Near Miss of the Day 518: Close pass and left hook

I really think it is time that people seriously consider not replying to the idiot, because it clutters up the pages. I have protected myself to some extent by declining to read anything by, or replying to, the idiot- clearly I have made an exception in this case, in the public interest. I seem to recall the other idiot, or it may have been an alias of the idiot, just disappeared.

Highway code rule

167. DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other
road users. For example
● approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road
● where the road narrows
● when approaching a school crossing patrol
● between the kerb and a bus or tram when it is at a stop
● where traffic is queuing at junctions or road works
* ● when you would force another road user to swerve or slow
down
● at a level crossing
● when a road user is indicating right, even if you believe the
signal should have been cancelled. Do not take a risk; wait
for the signal to be cancelled
*● stay behind if you are following a cyclist approaching a
roundabout or junction, and you intend to turn left
● when a tram is standing at a kerbside tram stop and there is
no clearly marked passing lane for other traffic.

Pretty sure both the starred rules have been contravined.

I keep hoping that someone will provide evidence that the police have really done something about a traffic offence- not, of course, 'we've had a word with the driver', which means they did nothing at all. This is the one where Lancashire, despite the video and the extracted stills, decided they had to have confirmatory video from the offending driver. That was the official response to my complaint made when nothing happened- they said, and normal people will be hard put to believe this, that since the diver had not provided any video of his own, they 'couldn't do anything, not even send a warning letter'. There are no depths not plumbed by the police!

 All details have been passed to South Yorkshire Police, let’s see if they are a bit more proactive than the last time

The hope is almost certainly stillborn: once a force has gone downhill sufficiently to routinely ignore indisputable road traffic offences they're unlikely to recover on their own. I know from my own experience with Lancashire that almost nothing rouses them from the state of institutional apathy- red light crashing, handheld mobile phone use, crossing double white lines in a manifestly dangerous position etc. etc. The officers have become so accustomed to regarding any well documented online report of a traffic offence as an annoyance that they can get away with ignoring by simply claiming they're very busy. I think they will only be affected by a serious accident resulting from such an offence.

If he was just pulling into a supermarket car park, why not follow him and ask him about that manoeuvre?

He couldn't see you in the gloom.

There was no reasonable propect for the driver to see you - NFA.