Near Miss of the Day 183: Driver pulls out on cyclist

The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series comes from Australia, and shows a motorist joining a road at a junction just as a cyclist approaches on the main carriageway.

It's an all too common occurrence and one often due to drivers not appreciating how quickly the cyclist is riding, simply not caring or - as the rider in this instance believes, just being unable to see him.

It happened to road.cc reader Andre on on Namatjira Drive, Waramanga, Australian Capital Territory; the driver was turning off Badimara Street. 

He told us that the driver "failed to give way - probably because I was behind her A-pillar. "

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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