Go North East bus - incredibly close overtaking, extremely dangerous and scary

Описание: This has to be one of the closest and scariest overtakes I've ever experienced - the bus was at most 5cm from my handlebars as it went past.

Absolutely no excuse for overtaking this close - as you can see there's room in the middle of the road that the driver could have used, or better still he/she could have waited for a proper safe place to overtake instead.

It was impossible for me to take the lane here because of the right turn lane in the middle of the road. You'll see I was able to take the lane through the pinch points, and I thought that would be enough to stop this stupid and dangerous driving, but unfortunately not. A professional driver should do far better than this, and driving like this it's only a matter of time before this driver seriously injures or kills somebody.

As a reminder, Highway Code rule 163 is relevant here - see http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/traveland... and rule 212 also applies - see http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAnd...

Date Monday 17 September 2012
Time Approx. 08.50
Location: Sutton Street (A690), Durham, UK
Bus route: Out of service
Serial number 3878
Registration W188 SCU