Vigilante Cyclists

The situation, as described, has all the hallmarks of a story contrived to make it sound like the driver is plausibly defending his actions, while everybody else can see the situation for what it is.

Video. Or this never happened.

I mean, of course it happened - it happens every day - but not this instance on this occasion.

Innocent motorist alert: "...I now think he was deliberately encouraging a situation where he had to be overtaken and was looking to be cut up or have someone overtake too closely."

Mate, none of us is desperate to want to tangle unnecessarily with police bureaucracy, we just don't have the time. But we are fed up with drivers doing the sort of thing you describe and then the wall of denial (turning sometimes into bemusement and sometimes abuse) gets erected.

So far for me: An iffy overtake, check reg when home suprise suprise no MOT, pull off some footage (having gone to expense of a camera, bother of charging it, clearing the memory card) figure out crappy police upload system, get a response, send in some more. Receive in the post a statement form to complete.  Haven't got round to it yet. All for one driver clearly out with an expired MOT.

2 posts and 'why can't we all just get along?'. Guilty.

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 I waited to pass then overtook giving him room but then there was crossing furniture ahead and I had to turn in a little before I would have liked but not dangerously

It was either safe, in which case why was it "a little before I would have liked", or it wasn't, in which case you shouldn't have done it. As the cyclist - on an MTB so presumably not going at TT speeds - caught up with you "in a queue" that begs the question of why did you overtake at all? You ended up in the same place that you would have done without overtaking, didn't you?

It sounds as though Boo has got himself yet another new account. Poor fucker clearly didn't get enough attention as a child.

I cycle a lot

Another version of 'I'm a cyclist myself' and I don't recall the poster's daft name. My troll-meter is clicking...

"I waited to pass then overtook giving him room but then there was crossing furniture ahead and I had to turn in a little before I would have liked..."

Why did you try to overtake if there was road furniture there? You've already said he was cycling slowly, so it's not like he was putting the hammer down and it took you longer to get past than you initially thought - sounds to me like you pulled off a careless overtake and earned a chewing out from a cyclist. Whether his reaction was proportionate, we can't say without the dashcam footage.

Take it as a learning experience to look ahead and plan your overtakes better...

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I waited to pass then overtook giving him room but then there was crossing furniture ahead

You make it sound like it suddenly jumped out and surprised you. 

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and I had to turn in a little before I would have liked but not dangerously as I took account of the speed of the cyclist and the other hazards around.

Sounds like you didn't due to this "crossing furniture" which you hadn't took account of when you first overtook. 

Ultimately, we will only know if there was really enough room if the cyclist does submit, and if the Plod decide to get involved. Odds are they won't but please post here if they do get in contact. 

I don't understand how the cyclist forced you to overtake as surely you could have just waited behind? The cyclist caught up with you, so it's not as if it would have made any difference to your journey time at all.

Also, I'd agree with posting the footage (e.g. upload to YouTube and share the link).

Why would a cyclist contrive a situation where they could be badly injured?
Just post the footage if you want comments.

Post the dashcam footage.