Near Miss of the Day 655: Motorbiker almost takes cyclist out

We’ve said this before, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’ll say it again – no close pass is acceptable, but somehow it’s seems worse when it comes from a fellow vulnerable road user.

In this case, it’s a motorcyclist – with an L plate on the back of the bike to boot – who makes a close pass on a cyclist in Glasgow.

It was filmed on Alexandra Parade in the city’s East End by YouTube user cmale0, who told us: “”his bike came so close my heart was in my mouth.”

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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.

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