On 14/05/2022 10:06,
swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thames Valley Police shared a video taken by the cyclist as they were pedalling on the road.
Thames Valley Police were pedalling on the road?
> The video shows a black Bentley rushing past the cyclist in the opposite lane to overtake them.
That makes it sound as if the Bentley was completely in the other lane,
and it wasn't.
> An oncoming car then has to dramatically swerve [SIC] into the grassy verge to dodge the overtaking car.
Forgiving the dreadfully split infinitive, up with which we should not
put, one fact stands out in the video:
No car coming the other way even put a wheel over the left-hand white
line. No grass verges were disturbed.
> Police said: "This driver had to attend a Driver Education Course for not overtaking this cyclist safely.
> "When travelling up to 30mph please leave cyclists at least 1.5m of space, if travelling faster then plea."[SIC]
And the expert analysis of the video showed that the gap to the cyclist
was what?
> <
https://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/20137025.shocking-footage-shows-driver-dangerously-overtaking-cyclist/>
What a badly-written and poorly-researched report.
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Spike