I've been annoyed by a couple of close overtakes over the last two days. Yesterday evening I was the giving the b0rked knees an outing and there were two particularly stupid examples. One guy passed me with centimetres to spare, not particularly quickly, but didn't just overtake, he essentially drifted into my path. Of course, he was on the phone and I don't even think he'd seen me. Another was the usual speed racer, simply taking a middle line down a traffic-calmed road in a 20-zone, but probably doing 40 plus.
So, this lunchtime, another one. I'm cycling down the middle of the road, there's an impatient car behind me, and there's a traffic-calming restriction coming up, so I'm staying right in the middle. A small gap opens up cars parked at the roadside the right, so idiot behind me accelerates hard and uses the gap to just squeeze by me, forcing me to brake really hard avoid hitting him as he swings back in to get through the restriction.
And then, bless, there's a siren behind me. It's the police.
All very satisfying watching them pull him over. Admittedly, I'd have preferred his summary execution, but I'll settle for the £60 penalty notice and 3 points on his licence.
