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Near Miss of the Day 702: Must Get In Front lorry driver goes wrong way round pedestrian island
Our video of poor driving today isn’t so much a near miss – the lorry driver involved gave the cyclist plenty of room by going through a pedestrian crossing on the wrong side of the road in a classic ‘Must Get In Front’ (MGIF) manoeuvre.
Neil, the road.cc reader who sent in the clip, told us that the overtake was “Completely unneeded as his depot is 500 metres around the corner!
“It was reported to West Lancs police and the last I heard they had approached the company for the name of the driver.
“I was doing 20mph in the temporary 20mph zone,” he continued.
“I posted on the company’s Facebook page and got no response in a month. Then I got a note from the developer who said he had created the page but doesn’t think the company looks at it.
“So the report was sent to the police. I would have been happy with a ‘sorry’ from the company, but it wasn’t to be ... ”
> 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
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Interpretation isn't necessary - your bigoted, ignorant bullshit comes through loud and clear every time, little man.
the cycle lane that doesn't even start until the HGV is already committed to passing on the wrong side of the island?
note before 8s, there is only grass to the left of the road, at 8s, there is a ramp with tactile surfacing leading onto the pavement but no blue sign. Quite why the authorities are enticing partially sighted people to cross a driveway with no pavement on the far side is a mystery.
At 14s there is an on road cycle lane filtering onto the shared pavement, but look where is the firwood vehicle? already on the wrong side of the island.
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