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Kent Police weren’t interested in this Near Miss of the Day submission, according to the rider involved — who says he’s not even had an acknowledgement of the complaint.
road.cc has contacted the force to see if there’s a mystery excuse, but reader Adrian hasn’t heard anything back about this incident with the driver of a van one month on.
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Adrian called the driving on display “appalling” and recalled the incident to us — and Kent Police in his complaint — which happened at the junction of Whitstable Road and Head Hill, near Goodnestone, at around 5.30pm on June 16.
“The van driver saw me indicate left and attempted to overtake me going into the junction,” he said.
“Fortunately, I am an experienced cyclist and was able to avoid a collision, although the vehicle passed me by a matter of a few inches.
“Despite assurances that any road traffic reports would be addressed within five days, a month has now passed and I have heard nothing. I can only assume this is because Kent Police has little regard for cyclists’ safety.”
The rider has made a formal complaint about the way the case has been handled “or more accurately, not handled by Kent Police”.
“Specifically, I would like to know on what grounds, given I have provided video evidence of the incident, did the force decide not to investigate?”
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Over the years road.cc has reported on literally hundreds of close passes and near misses involving badly driven vehicles from every corner of the country – so many, in fact, that we’ve decided to turn the phenomenon into a regular feature on the site. One day hopefully we will run out of close passes and near misses to report on, but until that happy day arrives, Near Miss of the Day will keep rolling on.
If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.
If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won’t show up on searches).
Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.
> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling
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