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Near Miss of the Day 696: Driver overtakes cyclist so closely that wing mirror hits rider
Not so much a Near Miss of the Day this one, given that the driver passed the cyclist so closely that the car’s wing mirror actually made contact with the rider – not that the vehicle’s occupants seemed too concerned about the incident.
Rich, the road.cc reader who sent us the footage, said: “This was in Felixstowe, Suffolk a few weeks before Christmas.
“I was out for a few miles, first time off the turbo for a bit, took primary at the lights, and held it after the lights for the upcoming traffic island and roundabout, and the driver passed so close my elbow pushed his wing mirror in.
“As they continued, the passenger leaned out and pushed the mirror back into place, but apart from that they showed no awareness of the incident at all.”
He added: “Ironically it was outside a police station, but I missed the seven-day cut off for submission.”
> 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 has been news editor at road.cc since 2009, reporting on 10 editions and counting of pro cycling’s biggest races such as the Tour de France, stories on issues including infrastructure and campaigning, and interviewing some of the biggest names in cycling. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, his background has proved invaluable in reporting on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, and the bike industry. He splits his time between London and Cambridge, and loves taking his miniature schnauzer Elodie on adventures in the basket of her Elephant Bike.
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