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Near Miss of the Day 655: Motorbiker almost takes cyclist out

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Glasgow...

We’ve said this before, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’ll say it again – no close pass is acceptable, but somehow it’s seems worse when it comes from a fellow vulnerable road user.

In this case, it’s a motorcyclist – with an L plate on the back of the bike to boot – who makes a close pass on a cyclist in Glasgow.

It was filmed on Alexandra Parade in the city’s East End by YouTube user cmale0, who told us: “”his bike came so close my heart was in my mouth.”

> 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.

If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.

If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won't show up on searches).

Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.

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

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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OldRidgeback | 2 years ago
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The L plate says it all. If the motorbike had collided with the cyclist, it wouldn't have ended well for either.

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FrankH | 2 years ago
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That's worthy of at least three points, which, if he hasn't already got a full licence, will be half way to a ban. That might concentrate his mind a bit.

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Hirsute | 2 years ago
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I'm confused. There is a whole empty lane to use which appears to be for the same direction.
Was this a deliberate act?

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HLaB replied to Hirsute | 2 years ago
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I could be wrong but the motorbiker's glance back makes me think so  2

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Sriracha replied to HLaB | 2 years ago
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Seems to be looking over his shoulder prior to moving across to the second lane, something he needed to have done about 15 seconds earlier.

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HLaB replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Might be, it suggests to me that they plan things, deliberate moves. Yes he should have made that deliberate move into an empty lane 15secs earlier  2

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Jenova20 replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Sriracha wrote:

Seems to be looking over his shoulder prior to moving across to the second lane, something he needed to have done about 15 seconds earlier.

Agreed. He's looking over the other shoulder. He won't be able to see the cyclist he just close passed.

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lesterama | 2 years ago
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Have you reported it? They need to redo their CBT

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