Near Miss of the Day 638: Two incidents in less than a minute including an extremely close undertake (video includes swearing)

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Titchfield, near Farnham

Titchfield is near Fareham.

I used to live near there, and I'd regard it as one of the better places to go cycling - safe enough to take my wife with me. Further down the road that the cyclist turns right into, there's a very narrow bridge so you don't get any HGVs and it seems to deter a lot of cars too.

That's a shocker.

Sometimes you think you've made yourself wide enough to be safe, but someone does the unthinkable.

that first one is scary because you wouldnt really anticipate a car attempting to do that (unless its happened to you before), and really all the Volvo driver needed to do was just slow their approach, to give the cyclist more time to clear the junction.

the second one, I dont think it would even have been noticed if not for thing that just happened, thats one of those, FFS give me a break, kind of rides. On its own it doesnt come across as that dangerous,its not a completely blind corner, even if the driver could have made better choices.

That first one. Wow. Cyclist was so lucky he was still moving as when he has to stop, he left foot down leans which probably would have meant a heavy hit from the mirror. Nothing wrong with the cyclists postition either as the road bends so any traffic coming up will naturally be closer to the central lines as they make the turn as demoed by the first blue car as he approaches AND the Focus at the same time as the dangerous pass. Hopefully that driver gets done. 

Second one was a danger to oncoming traffic but as the highways designers have not marked the road for no overtaking, I suspect the Police won't see it that way either.  

Did the volvo driver scrape off any speed? Amazing that they did not hit the cyclist or the kerb. Very poor in a 30.

I try and be a little more to the left now if it is 30 or less - any higher I think they would rear end me.

(Just after 60 to 40 sign - nfa !)

Both passes dangerous, the first one obviously so because they were a hairs width from hitting the cyclist.

The second because despite passing wide of the cyclist - if another vehicle were to come speeding round the corner, then there is every chance one or both vehicles may swerve to avoid a head on collision with the other vehicle and hit the cyclist instead.

Unlikely to hear back from Hants; they're one of the forces that don't provide updates.