Near Miss of the Day 462: Maserati driver zooms past cyclist in "blink-and-you’ll-miss-it" close pass

A road.cc reader has shared the moment he was given a "blink-and-you’ll-miss-it" close pass by a Maserati driver on a stretch of road that he says was used by motorists to drive their cars at speed during lockdown.

Richard, who submitted the footage, told us: "Here’s  a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment by a Maserati on the Beachy Head road near Eastbourne.

"He had the whole other side of the road to use but chose to do this at speed.

"During lockdown this stretch of road (which is popular with cyclists) became the focus of boy racers as it was relatively empty apart from cyclists.

"Unfortunately a lot of them are still using it as their playground despite an increased police presence."

He added: "This incident was reported to [Sussex Police's] Operation Crackdown and an advisory letter has been sent."

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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.

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