Near Miss of the Day 246: Cyclists move into single file to let drivers past...
One of the more common misconceptions that many drivers hold about cyclists is that it is illegal to ride two abreast. It isn’t.Rule 66 of the Highway Code says that cyclists should (not must) “never...
View ArticleAussie motorist filmed himself driving on cycle track and abusing cyclists......
On Sunday we reported on a video shot by an Australian motorist in which he took to a bike path to overtake two cyclists who he then verbally abused. The Illawarra Mercury reports that the two cyclists...
View ArticleDriver who killed Carol Boardman handed 30-week jail sentence and 18-month...
Liam Rosney, the pick-up driver who hit and killed Carol Boardman while distracted by his phone in July 2016, has been sentenced to 30 weeks in prison for causing her death by careless driving....
View ArticleMotorist says injured cyclist was 'trying to cause an accident'
A motorist involved in a collision that hospitalised a cyclist didn’t stop afterwards because she didn’t think she had done anything wrong. Aimee Baty is accused of revving her VW Polo before swerving...
View ArticleOregon driver charged with manslaughter after she took her dog’s Xanax then...
An Oregon woman is facing manslaughter charges after she hit and killed a cyclist while under the influence of a number of drugs – including Xanax that was prescribed to her dog. The Bend Bulletin...
View ArticleGovernment repeats pledge to jail killer drivers for life
Motorists convicted of causing death by dangerous driving or while under the influence of alcohol or drugs could face life in jail under reforms to the law planned by the government. A new offence of...
View ArticleDriver gave cyclist lift after knocking him off bike - then threw him out of van
A cyclist from Edinburgh who was knocked him off his bike was given a lift by the driver of the van that hit him – only to be forcibly ejected from the vehicle a few streets away.The collision happened...
View ArticleDangerous driver who killed cyclist feigned brain injury in failed bid to...
A Leeds motorist pretended to be mentally incapacitated in a bid to avoid a jail sentence for causing the death of a cyclist by dangerous driving. Mohammed Munir had hit John Harkins head-on while...
View ArticleVideo: Jeremy Vine gets (very) close pass from white van man - in a bus lane
The broadcaster Jeremy Vine has posted another video showing a van driver making a very close pass on him during his commute in London – this time in a bus lane.The footage he posted to Twitter late...
View ArticleScrews found embedded in recently opened £2m West Sussex cycle path are the...
A Sustrans volunteer has found screws embedded in a £2 million shared use path in West Sussex in what he believes was a “malicious act” aimed at causing harm to cyclists.The screws were discovered...
View ArticleMan charged with causing death of Co Down cyclist Gavin Moore
A man has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of North Down Cycling Club committee member Gavin Moore in July 2017.Hing Tong Cheung, aged 61 and from Bangor, has also been charged...
View ArticleUPDATED: Richard Freeman tribunal adjourned as ex-Team Sky and British...
UPDATED: A medical tribunal into former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman that had been due to open in Manchester today has now been adjourned until Friday after he failed to...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal upholds Westminster's legal block to Cycle Superhighway 11 -...
London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has branded the City of Westminster’s application for a judicial review of the proposed Cycle Superhighway 11 “shameful” after the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court...
View ArticleColombian ex-pro cyclist arrested in Italy for dealing cocaine
A former professional cyclist from Colombia has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking and dealing cocaine in Italy, with traces of the drug found in the seat tube of the mountain bike he was riding...
View ArticleProfessor likens anti-helmet advocates to climate change deniers
A professor at an Australian university has likened opponents of compulsory cycle helmet laws to “climate change deniers and the anti-vaccination groups” following publication of a study which claims...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for motorist who doubled back to deliberately drive into...
A driver has been handed a suspended sentence after he deliberately ran down a cyclist near Plymouth. Paul Nodder, aged 37, chased and knocked over Jeff Stevenson after the cyclist remonstrated with...
View ArticleJail for driver who killed cyclist when still drunk from previous evening
A driver who was still drunk from the previous evening when he killed a cyclist has been jailed for three years and four months.The victim, 24-year-old Jordan Gregory, died at the scene of the...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 250: Cyclist overtaking badly parked car gets very close...
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows the moment when a cyclist who is passing a car parked partly on the pavement and partly on the road is subjected to a very close pass by a...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 251: White van man makes close pass on cyclists then...
Today's video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a white van driver making a close pass on a group of cyclists whom he believed - erroneously - were breaking the law in riding side by side, and...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 252: Another day, another white van driver in close pass
For the second day running, our Near Miss of the Day features a white van driver (and if you have followed the series for a while, you'll know there are plenty more in the archives).This one shows the...
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