West Mercia Police take no action on close pass
- Thread starter kingrollo
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RichK
Guru
- Location
- Birmingham, England
How did you contact WMP? I've looked on their website & the only links there just go to the same page which says how good they are for instigating the close pass initiative.
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kingrollo
Guru
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Deleted member 26715
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Problem with a lot of these films is all the unknowns, the focal length of the camera, the width of the road, the width of the vehicle, etc. etc. to me the pass wasn't nice & polite, it was close, but not dangerously close, but we're only seeing a portion of it. The only way to get a true view would be if cyclist started having the cameras on a pole & the camera pointing straight down, with a none fish eyed lense. Then you would actually see the gap, or cyclists are going to have to have drones flying directly above them.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Pausing the video shows the car about 1m away from the edge of the road. Too close IMHO. My local force send out NIPs for this.
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At this point it's not nice
Then 1 second later he/she is inside the white line
As said not nice & not polite, but dangerous, not sure, because of the curved camera lense it's not possible to take accurate measurements.
Then 1 second later he/she is inside the white line
As said not nice & not polite, but dangerous, not sure, because of the curved camera lense it's not possible to take accurate measurements.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
GMP don't prosecute drivers that threaten cyclists, or actually hit them.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
In commuting traffic, I'd say that's pretty much par for the course, but at speed, it's way too close.
classic33
Leg End Member
I'd say sixteen inches, maximum, between the car and the riders right elbow.
Using the surface markings visible.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Do you know that the Fly12 has tram lines set at 1.5m and 1.0m that you can superimpose on your clip?
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kingrollo
Guru
Yes - but I can only do that if I use that stupid app - if I could do it on a desktop app I would.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Don't panic! All is saved!!! There have been 3 murders in 4 days in our county, but it's going to be alright - tomorrow the Chief Freemason is going to raise a Rainbow flag up the pole at headquarters. Clearly he's solved all crime and sorted the close pass problem, and now has the time to spend of irrelevant trivialities.
classic33
Leg End Member
Often thought it might be better sticking them up the flag poles.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
See, I can't see why Geoffrey, Zippy, George and Bungle need to be celebrated in that way. A great show for sure, but on a police flag pole...?
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I have had 4 drivers prosecuted for close passes by GMP this year.
