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Near Miss of the Day 370: Driver almost takes out five cyclists (+ video)
There’s a shocking piece of driving on show in our Near Miss of the Day series today, filmed on Saturday morning in Cambridgeshire, as a motorist travelling at speed puts five cyclists in danger.
It happened on Toft Road between the villages of Bourn and Toft, a few miles west of Cambridge, just before the left turn for Main Street to Caldecote.
Mike, the road.cc reader who filmed it while out on a ride with two friends, told us it was “clearly a dangerous move on a road we often ride in the winter.
“We had seen the other two cyclists on the other side of the road, I heard a vehicle approach and called ‘car back’, lined out ... the other two guys on the opposite side of the road remained two abreast.”
The result, as can be seen in the video, is that not only did the motorist make a close pass on Mike and his two companions, but also came within inches of hitting the cyclists approaching form the opposite direction.
> 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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Video removed by the user. Hopefully because the Police are now involved.
Can anyone confirm this, that it was reported to the police? Road.cc?
That is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. It is worth watching at half or quarter speed actually see what is going on as it all happens too fast at full speed to really appreciate just how dangerous it was.
That is an absolute shocker! I do hope this was reported.
Really wonder what makes these drivers tick.. I'm drive every day almost and when I see a cyclist I think about how fast I'm approaching them, the road, road conditions, oncoming traffic, visability then, double check some of those before, manouvre.. be that to slow down or overtake. That person just decided that they were getting past clearly didn't see the oncoming cyclists at all, and when they did see them just carried on mowing through and very nearly mowing down.. ANKLES! Lower than a see you next tuesday!
You have to wonder what this excuse for a human being has going on in their life that's so important that they're willing to kill for!
That's one of the worst I can remember. You wonder if they would've slowed down for pedestrians and that was just special treatment for cyclists, or whether they're just a sociopath generally.
JHC, I can't quite believe how fast that person was driving or their complete disregard of other people's lives. Incredible.
If they managed to read the reg, then I sincerely hope this has been reported and that the police will take the appropriate action. That wasn't just dangerous, it was homicidal, and if it comes to court, there must be a lengthy ban. Nobody with such callous disregard of other people should be allowed to have a lethal weapon.
Is this being reported?
Instant lifetime ban from driving, 8 months in prison, and a fine to pay for 5 new pairs of bib-shorts!
Thing is mate, even if it had gone very horribly wrong, it is doubtful if a jury in our motorcentric country that would have convicted on a causing death by dangerous. National speed limit road and sun was in their eyes.
At that speed and lack of 'road sense' you would think a conviction would be a shoe in.
There should be a rule that footage should only be posted on NMOTD when it's been reported to the police AND an update, say 6 months later.
For the rest, there's YouTube