Near Miss of the Day 502: Reckless driving "bad enough for me to call 999," says cyclist (includes swearing)

A similar scenario.
On residential streets with cars parked on one or both sides - I sometimes get on-coming cars, partially on my side, who barely leave enough room for me. They obviously expect me to get out of the way.

I'm not sure how many others are like me when riding on the lanes. 

I'd much rather a vehicle come to a stop or crawl in the middle of the road, than to continue driving quickly and move slightly to the left.

That was a sorry excuse for "driving" and I'd hope the police see it the same way too. Best of luck in pursuing a case.

Driver is guilty and the cyclist should submit the video. The police, if they're anything like Lancashire, will simply ignore it on the basis that there is no blood on the road. The question everyone shoud ask themseves is what they're going to do when the police simply ignore all reports of all traffic offences- red light crashing, double white line crossing, mobile phone use while driving. It appears that many cyclists simply do not realise the lengths the police are prepared to go to in order to do nothing: we see demands on here for a 'NIP to be sent'. The police have dodges galore in hand: even if a NIP is sent, and statements are signed, and the cyclist is told that a prosecution is in motion, they still have the 'assigning zero priority to that prosecution so as to ensure that it never actually goes to court' dodge. I have bored people with this before, but Lancashire has never yet prosecuted anyone for non-contact close passing. I went through the entire statement process for such an offence dated 30.9.19. It was eventually scheduled (under the pre-Covid zero priority scheme, no doubt) for 29.4.20. Below you will see today's email showing that the new Covid Super-Zero Priority Scheme has allotted a court date of 14.6.21 "but this might change again"- that's a date 1 year 9 months after the offence, and it will obviously be put off again. All the cases we talk about here will never reach court, and the drivers know it.

I find this is an increasing problem on narrow lanes. If I am concerned that the driver is not slowing down I cycle into the centre of the road and stop. This forces the driver into making a decision, either kill a cyclist or apply the brakes. I'm still here and I haven't had one driver complain about it.....yet.

I've had a few like this. If there is 0 intention of them slowing down, I report them to the police. 

Perhaps time that the law allowed cyclists to carry firearms and to shoot drivers like this: it would save lives in the long run.

There is a part of the local signposted cycle network that appears very similar to this one. It was, until recently, used as a rat run from an industrial estate. I developed the technique of putting my head down and looking over the top of my cycling glasses. From the drivers point of view, I reckoned, it would look like I hadn't seen them. I always appeared to wander into the middle of the road before veering off towards the verge, It definitely worked for me; every driver slowed and got a thank you.

fairly familiar with that kind of experience on East Anglian country roads too, havent had one quite that fast for a while, though I lost count today but I had cause to dive hedgewards probably about 5 times on todays ride to basically avoid being runover, because thats the choice you are presented with.

what gets me most, aside from these are often green lanes or lanes that really dont connect places that anyone needs to be driving down or treating like its some special rally stage, is the car never actually stops, some of them slow down sure, but they still keep driving at you, which really cuts down your options quickly about how to get as far out the way as safe as you can and then they rarely even thank you, you just get looked at in contempt for being a damn cyclist in their way.

I have been subject to a few like this on what I guess are NSL roads, though too narrow to fit even a couple of narrowish cars without using passing points.  

I tend to fear that when the motorist going a bit too fast for my liking, moves over ever so slightly so as not to hit me (deliberately), but not slowing down, loses the tinyest bit of control, two wheels being on the mud, and manages to swerve into me, at speed.

But hey, no fear of injury to them...

Dya like dags? Wiltshire cops won't give a sh1t. 

This is very similar to a near-mis I had, exactly the same situation on a narrow lane with slight bends in it, which was wide enough for both of us to pass with care.

The driver saw me in good time, then accelerated and moved out to his right, when we passed he hit me with his wing mirror and just carried on.

He was obviously a grade one Tw*t, but I think I may have made him act out of character because as on the lane in the video there was a bit of muddy grass verge that I could (in his opinion) have used to get off the road.

To make the crime worse it was a local taxi, but I did not get the number.

I predict the police will take no action.

Appalling driving. Plenty of time to react and cut their already unsafe speed, but doesn't bother. 
Scum. 

Very poor driving. Failed to slow for the 2 main hazards right in front of them.
Surprised they risked scratching their car drving through the mud.
Fairly typically mentaility of 'nothing will be coming the other way'.