California couple lured bike thieves with bait bike then beat them up, say...
A couple in California lured bike thieves by leaving an unlocked bike outside their home, then assaulted them with a baseball bat and posted footage of the beatings to social media, say police.Corey...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 355: London cabbie left-hooks cyclist (+ swearing)
Rule 103 of the Highway Code says that drivers “should always give clear signals in plenty of time” but you don’t have to cycle on Britain’s streets for too long to realise that many motorists, if they...
View ArticleHit-and-run motorist jailed for six years for killing cyclist had never taken...
A hit-and-run motorist who has been jailed for six years for killing a cyclist had never taken a driving test.Liam Dellaway, aged 25, crashed into 68-year-old James Parsons, from Letchworth, on 19...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 356: Classic car in classic close pass
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows what the cyclist at the receiving end of it described as “one of the closest ‘close passes’ I think I’ve ever experienced – and what’s more, one...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 357: Cyclist left-hooks fellow rider
Here’s a rarity for our Near Miss of the Day series – an incident in which the perpetrator is a cyclist, who left-hooks another rider at a junction.It was filmed by road.cc reader Simon. Keep an eye on...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 358: Close pass while cycling with kids
Experiencing a close pass when you’re out riding on your own is bad enough – but imagine how it feels as a parent when you have your kids cycling with you?That’s what happened to road.cc reader Robert...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 359: Cyclist uses bus CCTV to get taxi driver prosecuted
A quick-witted road.cc reader who found out his helmet camera hadn’t caught footage of a London taxi driver undertaking him managed to obtain CCTV footage from buses that did capture the incident,...
View Article“No evidence” drug-driver caused teen cyclist’s injuries, says CPS
The Crown Prosecution Service has defended itself from not bringing charges against a drug-driver who left a teenage cyclist seriously injured.George Pennick, aged 74, was found to have more than four...
View ArticleGreat-grandmother takes on bike thief
A 72 year-old great-grandmother managed to reunite a teenager with his stolen bicycle after taking on a bike thief and preventing him from making off with it.Metro reports that Mari Parker was working...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 360: White van driver at pinch point
Most of us will have experienced a motorist attempting to overtake ahead of a pinch-point caused by a traffic island on the road at some point – and as the road.cc reader on the receiving end of this...
View ArticleDangerous cycling bill introduced to House of Lords
A private member’s bill to change existing legislation to introduce criminal offences of dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling has received its first reading in the House of Lords.The bill,...
View Article“Lucky to walk away alive” – cyclist hit by driver who fell asleep (+ graphic...
A London cyclist says he was “lucky to walk away alive” after he was hit by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel following a night shift – but believes the motorist “got off rather lightly” since he...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 361: "Why go in front of me?"
Today's video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a motorist passing a cyclist ahead of roadworks, then making an abrupt stop afterwards and doing a three-point turn to head back the way they...
View ArticleWarning to retailers after two bike shops targeted by turbo trainer thieves...
Two bike shops, one in Leicester, the other in Milton Keynes, have been targeted this week by thieves seeking to steal turbo trainers, with one of the shop owners warning other retailers to be...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 362: Punishment pass while beeping horn
It's impossible to interpret the driving in our latest Near Miss of the Day video as being anything other than a deliberate attempt to intimidate the cyclist.The beeping the horn right before...
View ArticleCriminalising wild camping? New Government proposals to make trespass a...
Carousel short title: New Gov't proposals could criminalise wild campingHome Page Teaser: Traveller legislation likely to have broader consequencesTags Term: accesstrespassLawNews Topics Term:...
View ArticleSTOLEN BIKE ALERT: Bristol motorcycle muggers steal £5,500 bike at knifepoint
Police in Bristol have issued an appeal for information as they try and track down a pair of motorcycle muggers who stole a £5,500 bike from a cyclist at knifepoint.Avon & Somerset Police say that...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 363: White van man in ultra-close pass - but police say...
It's Chinese New Year tomorrow as we enter the Year of the Rat - but in Near Miss of the Day land it's the Year of Dangerous Overtaking at Pinch Points, going by some of the recent submissions we've...
View ArticleStudent who had bike stolen given free replacement
A student was left 'speechless' after the mountain bike he used to get to college was stolen and a good Samaritan offered him a replacement free of charge.Luca Pontone had just finished school on...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 364: Beeping bus driver in New South Wales
A video in our Near Miss of the Day series earlier this week showing the driver of a Mercedes leaning on his horn as he overtook a cyclist in a deliberate close pass reminded one road.cc reader in...
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