R550 JTN - close, dangerous, aggressive (and pointless) overtaking
Channel: nebikene
Date: 2011-11-28

Words fail me - what was he thinking.  Pointless barging past me approaching a red traffic light, then later in slow traffic, and aggression of this sort is just out of place in a public space.

Once he'd done it to me once, I thought it safest to take the lane, but he still insisted in trying to run me off the road.  This driver clearly has no idea how to drive when sharing the road with cyclists.

For reference, the Highway Code rule 163 shows how motorists *should* overtake cycles and other vulnerable road users, leaving the whole lane for the cyclist, and moving into the next lane, and Highway Code rule 167 says "DO NOT overtake ... when you would force another road user to swerve or slow down":

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070314