On 14/07/2020 00:44, JNugent wrote:
On 13/07/2020 17:18, Simon Mason wrote:
On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 3:47:16 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
On Monday, 13 July 2020 10:36:06 UTC+1, Simon MasonÂ* wrote:
QUOTE:
Today's video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a cyclist
riding in the correct lane to go straight ahead - only for a skip
driver, who also intends to go in the same direction, moving into
the left-turn lane to undertake him, and making a dangerous close
pass at the same time; the footage is about 2 minutes into the video
above.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Peter, who also supplied rear-view
footage (skip to 2 minutes 10 seconds), and who told us: “I'd been
going around Clifton Downs and was aiming to follow the A4018 down
towards Bristol (the hill is known by another name, but maybe that
name should fall out of use).

“Usually when I go along there, I use the left lane though that is
for left-turning traffic down Clay Pit Rd (the trick is to take
primary before the turn to avoid left-turning traffic).

“This time, I thought I'd use the straight ahead lane and was
basically keeping to the white line to allow overtakes (for some
reason I really struggle to cycle that section - could be the
head-wind or that it's towards the end of a ride or whatever other
excuses I can think of).

“This left me feeling a bit precarious but I wasn't getting grief
from drivers so I went with it. What I didn't expect was a
skip-carrying lorry to undertake me using the left-turn lane and
then move back into the straight ahead lane.

“Of course, the lorry driver didn't make any difference to his
journey time as I filtered past him further down the hill (that must
not be named).

“Meanwhile, a pedestrian was crossing right in front of the lorry,
so I used my brakes as soon as I saw her, but she saw me and stepped
back so I carried on in front of her. It's worth remembering to take
care crossing in front of big vehicles and similarly whilst
filtering past them,� he added.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...-driver-275377


I think I would have used the left lane. Apart from that there was
nothing really wrong with the Lorryists actions.

Apart from breaking this HC rule.

Rule 268 of the Highway Code states – do not overtake on the left or
//move// to a lane on your left to overtake.

It isn't the law in Great Britain.

It is (as I understand it) in Northern Ireland.

Rule 268 refers to motorways, so why was the cyclist on a motorway?

There is no offence in the UK of 'undertaking'