Near Miss of the Day 597: Driver overtakes cyclist despite oncoming bus ... then turns left

Agree - I wonder if these courses actually work. That is worthy of a ban, and then a re-test after a ban is served.

thanks for taking the time to report it. Every little helps.

I can tell GOC is not a policeman- troublemakers who report offences are the people the police really hate.

This one just felt really bad the time, and then seeing the driver turn left shortly after, well, that annoyed me just as much as the pass. Being Essex police though it's always a bit of potluck whether they'll do anything.

seems odd to have speed bumps on that road, but then make them still drivable over at 30mph still, kind of wonder what purpose they serve.

not that making them bigger, or lowering the speed limit, actually ever slows down the real crazy drivers, but you like to think it damages their car more.

I expect they are there to keep the speeds at 30mph. As we know from a few weeks ago, some roads the speeds get set by how fast the drivers can go along them so I suspect it was "fast" speed bumps or 50mph speed limit. 

This was Essex police, so to get anything from it is a result imo.

Even if they only do the course, they have to pay for it themselves, sit in a classroom/zoom call for a around four hours and won't be able to do another course for at least year.

won't be able to do another course for at least year

Lancashire Constabulary are so desperate to preserve their 'we never prosecute' record for close-passing, I suspect they would bend that 'rule'. I witnessed this desperation in court only this week, although it is CPS strictly speaking. Driver- proves to be a caricature of a golf professional with a really 'loud' tie and check jacket- failed to attend a course in the specified period after the offence. I'm convinced he was trying it on in the hope that the case would just get forgotten. I didn't let LC forget it, but they/ CPS fought back and bent the rules so that he is now allowed to attend the course as long as he completes before November. 2 years and 2 months after the offence, and he's then got away with it. I now understand there are 2 parts to the course: a super-joke online only part and another bit that it appears you can do on Zoom/ Teams etc.

Result: LC has still never prosecuted anyone for non-contact close passing. But I'm still working on it.

That's insane. Really should have been referred back for further action (court or points & fine).

It really does seem as if some forces go out of their way to do nothing. Essex police do seem to have slightly improved recently on taking action, but is still hit and miss.

It really does seem as if some forces go out of their way to do nothing

You're a newcomer, so you wouldn't know that I am continually harping on about Lancashire Constabulary being institutionally 'we do nothing'. That close-passing case is nowt! You should see them doing nothing about large Range Rovers going through A6 traffic lights 2 seconds after they turned red.