Near Miss of the Day 595: Classic traffic island Must Get In Front driver then left-hooks cyclist

Another case today in our Near Miss of the Day of a driver who simply had to get in front of a cyclist deciding to do so at a pinch point due to a pedestrian island - and in the process, making an extremely close pass on the cyclist, and then turned left immediately afterwards.

It happened on Upper Bristol Road in Bath to road.cc reader - one of whose videos we featured earlier this week - who told us he had reported it to Avon & Somerset Police.

"No doubt a warning letter will be sent (that seems to be the default action now)," he said.

"The last one I sent had a 'positive outcome' from them (letter, points or prosecution)," he added.

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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