Near Miss of the Day 800 revisited – Tipper truck driver fined for close pass, the fourth the rider had received from same firm “I have noticed how the drivers are now hanging back until it's safe to pass,” says cyclist on the receiving end cycling
Uodated with outcome of court caseA tipper truck driver filmed making a very close pass on a cyclist – the fourth time the same rider had being subjected to a similar overtake by a lorry from the same firm, operating out of a quarry in Warwickshire – has received a hefty fine.
“The positive from this is that the word must have gotten out amongst other lorry drivers operating out of the quarry on that road,” he added. “This is a regular road I climb to get home,” Colin said. “There is a stone quarry where large tipper lorries operate from, three times over the last 24 months i have been run off the road by these lorries, this is one reason I decided to fit a GoPro.
“I think these tipper drivers work on piece work,” he continued – a common practice in the industry but one that has been blamed for drivers taking unnecessary risks and compromising road safety and endangering vulnerable road users.
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