Incident type: Truck

I was heading home after work when a DTM driver deliberately forced me to take evasive action. Something made me look behind me and there was a DTM Tamworth truck bearing down on me. If I hadn’t swerved out of the way I would have been it by the truck’s tray. At the next intersection I had to slow down for the truck because the driver got in my way. I estimate the truck’s speed at the time of the incident to have been 60kmh & it’s a 50kmh zone.

Two cyclists southbound on “sharrow” section of Winona Drive. Black pickup overtakes/closs pass

Was dropped on a group ride and so was solo on Clay Road approaching Beltway 8. There is a bike lane but the stripe is completely faded/invisible. My guess is the truck was less than 18″ away from me as it passed.

travelling northbound on San Timoteo Canyon Rd, in Redlands, CA. Semi with 2 gravel haulers behind kept accelerating up to me, when it was unsafe to pass due to oncoming traffic, finally decided that his time was more important than my life and passed without crossing the divider line to avoid oncoming traffic, passing within 2 ft

‘Uncomfortable close pass’ by a truck with trailer, 50m from approaching a school zone (ironically with two ‘Please Drive Safely’ plates at the front of the Scania cab, with no business name shown).

This is the second incident of this type at the exact location in about three days. The pickup driver was coming off a divided highway and merging onto a major city street. During the day, both roadways are packed with cars, and this maneuver would be impossible. But in the wee hours of the morning, the driver thought they were the only ones there. Or they were distracted by the unrelated traffic stop with all the cop cars going there. There is also a construction zone, which complicates things a bit for cyclists, as they must merge into traffic lanes to go around barricades.

The tanker had plenty of room to move over as there was no upcoming traffic, no attempt to slow down, did not pass with a duty of care.

Five us us were on the narrow Abel Tasman Drive cycling towards Pohara. The local Bidfood supply truck could not wait the 15 seconds before the road opened up so decided to pass on a blind corner. There was an oncoming car so they cut in, barely missing me. The video was sent to Bidfood who stood the driver down, and supplied to the Police with a request they prosecute for dangerous driving. Great having video evidence!

The irony here is that I am leading the efforts to get Tasman District Council to put in a separated cycleway on this section of road. So the video was gold 🙂

Needless close pass at Ellis St underpass of US-101 in Mountain View, CA.

The tanker continued his path and speed as he passed me very close. The driver only hit the brakes momentarily when he saw a Clearwater PD cruiser parked on the side street. As a tank driver in FL, the operator must have the highest class of Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), class A. As such, he should be the pinnacle of commercial drivers. Clearly not!