Near Miss of the Day 770: "Unbelievable" driving instructor overtakes learner towards oncoming cyclist

He's asked me on Twitter for the video so he can do a feature on it; I've sent it to him, look forward to seeing his take.

That'll be interesting to see. Not every cyclist agrees with his views on cycling but if every driver followed his advice we'd all be a lot safer.

quiff wrote:

Haven't worked out if you can use this as a member of public, or only if you're a driving instructor's student, but... https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-driving-instructor

Thanks (and HoarseMann for the same tip) but it does look as if that's only if you're unhappy about your instructor as a student. As I said below, I've offered my video and services as a witness to the innocent party if they want to complain. I did post the clip on Driveway's Facebook page - seemingly their only social media - asking for comment but oddly they instantly deleted it and blocked me...

Perhaps if enough of us visit and comment they might feel it warrants a response? 🤷‍♀️

Rendel Harris wrote:

but it does look as if that's only if you're unhappy about your instructor as a student.

Whilst that appears to be its main function, if they ignored a 3rd party report and the driver was later involved in a collision, it wouldn't look good.

It's unlikely this is an isolated incident, you don't go from driving like a saint to overtaking so recklessly without some practise. So I would be inclined to pass the details on.

I didn't report only because from my experience the Met won't action unless it was the complainant put in danger, which I wasn't really. I've messaged RED driving school (the innocent learner who was overtaken) to say if they want to make a complaint they're welcome to use my video and I'm happy to be cited as a witness.

You're right it is Herne Hill but that's my fault not Road.cc's, I said Brixton in my additional tweet - technically Brixton starts fifty yards up the road by the Hootenany pub (sp?) which I'm sure you'd remember. That part of Herne Hill's a bit flexible in terms of nomenclature, young 'uns who live there tend to claim it's Brixton to look edgy, people who want to sell their houses call it Herne Hill!

I wonder if its worth looking up whether Driveway is a one man band or not.  If not, might be worth having another go at contacting them.  Otherwise, gosh wouldn't it be absolutely awful if the local paper (or the Standard?) was sent a copy of the footage... 

Ah yes! sorry, been a few years since I was on the road. You are correct Brixton is very close technically. It certainly has impreoved around that area for cycling, since I was there at least. The Railton LTN area looks fantastic.

a1white wrote:

Also it is Herne Hill (I recognise the road as I used to live there), not Brixton as you state in the article (it even says Herne Hill in the tweet).

 

Ah, but if you call it Brixton you can add £30k to the price of any bedsits you're trying to sell. 

I always thought that end of Dulwich Rd was Brixton. Anyone old enough to remember Munday's of Brixton, no more than 50m from the end of that video. 

BTW shocking driving by anyone's standards but from a driving intrusctor...