply do not care.”

> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

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