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Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door



 
 
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Old July 8th 20, 07:27 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.

Lewis added that the Incident was reported to Warwickshire Police last Friday and a further copy of the video sent to the investigator yesterday.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...-driver-275271
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Old July 9th 20, 12:19 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.


No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.

Lewis added that the Incident was reported to Warwickshire Police last Friday and a further copy of the video sent to the investigator yesterday.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...-driver-275271


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Old July 9th 20, 04:45 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.


No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.


There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.
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Old July 9th 20, 09:35 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 4:45:54 AM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.


No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.


There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.


Here is a handy guide from the HC.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/uplo...a-car_orig.jpg
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Old July 9th 20, 09:39 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 4:45:54 AM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:

There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.


Here is a handy guide from the HC.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/uplo...a-car_orig.jpg
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Old July 9th 20, 01:11 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On 09/07/2020 04:45, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.


No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.


There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.


Horses are widely assumed - perhaps erroneously - to be less intelligent
than cyclist humans and so perhaps more likely (or less unlikely) to
react in an unpredictable way to situations and sounds with they are not
familar.

But perhaps that assumption is incorrect.
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Old July 9th 20, 01:12 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
JNugent[_12_]
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On 09/07/2020 09:35, Simon Mason wrote:
On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 4:45:54 AM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.

No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.


There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.


Here is a handy guide from the HC.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/uplo...a-car_orig.jpg


Have you yet had any luck tracing the Act of Parliament and/or Statutory
Instrument / Schedule which actually makes that "provision"?

No, me neither.
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Old July 10th 20, 12:47 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mike Collins
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:10:32 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 09/07/2020 04:45, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.

No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.


There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.


Horses are widely assumed - perhaps erroneously - to be less intelligent
than cyclist humans and so perhaps more likely (or less unlikely) to
react in an unpredictable way to situations and sounds with they are not
familar.

But perhaps that assumption is incorrect.


Do you condemn or condone the driver's action?
Oh I forget, you don't bother to check the facts, you just assume the cyclist was at fault.
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Old July 10th 20, 02:31 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On 10/07/2020 00:47, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:10:32 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 09/07/2020 04:45, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.

No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.

There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.


Horses are widely assumed - perhaps erroneously - to be less intelligent
than cyclist humans and so perhaps more likely (or less unlikely) to
react in an unpredictable way to situations and sounds with they are not
familar.

But perhaps that assumption is incorrect.


Do you condemn or condone the driver's action?


Do you take the view that it was deliberate?

Or that it was maybe a miscalculation?

Oh I forget, you don't bother to check the facts, you just assume the cyclist was at fault.


I think it's fair to assume that a cyclist will react more intelligently
than a horse.

But perhaps that's a mistake. I can't discount that possibility.
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Old July 10th 20, 07:20 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mike Collins
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Default Near Miss of the Day 438: Horsebox driver overtakes cyclist soclosely that rider could bang the door

On Friday, 10 July 2020 14:30:28 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 10/07/2020 00:47, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:10:32 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 09/07/2020 04:45, Mike Collins wrote:
On Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:18:57 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 08/07/2020 19:27, Simon Mason wrote:
Police have been informed.
QUOTE:
Some close passes are closer than others - including the one in this video in which the driver of a horsebox overtook a cyclist so closely that the rider was able to bang on the door as the vehicle passed him.

The incident was filmed last Thursday 2 July on the B4109 Hinckley Road, near Hinckley Junction with the M69 just inside Warwickshire.

It was filmed by road.cc reader Lewis, who said that the "HGV horsebox started to overtake opposite a junction with an oncoming car which the driver forced onto the verge on their side of the road.

"The driver just missed hitting me with the wing (sic) mirror and was close enough for me to reach out and slap on the door."

It's noticeable that the motorist following the horsebox, who will have seen what happened, gave Lewis a lot of space as they overtook.

No-one wants their car damaged by a vandal on a bike, even if it's a
company vehicle.

There is a simple way to avoid that, leave cyclists room as the Highway Code requires.
I wonder how they would feel if a vehicle passed that close when they were riding their horses.

Horses are widely assumed - perhaps erroneously - to be less intelligent
than cyclist humans and so perhaps more likely (or less unlikely) to
react in an unpredictable way to situations and sounds with they are not
familar.

But perhaps that assumption is incorrect.


Do you condemn or condone the driver's action?


Do you take the view that it was deliberate?


Have you watched the video?
 




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