Is it worth going on the offensive over companies who employ dangerous drivers?
Last night, cycling home in the rain, I was in front of a bus who then overtook me and cut me up so I had to brake sharply less I run into the side of him. I made a note of his details, registration and bus number, and have since called the company to complain.
Now i know that this bus company employs CCTV inside and outside the vehicle but I don't trust the way that this will be handled by the company as I imagine they'll send me a letter of apologies and tell me that the driver in question will go through a training course to recognise hazards which will more than likely be a "mind the cyclists next time.. cya later josh..".
Having looked into what the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) constitutes as Dangerous Driving
http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/fact_shee...erous_driving/ it seems that overtaking carelessly is where this sits. It also breaches Highway Code rule 163 and rules 211-213 which would mean that theoretically I could take this matter to the police and expect an investigation, though would only be tried at a magistrates court and sentence would only be as harsh as a driving ban (due to no death or injury being caused).
This would be hard to prove against a driver of the general public, but as it's a private company and they use CCTV for recording such incidents it should be a synch. Has anyone bothered to go this far or do you all have better things to do?