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Near Miss of the Day 454: Driver tries to overtake on blind corner,thinks better of it



 
 
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Old August 13th 20, 12:49 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Near Miss of the Day 454: Driver tries to overtake on blind corner,thinks better of it

Poor anticipation skills by the driver.
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Something slightly different on our Near Miss of the Day feature today - a motorist who gives cyclists plenty of room when overtaking. That's offset by the fact that she has to swerve back in, almost clipping a rider's back wheel, when she realises there is traffic coming the other way as she tries to pass him on a blind bend.

The foorage (SIC) was sent in by road.cc reader Alex, who shot it in Buckinghamshire.

He told us: "En route from Wooburn Green to Bourne End (Bucks), this lady decided to go for it round a blind right-hander.

"She had to rethink when the oncoming car appeared (presumably, she saw it a bit late due to being on the other side of the road).

"At least she was giving me (and the other cyclist) a decent amount of room until that point."

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...-corner-276425
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Old August 13th 20, 01:24 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 454: Driver tries to overtake on blindcorner, thinks better of it

On 13/08/2020 12:49, Simon Mason wrote:
Poor anticipation skills by the driver. QUOTE: Something slightly
different on our Near Miss of the Day feature today - a motorist who
gives cyclists plenty of room when overtaking. That's offset by the
fact that she has to swerve back in, almost clipping a rider's back
wheel, when she realises there is traffic coming the other way as she
tries to pass him on a blind bend.


Looks like a perfectly reasonable change of mind - brake before the move
sideways.

The foorage (SIC) was sent in by road.cc reader Alex, who shot it in
Buckinghamshire.

He told us: "En route from Wooburn Green to Bourne End (Bucks), this
lady decided to go for it round a blind right-hander.

"She had to rethink when the oncoming car appeared (presumably, she
saw it a bit late due to being on the other side of the road).


At least she didn't collect a hooning motorcyclist.

"At least she was giving me (and the other cyclist) a decent amount
of room until that point."

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...-corner-276425

 




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