Rooter
Money List Winner
i Get that, but your local plod have not sent you an intent to prosecute for nothing!! they would have reviewed it and then decided, yes, there is enough evidence to show its worth prosecuting.
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i Get that, but your local plod have not sent you an intent to prosecute for nothing!! they would have reviewed it and then decided, yes, there is enough evidence to show its worth prosecuting.
Rooter
Money List Winner
of course not, however this was obviously not a normal pass otherwise there would not be an intent to presecute!!
Piece
Tour Winner
Without concrete evidence, who is to say that you did pass at the 1.5m limit, then 1-2 seconds later he moved out to close the gap, thus making it illegal?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
If all they send him is a still photograph, that's exactly what I'd be responding as well.
Rooter
Money List Winner
Sorry if i am coming accross as a *** and pro cyclist (I am both!) but if anyone wants pictures of what happens when you crash a bike and a car is involved. even at slow speed, i can send a picture of my son who hit a car 3 weeks ago. Road closed for an hour, pools of blood mopped up, blues and twos on a spinal board, His helmet split open (saving his life) but he still had to have over 100 stitches in his face, just what every 14yr old wants.
This was my sons fault, the driver has no blame, but i want to show how delicate and vulnerable cyclists are. My lad was doing 5mph, the van 30mph. He cliped the side of the van... It didnt end well.
Pics of his lid just in case anyone has a thought about riding without one, oh and he is still picking glass out of his face 3 weeks later too.
You seriously dont want to see the actual pic of him he made me take, i still wake up and see it...
Please give cyclists space.
To the OP, i hope its a mistake, or a small slap on the wrist and lesson learned if not.
This was my sons fault, the driver has no blame, but i want to show how delicate and vulnerable cyclists are. My lad was doing 5mph, the van 30mph. He cliped the side of the van... It didnt end well.
Pics of his lid just in case anyone has a thought about riding without one, oh and he is still picking glass out of his face 3 weeks later too.
You seriously dont want to see the actual pic of him he made me take, i still wake up and see it...
Please give cyclists space.
To the OP, i hope its a mistake, or a small slap on the wrist and lesson learned if not.
Bdill93
Undisputed King of FOMO
RE the legality of the video being shared, if they have shared it with police I would argue that under GDPR regulations you should be entitled to also see the evidence.
I mean in criminal law both sides have to share the evidence with one another too don't they?
I mean in criminal law both sides have to share the evidence with one another too don't they?
If they can send stills, why can’t they send the video? If you are seriously intending to contest it, see a solicitor. Bear in mind it will be expensive to defend. We had a service engineer who was on 12pts, 10yrs ago-ish, when he was caught speeding again. Mr. loophole was employed. £2500 in legal fees & £1200 in fines and costs.
If the stills show you closer than 1.5m, even if it’s questionable, I’d be tempted to plead guilty.
Note, I have front & rear dash cams. They’re not expensive and make it easier to contest something like this.
He is the most expensive, and repulsive, in the game though. I get your point though.
ADB
Journeyman Pro
Have you confirmed it was you driving the car - surely there has to be evidence that you were the driver to prosecute? They can’t just slap a charge on the registered owner I’d have thought?
Rooter
Money List Winner
thats how it works unless you tell them someone else was driving.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
One of the very few things in this country that you are presumed guilty unless you prove you were not driving.
Not just that but you have to tell them who was.
Like a speeding fine they do ask who was driving the car.
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Clearly the bloke that got done passed far closer to the cyclist than either of the other two vehicles filmed. Personally if I'm passing a cyclist on a road like that, at that sort of speed, then I dont even try, unless I can put myself on the wrong side of the road.Could be expensive.
Man fined £4,500 after being prosecuted for closely passing cyclist
Businessman Wayne Humphreys, 77, was captured overtaking a cyclist via GoPro camera on a country road while driving his white Audi Q8 in Wales last year.www.dailymail.co.uk
But regarding the OP...I'd still want to see the full video evidence. Stills just don't tell the whole story, especially with the wide angle/fish eye nature of such cameras.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Will be interesting to see if any car driver has sent dashcam footage of cyclists jumping red lights 
Whereditgo
Journeyman Pro
Will be interesting to see if any car driver has sent dashcam footage of cyclists jumping red lights
Some most certainly do, along with a multitude of other stupid manoeuvres that would certainly go against the recommendations of the Highway Code, if not illegal. As was pointed out earlier in the thread, there are idiots from every sector of road user.
The thing is though, with pedestrians and cyclists the consequences of a collision with a moving vehicle are much more likely to be catastrophic for them, they are the most vulnerable of all road users.
HowlingGale
Head Pro
How does passing cyclists work when there's a pack of them on a two way road? Even if you go over onto the opposite lane you're not giving them 1.5m so it's impossible to pass legally.
pendodave
Tour Rookie
So what would you do if you came across a milk float or similar slow moving vehicle?
You'd wait until it was safe to overtake and then do so.
Shirley...
HowlingGale
Head Pro
Absolutely, but there's not a 1.5m limit when passing other slow moving vehicles.
Jamesbrown
Head Pro
I’ll tell you what I do in a car and when a faster vehicle behind wants to go faster than me I allow them by slowing/stopping/hug the curb or pull in. I believe that’s the correct polite and smart thing to do.
That’s all I’m adding!
Jamesbrown
Head Pro
1.5m ain’t a lot so I’d be interested to see how you get on. Please do share the stills if you dare!
I would definitely prefer the video though. These camera people can sometimes be abit nefarious and engineer issues. Try to get minutes before and after too.
I would definitely prefer the video though. These camera people can sometimes be abit nefarious and engineer issues. Try to get minutes before and after too.
What you have probably been sent is a Notice of Intended Prosecution. So no need to panic just yet.
Its purpose is to put you on notice that an allegation has been made which is being investigated. As part of that investigation you will be interviewed and asked for your account.
No decision will have been made yet to prosecute you.
