Near Miss of the Day 719: Oncoming van driver ignores cyclist — company promises to talk with driver (video includes swearing)

Clear Channel UK responded to this social media firestorm, apologising for "any distress caused" and promising to address the driving with their employee.

Cathie decided against reporting it to the police, despite encouragement from CyclingMikey, saying "I guess I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt" and hoping "the driver will be advised that it's not okay".

> Near Miss of the Day 718: Driver almost hits cyclist on roundabout

The cyclist was riding with their side of the road clear when the driver, ignoring the oncoming rider and cars parked on their side, sped past in the opposite direction, pushing Cathie towards the edge of the road.

Dear @clearchanneluk
Please ask your drivers to take better care around cyclists. As you can see I had priority but they didn't move in to let me pass safely when there was an opportunity to do so, and they did not slow down. Please excuse my language - I was a little shaken. pic.twitter.com/as5288o7sg

— Cathie (@PurpleMouse) February 14, 2022

 In response, Clear Channel UK said: "Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We are really sorry about any distress caused and will be addressing this with the driver concerned to ensure this won't happen again in the future."

Please could I suggest that companies that run fleets of vehicles should address this kind of thing at an organisational level, with ALL drivers, not just an individual.

— RiderW5 (@W5Rider) February 15, 2022

Cathie would be justified to report that to the police. I don’t wish the driver to be sacked but perhaps when you speak to them you mention this.

— Bike Rogers (@bike_rogers) February 14, 2022

> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

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