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Old September 12th 20, 02:21 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Near Miss of the Day 477: Driver refuses to wait for sensibleplace to pass club run

On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 1:21:25 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
On Saturday, 12 September 2020 10:31:44 UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
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Today’s near miss looks bad enough on first viewing. Now watch it again and imagine five more riders lined up behind the one with the camera.

The incident occurred at the junction of the A369 and A39 in Marksbury.

“We were on our standard Saturday morning club run, when the driver decided to squeeze through a pinch point,” said Jayme. “There were six of us in the group, fairly close together, as club runs tend to be.”

Jayme reported the incident to Avon and Somerset Police and received their standard response that a warning letter, fixed penalty notice, or notification of intended prosecution would be issued but that no further details would be provided.

The force is one of several to effectively treat close passes of cyclists as a “victimless crime” by regarding those on the receiving end as merely witnesses.

Most police forces accept reports by cyclists of careless or dangerous driving as a complaint by a victim, which means they are then obliged to provide information about the investigation in compliance with the Victims Code of Conduct.

Cycling UK believes that in treating a cyclist submitting evidence as only a witness, forces are implying that their report isn’t been taken seriously.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...lub-run-277201


This video shows a cyclist stopping at a red light and is therefore fake.


Actually six cyclists.
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