Near Miss of the Day 529: Driver in close pass on country lane (videoincludes swearing)

On our Near Miss of the Day feature today, we have another close pass on a country lane, with a Peugeot driver overtaking a cyclist with just inches to spare.

It happened to road.cc reader Simon, who told us it took place in "West Cornwall, between St Just and Sancreed, between Leswidden Farm and Grumbla."

“It's actually stand-out rare in this neck of the woods – even the couriers are careful as horses are as common as bikes,� Simon told us.

“You see this twonk haring off towards a blind bend – imagine a horse around that corner.�

He added: “No report to the police because I thought he might be local – and findable! No such luck!�

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...ry-lane-280337

On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at 11:51:08 UTC, wrote:
On our Near Miss of the Day feature today, we have another close pass on a country lane, with a Peugeot driver overtaking a cyclist with just inches to spare.

It happened to road.cc reader Simon, who told us it took place in "West Cornwall, between St Just and Sancreed, between Leswidden Farm and Grumbla."

“It's actually stand-out rare in this neck of the woods – even the couriers are careful as horses are as common as bikes,� Simon told us.

“You see this twonk haring off towards a blind bend – imagine a horse around that corner.�

He added: “No report to the police because I thought he might be local – and findable! No such luck!�

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...ry-lane-280337

Nugents will tell us it was the victims responsibility to get out of the way of the faster vehicle even though there was no place to safely do so.

On 27/01/2021 21:57, Mike Collins wrote:
On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at 11:51:08 UTC,
wrote:
On our Near Miss of the Day feature today, we have another close
pass on a country lane, with a Peugeot driver overtaking a cyclist
with just inches to spare.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...ry-lane-280337


Nugents will tell us it was the victims responsibility to get out of
the way of the faster vehicle even though there was no place to
safely do so.

To be fair, the cyclist was a good way into the road at the start of the
clip but moved to the edge of the road. Just before we see the car, he
moves out again. Perhaps his track confused the driver? The car's speed
looks reasonable enough, although the driver doesn't seem to get back in
best position for the sight lines after the overtake.