Near Miss of the Day 511: Driver makes very aggressive close pass -police involved

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A Mercedes driver who made a very aggressive pass on a pair of cyclists, leaning on the horn and pulling in abruptly afterwards, features in today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series – but police did no more than give the motorist a few words of advice.

It was filmed on Broadmoor Road, White Waltham, Berkshire, by road.cc reader Satinder, who told us: “He even brake checked me so wasn’t just accidental but deliberate.�

The Thames Valley Police process/enquiry officer who handled the incident wrote to Satinder, saying: “In relation to the allegation of bad driving that you submitted to us on 30/08/2019 regarding the vehicle overtaking and cutting close in front of you. I have spoken to the driver at the time of the incident, he has accepted the words of advice given around safely overtaking cyclists. We will not be taking any further action from this point.�

We suspect that it might strike many cyclists as a curious response.

“Words of advice given around safely overtaking cyclists� might resonate with the kind of driver who genuinely didn’t realise how close they had come to a cyclist (and, if it is pointed out to them afterwards, tend to be hugely apologetic and polite).

Less so, we suspect with a driver who deliberately set out to intimidate the cyclists in the first place.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...se-pass-279465

On Monday, 14 December 2020 at 13:15:51 UTC, wrote:
QUOTE:
A Mercedes driver who made a very aggressive pass on a pair of cyclists, leaning on the horn and pulling in abruptly afterwards, features in today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series – but police did no more than give the motorist a few words of advice.

It was filmed on Broadmoor Road, White Waltham, Berkshire, by road.cc reader Satinder, who told us: “He even brake checked me so wasn’t just accidental but deliberate.�

The Thames Valley Police process/enquiry officer who handled the incident wrote to Satinder, saying: “In relation to the allegation of bad driving that you submitted to us on 30/08/2019 regarding the vehicle overtaking and cutting close in front of you. I have spoken to the driver at the time of the incident, he has accepted the words of advice given around safely overtaking cyclists. We will not be taking any further action from this point.�

We suspect that it might strike many cyclists as a curious response.

“Words of advice given around safely overtaking cyclists� might resonate with the kind of driver who genuinely didn’t realise how close they had come to a cyclist (and, if it is pointed out to them afterwards, tend to be hugely apologetic and polite).

Less so, we suspect with a driver who deliberately set out to intimidate the cyclists in the first place.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...se-pass-279465

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