Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

There are very few useful cycle lanes where I live, mostly they are shared user paths running into housing estates, they are great, but not for me. Yesterday lunchtime I was enjoying a 30 miler and for a mile long stretch of road near the sea front (I live in a seaside town) I was able to use a proper cycle lane. Ahead the traffic stopped as a van was reversing into one of the local hotels, I slowed but continued to ride as I passed the stationary cars (to my right)... until, the driver of an old VW camper decided that not only did they need all the road, they needed all the cycle lane too, so crossing the solid white line between road and me they got all close and snuggly. I gave the side of the van a few hefty whacks with my fist and shouted to get out of the cycle lane, this slowed the progress slightly but still reduced my riding space to about a foot (I looked at the video) before the driver must have finally seen me and swerved sharp right... so much so that they crossed the centre white lines with the offside front wheel.

I always have a front camera on the go so all of this was captured in glorious colour and a four minute excerpt was this morning sent to Avon and Somerset Police... not that I am expecting much as last time I was close passed on a blind left hand corner by an overtaking Range Rover, I was informed that the driver had no other option as there was nowhere else to pass! Well true, other than the 200 yard long straight road I had just ridden down or the huge bridge over the motorway about a minutes ride ahead (both of which were shown in my 4 minute video).

I await with whatever the opposite of baited breath is... overwhelming indifference perhaps.