Near Miss of the Day 501 (UPDATED): HGV driver said he had to cut corner because of fast oncoming traffic

TVP were in touch just before Xmas asking me what would be an appropriate charge - turns out he had 2 incidents in quick succession. 

Let us know if they take any real action, which means prosecution.

Secret_squirrel wrote:

Last update - TVP were in touch just before Xmas asking me what would be an appropriate charge - turns out he had 2 incidents in quick succession.  They haven't reported back on any final resolution.

rather worrying, I thought they were supposed to have a better understanding of the law than the standard person, if they can't see an offence here they should seek guidance from a more experienced oficer.

Judging by his latest one it will be more like 

"Fancy forcing the lorry to stop. It has to push out more pollution now to start up again. And look at the polution caused by all the cars being held up as well. Inconsiderate cyclist. He could have just been run over and then submitted the footage afterwards. At least that slight extra pollution wouldn't have occurred then".

Secret_squirrel wrote:

**Update Monday 23rd **

Firm got in contact to say the driver had been suspended pending the outcome of their investigation.

That's good to hear.
I wonder though, if their statement is code for: "our driver will have to stay at home until all this fuss on social media has died down, then it's back to normal".

It's a shame there isn't a camera on that location, to catch them out again.

0-0 wrote:

That's good to hear. I wonder though, if their statement is code for: "our driver will have to stay at home until all this fuss on social media has died down, then it's back to normal".

The thought had occured.  Anyone have any tips on how to chase up the Police?

Anyone have any tips on how to chase up the Police?

I'm afraid it's an uphill battle against the wind, with them taking every opportunity for delay, really stupid statements etc. I come from a hard school- Lancashire must be one of the worst- if they're not, we're all in trouble. You have to make a complaint against the officer, but Lancashire often won't respond at all. Then you have to write to 'Force Control Room', or whatever they call it, with your online incident report reference, and just keep wading through the treacle of police obstruction. Even then, they have the secret weapon: carrying the obstruction to the courts. Below is the offence dated 30.9.19- now after repeated delays, due for court in June 2021 except that they have pre-booked a further delay with a "this may change". The problem is that The Enemy has most of the weapons, but guerilla action must continue!

Dial 101 and ask for an update giving the reference number. I would imagine Thames Valley Police would have sent a NIP to the company which requires an answer within 4 weeks.

Dial 101 and ask for an update giving the reference number

Handy advice! I'll give it a try

Depends how TVP update their incident logs. Firstly if the video has been uploaded directly to the force 'dashcam/video footage' site they may not actually generate an incident log. From comments on previous NMotDs there seems to be quite a variety. Including the frankly terrible 'we're not going to tell you anything' response.

 When I was in the police, initially (and I'm talking 'incidents' in general) the 'result' was usually very brief eg 'statement recorded from complainant, further enquiries by PC 1234'. Later in my career, logs were left open (or more accurately 'snoozed') for a more detailed result eg 'statement recorded … driver JONES interviewed and reported for summons, vehicle details as follows …'

The best thing to have is either the incident/log number or the collar number of the officer investigating.

On Thursday, on my way home from work at a similar junction, I indicated right approaching the stop line.  Having seen this and my lane position, a motorist came at speed and drove inside me, in my lane (cutting the corner, driving on the wrong side of the road). All because he didn't want to slow down to take the corner around me.

Or they're just massively poor drivers and think it's okay to cut corners, whether somebody is there or not. It's almost 'entitlement'.....

Don't forget the cross look you always get for "being in their way", even though they are the ones who are not following the road markings/layout correctly...

STiG911 wrote:

I've read down the comments and it doesn't seem that anyone else has picked up on it so far, but Dickhead Drivers retort was that 'oncoming traffic tends to be very fast' despite there being - insofar as I can see - no oncoming traffic whatsoever.

So - just a lazy dangerous bastard, then.

the oncoming traffic comes up a steep hill and you can't see the junction at the top from the bottom as I recall.

However, that means the traffic should not be going so fast and the driver should not expect it to be fast. It's a Whataboutery "excuse" for his poor driving... Mental gymnastics to justify doing something blatantly wrong and dangerous.

Both roads sseem to have 30mph limits, so is the oncoming traffic really 'very fast'? Or is it just him driving to/from work?

I love my bike wrote:

Both roads seem to have 30mph limits, so is the oncoming traffic really 'very fast'? Or is it just him driving to/from work?

Probably indiciative that the driver routinely ignores the 30mph speed limit on B481 Gravel Hill and so expects others to do likewise. 

Yawn.........

A cyclist is almost crushed and this is what you comment on? 
Trolls gonna troll. 

But really, try harder.

Mods please remove this bot account.

So you agree that the truck driver's excuse was nonsense. 

swldxer wrote:

How on earth can a flat fronted truck have "wing" mirrors? They are DOOR mirrors as that truck has no "wings".

I've never seen someone so committed to dying on one particular hill that nobody is fighting over.

Nice pedantry there.. side view mirrors are still commonly called wing mirrors, regardless of how they are actually mounted to the vehicle.. I call them side mirrors but then I'm not Bri'ish.