A driver who made a very close pass on a cyclist in south Oxfordshire, cutting in on the rider due to other vehicles coming in the opposite direction, has been fined £1,056.

The cyclist, Adrian Thomas, told us that the incident happened on 27 March just past Shiplake College as he headed towards Reading on Henley Road.

He said that the driver, who failed to appear in court, also had his driving licence endorsed with five penalty points.

“The judge wasn’t impressed he didn’t attend,” he said, adding, “I think that move increased the fine considerably.”

Adrian added: “Lesson learnt? Hopefully.”

https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-866-ps1k-fine-close-pass-driver-301547

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On 30/05/2023 09:35 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

A driver who made a very close pass on a chav-cyclist in south Oxfordshire, cutting in on the rider due to other vehicles coming in the opposite direction, has been fined £1,056.

The chav, Adrian Thomas, told us that the incident happened on 27 March just past Shiplake College as he headed towards Reading on Henley Road.

He said that the driver, who failed to appear in court, also had his driving licence endorsed with five penalty points.

“The judge wasn’t impressed he didn’t attend,” he said, adding, “I think that move increased the fine considerably.”

Adrian added: “Lesson learnt? Hopefully.”

https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-866-ps1k-fine-close-pass-driver-301547

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I feel that it would be appropriate that anyone who shows such contempt for the justice system should have their licence suspended until they can be arsed to show up and receive their sentence in person, paying the full costs of the additional hearing.
Good result though, with the usual caveat/complaint that I've had several as bad NFA'd by the Met over the last year.

I would hope that anyone would be held in contempt of court and given an extra fine / community service for their behaviour. Unless the defendant can show a reasonable excuse for non-attendance they should be forced to be present imo.

This sort of action by the courts should be highlighted and more effort for it to be brought to the general publics attention to show that poor driving can and will be punished.

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On 30/05/2023 12:51 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

I feel that it would be appropriate that anyone who shows such contempt for the justice system should have their licence suspended until they can be arsed to show up and receive their sentence in person, paying the full costs of the additional hearing.

Good result though, with the usual caveat/complaint that I've had several as bad NFA'd by the Met over the last year.

I would hope that anyone would be held in contempt of court and given an extra fine / community service for their behaviour. Unless the defendant can show a reasonable excuse for non-attendance they should be forced to be present imo [sic].

I bet you know how much the defendant values your opinion.

This sort of action by the courts should be highlighted and more effort for it to be brought to the general publics [sic] attention to show that poor driving can and will be punished.

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JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:

On 30/05/2023 12:51 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

I feel that it would be appropriate that anyone who shows such contempt
for the justice system should have their licence suspended until they
can be arsed to show up and receive their sentence in person, paying the
full costs of the additional hearing. Good result though, with the usual
caveat/complaint that I've had several as bad NFA'd by the Met over the last year.

I would hope that anyone would be held in contempt of court and given an
extra fine / community service for their behaviour. Unless the defendant
can show a reasonable excuse for non-attendance they should be forced to
be present imo [sic].

I bet you know how much the defendant values your opinion.

One thing I don’t understand about cyclists: when they exercise their
rights, and often when exercising their wrongs, they believe they are
correct in doing so and expect all others to comply accordingly. But when non-cyclists exercise their rights, that is condemned in strong terms accompanied by recommendations for harsh legal penalties.

Do cyclists have some form of split persona, perhaps in the manner of
Truddi Chase?

<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voices_Within:_The_Lives_of_Truddi_Chase>

This sort of action by the courts should be highlighted and more effort
for it to be brought to the general publics [sic] attention to show that
poor driving can and will be punished.

Coming from a cyclist, that’s laughable.


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Spike

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ChrisB200SX | 1590 posts | 1 day ago
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Could well be the same gammony-jeb-end that deliberately incredibly-close-passed me outside Reading Uni last week.

Caught up to him at the traffic lights and asked why he thinks he can risk my life to get ito the queueing traffic quicker, to which he blurted out some abuse about me not being in the cycle lane (shared-use pavement)... "what, when turning right here,
the same as you are?!". His passenger then started with some verbal abuse but I couldn't hear it.

Only pathetic cowardly bullies drive like that, hopefully one day they will pick on the wrong person that will teach them the valuable lesson they deserve.

Sadly, my experiencing recently has been that drivers are getting worse for this, especially outside Reading University.

Hope this danger to the public has learnt to drive safer in the future! Perfectly good overtaking opportunity 3 whole seconds later.

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On 31/05/2023 03:39 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

ChrisB200SX | 1590 posts | 1 day ago
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Could well be the same gammony-jeb-end that deliberately incredibly-close-passed me outside Reading Uni last week.

Were you at the university to do a quick bit of brushing-up...? :-)

Well... someone's got to do it.

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KentRider replied to Off the back | 11 posts | 1 day ago
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First, more effort would need to be made to bring such ability to prosecute to the attention of other police forces. Sadly, until that happens, the “…and will be punished” part simply isn’t widely correct. Here in Kent, the victim of the close
pass would have had to state on the online reporting form that a collision did not take place. On reading that, Kent Police would have immediately assigned it to NFA without ever viewing how bad the pass was. There is no option for submitting video with
the initial report (instead, it can only be provided if requested by the police as follow up), which gives the police a perfect excuse for not spending any time on even the most hazardous of close passes.

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