Anyone know where I can log this complaint to or has connections in the appropriate industry?
03 April 2023
Dangerous Driving by MegaCoach FP58VW-GP
On 2 April I was cycling on Beach Road in Sea Point in the direction of Camps Bay, the road has 2 lanes at this point. I was overtaken by a Megacoach bus which came within centimeters of my body, I was already as close to the pavement as was possible so had no room to move further left. I caught the bus at the lights and shouted my anxiety at the driver to make it clear he was too close. I was extremely angry having had a serious cycling accident 3 years ago and I know what it feels like to be badly injured.
I could see a man behind the driver speaking to the passengers on the mike. The driver mouthed me a few choice swearwords and then ignored me. The lights changed and I rode on. The same bus overtook me again, even closer than before, as well as another cyclist I had just caught. I followed the bus from Sea Point for about 5km to the tourist viewpoint just before Camps Bay. He made a number of very close overtakes on cyclists, suddenly these dangerous overtakes stopped after about 4 of them and he started passing wider so I can only imagine someone on the bus complained to him.
Please can this driver be identified and disciplined. If there is camera footage please can it be reviewed as it was very dangerous and could easily have been avoided. I could not see into the bus from the back as the windows are tinted, but I cannot imagine the impression this made on the tourists in the bus, its disgusting behaviour from a tourist operator and should not tolerated without questions being asked. I have been cycling for over 40 years and this is one of the worst incidents I have had to date.
