Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

From the random video thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHvoo88hjg4

:eek:

gutteruu

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

From the random video thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHvoo88hjg4

:eek:

Surprised he didn't just pull the truck over and give up when cops started throwing stones :eek:

wonski

gutteruu wrote: »

Surprised he didn't just pull the truck over and give up when cops started throwing stones :eek:

The stones part was a bit funny. They ran out of ammo or what?

If you look at the cabin cam there are moments were it doesn't look like they are driving the car at all.

wonski

wonski wrote: »

The stones part was a bit funny. They ran out of ammo or what?

If you look at the cabin cam there are moments were it doesn't look like they are driving the car at all.

I think that the way the camera was set up it's actually a mirror image.

Iwannahurl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLxfryhjVs

coolisin

He was using local tyres anyway!

Canis Lupus

Dude with the blue poncho came damn close to losing a leg there.

finnharpsboy

a selection from today, from amber gamblers, red light breakers to undertakers and a very young cyclist

C.M_jc

finnharpsboy wrote: »

a selection from today, from amber gamblers, red light breakers to undertakers and a very young cyclist

Looks like the trike was trying to be the 'star' of your next video.

finnharpsboy

C.M_jc wrote: »

Looks like the trike was trying to be the 'star' of your next video.

the same focus in the first 2 clips and the trike in the next 2

C.M_jc

finnharpsboy wrote: »

the same focus in the first 2 clips and the trike in the next 2

Is that not the same trike as in the video you posted here on the 01/08?

finnharpsboy

C.M_jc wrote: »

Is that not the same trike as in the video you posted here on the 01/08?

yeah see him every morning at the same time forgot he was featured before

Iwannahurl

finnharpsboy wrote: »

very young cyclist

From 2:10, several vehicles parked illegally on the public footway, residential area, cul-de-sac residential road opposite, yet not a pedestrian-priority crossing in sight. Standard Irish free-for-all, in other words.

What's a child going to think? That there's a correct place to cross? That footpaths are for children and roads are for cars?

Pawwed Rig

finnharpsboy wrote: »

yeah see him every morning at the same time forgot he was featured before

Fair play for driving at a sensible speed at the end there. Did you see him behind the car or did he just come from no where

Iwannahurl

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

did he just come from no where

How does a child on a footpath "come from nowhere" in a residential area?

Pawwed Rig

Iwannahurl wrote: »

How does a child on a footpath "come from nowhere" in a residential area?

Rephrase then
Fair play for driving at a sensible speed at the end there. Did you see him behind the car or did he come onto the road when you weren't expecting him having not seen him initially?

Happy?:rolleyes:

coolbeans

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Rephrase then
Fair play for driving at a sensible speed at the end there. Did you see him behind the car or did he come onto the road when you weren't expecting him having not seen him initially?

Happy?:rolleyes:

The whole point is to expect the unexpected in a residential area. The "he came from nowhere" excuse is always bollocks. It's evidence of inattentiveness at best. :rolleyes:

Christ lads, Pawwed clearly used it as a figure of speech!

Iwannahurl

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Rephrase then
Fair play for driving at a sensible speed at the end there. Did you see him behind the car or did he come onto the road when you weren't expecting him having not seen him initially?

Happy?:rolleyes:

Nope. The issue there is not "very young cyclist", which is to be entirely expected on residential roads, as is a speed of 30 km/h or less.

What's notable is (a) view of pedestrians obscured by illegally parked vehicles, and (b) likelihood of children crossing at random locations due to residential nature of environment, along with absence of pedestrian crossings.

Pawwed Rig

Iwannahurl wrote: »

Nope. The issue there is not "very young cyclist", which is to be entirely expected on residential roads, as is a speed of 30 km/h or less.

What's notable is (a) view of pedestrians obscured by illegally parked vehicles, and (b) likelihood of children crossing at random locations due to residential nature of environment, along with absence of pedestrian crossings.

Ok

Iwannahurl

Could be worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdksI4Qc8XY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKN00Km1oSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh5IIGGAqFI

coolbeans

coolbeans wrote: »

The whole point is to expect the unexpected in a residential area. The "he came from nowhere" excuse is always bollocks. It's evidence of inattentiveness at best. :rolleyes:

You've obviously never watched any of the Russian crash Cam videos then, cars appearing out of "nowhere" is surprisingly common in a country with such terrible driving.
Pulling out of blind junctions without looking appears to be a common habit.

pablo128

Deleted User wrote: »

You've obviously never watched any of the Russian crash Cam videos then, cars appearing out of "nowhere" is surprisingly common in a country with such terrible driving.
Pulling out of blind junctions without looking appears to be a common habit.

Yeah, in Russia. Not on Cloverhill road.;) I lived directly across the road from where that young lad cycled out in the road. I probably did the same myself 30 years ago or more in that very spot. It happens the world over, and is the reason for low speed limits in housing estates.

Spook_ie

coolbeans wrote: »

The whole point is to expect the unexpected in a residential area. The "he came from nowhere" excuse is always bollocks. It's evidence of inattentiveness at best. :rolleyes:

Y'mean like the guy in Iwannahurls link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLxfryhjVs

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Damn those inattentive scooter riders

Vojera

Iwannahurl wrote: »

Could be worse.

Although I can't really understand why someone would hurl themselves in front of a car (no amount of money is worth it!), the dejected shoulders on them as they realise they've been unsuccessful make me laugh every time.

Iwannahurl

pablo128 wrote: »

Yeah, in Russia. Not on Cloverhill road.;) I lived directly across the road from where that young lad cycled out in the road. I probably did the same myself 30 years ago or more in that very spot. It happens the world over, and is the reason for low speed limits in housing estates.

Here we tell our children not to cross between parked cars, and to use Zebra/Pelican facilities instead of crossing the road willy-nilly.

Unfortunately nobody (or at least nobody important and influential) is telling motorists not to park on footpaths, or telling Councils to lower speed limits and provide pedestrian-priority crossings, or telling AGS to enforce road traffic law in order to protect vulnerable road users.

It's much easier -- and cheaper -- to put the onus of responsibility on children and their parents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrk36TRgtWg

finnharpsboy

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Fair play for driving at a sensible speed at the end there. Did you see him behind the car or did he just come from no where

usually plenty of kids playing on that road so always keep out from the path and take it handy just in case

todays only misdemeanor

pablo128

finnharpsboy wrote: »

usually plenty of kids playing on that road so always keep out from the path and take it handy just in case

todays only misdemeanor

Ah now in fairness I've done a schneaky turn there myself if there was nothing coming. Once you look for pedestrians crossing first.:)

blond45

finnharpsboy wrote: »

usually plenty of kids playing on that road so always keep out from the path and take it handy just in case

todays only misdemeanor

OP didnt you go through the red light??:D

finnharpsboy

blond45 wrote: »

OP didnt you go through the red light??:D

no was already through