It is this terrifying moment that a cyclist barely avoided being hit by a car on the bike lane.
The footage was captured by @FrankleyMan on his body cam as he cycled along Bristol Road, on Birmingham’s A38 blue-route, on April 26.
As a cyclist travels along the bike track, which runs in the middle a dual carriageway as well, a grey car approaches him on his right.
This is the terrifying moment a car pulls out at a give way junction and crosses a bike lane into a cyclist’s path on Bristol Road, Birmingham’s A38 blue-route, on April 26
To cross the two way cycle lane, the car will turn left onto the slip road.
But the driver doesn’t pause at give-way markings. Instead, he pulls into the path the cyclist is following and narrowly avoids collision with him.
As the cyclist anticipated the driver’s movements and stopped, no one was hurt.
He told BirminghamLive: ‘This driver should have seen me, eased off the accelerator and just let me pass.
“Even if you believe you’re riding in safety, drivers can prove you wrong.
This clip features the cyclist riding along the bike path with the grey car to his left.
The cyclist is in the path of the grey car, which fails to stop at the give-way markings.
A central cycle lane separates the dual carriageway road. This means that cars must cross it to go right.
He said, “I ride along this road quite often.” It is easy to tell when the driver will yield.
“But, on this occasion I felt that this driver was not. This is why I stopped pedalling. On the other side, another cyclist… bash!’
According to the Highway Code, drivers should take extra care at junctions and watch out for cyclists.
It’s not clear if the driver reported it. The cyclist did report the driver.
Twitter users quickly commented on the video, with one user writing: ‘I got knocked out in the exact same way.
“I ride through it frequently and have the exact same problem.
“Serious accidents can only be avoided by anticipating!” Unfortunately, each junction has lights.
Another comment: “Awful convergence angle there.” It’s impossible to twist my neck sufficiently around to be able see the cyclist as I go down the road. If I had, I would have been too slow at the turning towards the giveway lines. But I stopped anyway so that I could check the path or lane.