Near Miss of the Day 486: Lorry driver cuts across cyclist at roadworks in "terrifying" overtake - DRIVER FINED £1000

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This is a terrifying addition to our Near Miss of the Day Series with a lorry driver overtaking a cyclist at the point where the road narrows from two lanes to one due to roadworks.

Gary, the road.cc reader who filmed the heart-stopping footage, told us: "This happened leaving Liverpool City centre back in May.

"Due to roadworks the road was down to a single lane. The HGV driver decided that the single coned off lane was wide enough for both me and and him. It wasn't.

"I uploaded the footage to Merseyside Police, who this week informed me that the company that owned the vehicle had been fined £1000 plus court costs. (APPLAUSE)

"I've had several near misses, but this was far and away the most frightening."

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...cyclist-278161

On 22/10/2020 13:17, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
This is a terrifying addition to our Near Miss of the Day Series with a lorry driver overtaking a cyclist at the point where the road narrows from two lanes to one due to roadworks.

Gary, the road.cc reader who filmed the heart-stopping footage, told us: "This happened leaving Liverpool City centre back in May.

"Due to roadworks the road was down to a single lane. The HGV driver decided that the single coned off lane was wide enough for both me and and him. It wasn't.

"I uploaded the footage to Merseyside Police, who this week informed me that the company that owned the vehicle had been fined £1000 plus court costs. (APPLAUSE)

"I've had several near misses, but this was far and away the most frightening."

https://road.cc/content/news/near-mi...cyclist-278161

Is the driver the company?

How does that work?

A company is a legal entity in its own right, but that may be a fair bit
beyond you.

On a lighter note, I see that Great Howard Street (A565), near its
junction with the picturesquely-named Oil Street, is now a dual
carriageway. It certainly never used to be (and still isn't, as far as
Google Streetview is concerned). The conversion must be what the
roadworks are about.

PS: Comments on the story on the road.cc website are unusually literate
for that publication. Reading between the lines, it seems at least
possible that the company declined to name the driver and opted for the
fine instead.