Near Miss of the Day 516: Overtaking driver brakes to avoid hitting oncoming car

I cannot for the life of me understand why those incidents resulted in warning letter and  not a prosecution. I'm not one for throwing the book at every error of judgment or lapse in attention but both those videos are examples of outright dangerous driving putting the lives of other road users at risk. Both drivers should have ended up with points on their license (possibly to add to those they may already have with the possibility of disqualification). 

I had the first type just yesterday. Black Audi, smoked windows. I wouldn't bother reporting it. It's just another day another dodgy overtake isn't it? 

First video... Mini nearly has a head-on with the motorbike!

Both of those drivers should have been prosecuted; a warning letter is patently insufficient.  They aren't capable of driving safely so they should be deprived of their ability to do so until they have learned that they don't own the road and other people have rights; not least to their lives.

Even I wouldn't have bothered about the first one, but the second would have been completely ignored by Lancashire Constabulary, like the one below which is a comparabl clearance. The advantage of reporting close passes on other cyclists is that you get a view which the police are more accustomed to, and which they find more difficult to ignore.

was the letter on the first one because of the failed overtake or the nearly collecting the motorcyclists ?. As the timestamps arent synched cant really work out if the MINI committed to the initial overtake and could see if the oncoming traffic was visible.

Personally I wouldnt have been too fussed with that first one, I thought you were allowed to pull out because it gives you a clear view ahead and abort the overtake if necessary, its not as the majority behave once you start an overtake you are committed and then make the space by cutting in on the cyclists.

less happy with their subsequent go, but its bad enough reporting your own close passes, not about to start reporting other peoples for them.

As for the Audi, well colour me surprised it was an Audi involved.

Poor anticipation and planning, but I'm glad discretion was the better part of valour here, not that it excuses crap driving though. Many would have chopped in regardless.

The 2 videos also demonstrate that single file or 2 abreast makes absolutely no difference to the safety of the overtake.

Total failure of roadcraft, basic observation and ability to plan ahead. These drivers need remedial tuition not warning letters.

A normal day out on the road, nothing special about these videos.  This happens literally every time I'm out on my bike.  It's so common it's unremarkable, but doesn't make it right.

Feck - went for that from a long way back and then did it again with oncoming motorcyclists who looked like they were also out on a bit of a group blast. Bend with low winter sun (m'lud), guarantee they couldn't see the motorcyclists. About half a second from a multi-vehicle accident as the following motorcyclist would have had nowhere to go. Incredible that Op Crackdown just thinks that's a warning letter.