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Video: Motorist hits cyclist while attempting to squeeze past on busy A-road
Dashcam footage shows the moment when a cyclist was knocked off by a motorist who was attempting to squeeze past him on the A23 in Crawley, West Sussex. Police were reported to have been called to the scene but no further action was taken.
Richard Moule, who was driving behind, captured the footage on February 12 via his dash cam, just after the traffic lights opposite Goffs Park.
He told the Daily Mail that a nurse who had been in a car behind had tended to the cyclist: “He was bruised and battered but had no broken bones, his elbow hurt the most as that's what took most of the damage. It was his clothing and bike came out worse off.”
The driver emerged from her car after about five minutes. Moule said that police and an ambulance were called but he believes that the matter is being dealt with only through insurance.
Duncan Dollimore, Cycling UK’s Senior Road Safety and Legal Campaigns officer said: “Here we can clearly see someone driving so close behind a cyclist in traffic that the occupants of the following car comment upon it. Then we see an overtaking manoeuvre when there is nowhere near enough space to do so safely, completely ignoring the Highway Code rules. Subsequently the driver drifts towards the cyclist, who is clearly visible and cycling in a straight line at all times, causing the collision. That’s clearly driving which falls below a competent standard."
Referring to West Midlands Police’s pioneering close-pass initiative, he added: “We’d heartily urge West Sussex police to invite West Midlands Traffic Police down to advise their officers on how to deal with collisions involving Vulnerable Road Users, as they’ve clearly got it very wrong in this case.”
Having reviewed the footage, West Sussex Police have now confirmed that they are investigating.
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It doesn't say the driver is a nurse, probably better you read the article again rather than assume things?
Didn't even leave her lane to try to squeeze past, then moved over and hit him. She also took quite a while to apply the brakes. Presumably they checked the driver's phone records? Any why wasn't she rushing to help after doing that to another human being?!
Points on her licence at the very least. 6 month ban should educate her?
Hitting the road will be what did any damage there.
And, don't say stuff like this unless you're properly qualified:
"He was bruised and battered but had no broken bones"
I was told by a Police officer that I "may have cracked a rib"... 6 broken ribs (where they join the spine!), an obliterated kidney and damaged spleen, had I not gone to hospital I probably would have died that night. That experience taught me that I've broken many bones during my life and not realised at the time.
Boycott the economy until this government gets its priorities sorted out.
Ramuz... You may have said that as a joke, but sadly I think you've got a point.... I think the politicians care more about the owners of RBS then they care about their own people. Interestingly I read an article that said if you wanted to prostest in the USA, the police would mostly ignore you on a street corner, but if you protested inside a shopping mall and prevented customers spending money, all hell would break loose.
Clearly if she's hit the cyclist with a lump of metal causing him to fall off, while she was stood at the side of the road, she'd be charged with assault. Why should that be any different just because she was sat IN the lump of metal she hit him with ???
Obviously the police officer needs retraining in road safety.
You would have thought it was the clearest possible case of driving without due care and attention
No doubt the haters will say the cyclist;
Drifted into the car
Was wearing lycra.
Didn't pay road tax
Was not in a fluo jacket
Deserved it because other cyclists ride on the pavements and / or jump red lights
Should have known better
Should be banned from the road... for his own safety
It's official. In the UK, hitting a cyclist while driving isn't an offense.
If it were, that police officer would be hauled up in front of his superiors and suspended from duty until he showed some passing knowledge of the highway code and the proper procedures for charging a driver breaking half a dozen code rules causing damage and injury.
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