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

BohsCeltic

Clearly those lines mean nothing to this truck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkAunPv9CIM

gutteruu

One from yesterday. Almost a daily occurence now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom7z8CSQ6g

ironclaw

gutteruu wrote: »

One from yesterday. Almost a daily occurence now.

To be fair to the van driver, they are well over half way onto the junction when the Focus arrives. If the Focus had some courtesy it would have slowed a shade (Probably even no need to brake) and the van would have cleared the junction. What goes around, comes around. Happens to all of us when you underestimate the speed (or intentions) of an oncoming car when you cross a junction, bearing in the mind the truck would have obscured his vision of the Focus.

Granted however the van is still wrong to have pulled out in an unsure manner.

gutteruu

Did you watch the same video ?

Cantona's Collars

One from Russia.



Anyone recommend a half decent dashcam which won't cost the earth.Enniscorthy is a goldmine for footage of bad driving.

Al Capwned

zerks wrote: »

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Enniscorthy is a goldmine for footage of bad driving.

Jesus those two bridges used piss me off no end.

the_syco

gutteruu wrote: »

One from yesterday. Almost a daily occurence now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom7z8CSQ6g

At 00:03, the van was stopped, saw the truck going left, and went forward. I know the junction, and it's a bad one!

dutopia

On the M1 today at the roadworks... bit of a dangerous undertake just before the lanes merge. The speed limit here is supposed to be 60kph as well! What if I sped up as he was passing? He would have crashed through the cones.

He then drives really close to the car on front and changes to the fast lane without speeding up. Silly driving IMO.

Just noticed time and date settings are off, must fix them!

johnnydeep

I see lots of videos of fairly standard driving. makes me think that its a certain type of driver who feels the need to fit a dashcam

h3000

johnnydeep wrote: »

I see lots of videos of fairly standard driving. makes me think that its a certain type of driver who feels the need to fit a dashcam

Just because its "fairly standard" driving does not mean its correct. There are a lot of bad driving practices on our roads and maybe highlighting them will have a positive effect. A lot of people install dash cams for their own protection too in case of accidents involving the large amount of twits on the road.

sentient_6

johnnydeep wrote: »

I see lots of videos of fairly standard driving. makes me think that its a certain type of driver who feels the need to fit a dashcam

One who wants that extra bit of security against the wall of lying opportunistic bastards? or do you care to elaborate?

dutopia

h3000 wrote: »

Just because its "fairly standard" driving does not mean its correct. There are a lot of bad driving practices on our roads and maybe highlighting them will have a positive effect. A lot of people install dash cams for their own protection too in case of accidents involving the large amount of twits on the road.

Exactly what you said. Yeah it's not exactly a Russian style level of silliness but it shows that if circumstances were a little different it could have caused a bad accident. Why would the driver risk the manoeuvre in my video?

dickwod1

dutopia wrote: »

Exactly what you said. Yeah it's not exactly a Russian style level of silliness but it shows that if circumstances were a little different it could have caused a bad accident. Why would the driver risk the manoeuvre in my video?

Its just plain stupid, to get 1 car space ahead on a motorway.
I see it everyday and I'm strongly thinking of getting a dash cam!

Gosub

If I had a dash cam here in Spain, I would have some interesting vids to upload.

Did you know that the rules here are that you take the outside land on a roundabout, no matter which exit you intend to take. this causes some funny stuff! Imagine an artic taking the outside lane all the way round a two lane roundabout, fed by 3 lanes.

I was driving along happily the other day only to see a blur that resembled a Bentley Continental back bumper as it flashed past my nose... from lane 3 to the off ramp I was passing.:eek:

The Irish are fantastic drivers compared to some of the stuff that goes on here.

Tyre girl

Can you buy 1 here

gutteruu

johnnydeep wrote: »

I see lots of videos of fairly standard driving. makes me think that its a certain type of driver who feels the need to fit a dashcam

I do 50k miles per year and have had enough of idiots trying to kill me on the road which is why I bought one (mine was only 20 quid to be fair). If you think the videos look normal, your need more lessons!

johnnydeep

gutteruu wrote: »

I do 50k miles per year and have had enough of idiots trying to kill me on the road which is why I bought one (mine was only 20 quid to be fair). If you think the videos look normal, your need more lessons!

so they have life saving abilities, now that is amazing. or when you are killed we will be able to view your shockproof dashcam to see what part you played in the caaident

johnnydeep

gutteruu wrote: »

One from yesterday. Almost a daily occurence now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom7z8CSQ6g

what I see in this video is some knob in a fiesta after nearly coming to a stop behind a lorry, when their view clears a transit that has already start to cross the road. for some unknown reason the knob in the fiesta instead of carefully moving on at a nice gentle pace that would not involve any braking, decides to floor it then stand on the brakes to make some dramatic gesture

Kev.

johnnydeep wrote: »

what I see in this video is some knob in a fiesta after nearly coming to a stop behind a lorry, when their view clears a transit that has already start to cross the road. for some unknown reason the knob in the fiesta instead of carefully moving on at a nice gentle pace that would not involve any braking, decides to floor it then stand on the brakes to make some dramatic gesture

Looks to me like a clear case of the driver in the van not looking to his right,probably waving to the car on his left...

johnnydeep

gutteruu wrote: »

I do 50k miles per year and have had enough of idiots trying to kill me on the road which is why I bought one (mine was only 20 quid to be fair). If you think the videos look normal, your need more lessons!

you think I need more lessons in what my liecense is full and I don't intend to become a pilot any time soon. I would safely bet I have done more driving than you and have seen some **** driving, especially by people who are convinced they are right

johnnydeep

Kev. wrote: »

Looks to me like a clear case of the driver in the van not looking to his right,probably waving to the car on his left...

I would say the van driver saw a legitimate chance to pull out and took it

Cantona's Collars

Al Capwned wrote: »

Jesus those two bridges used piss me off no end.

The 'new bridge' is still as bad as ever,it's where we get the "D Reg phenomenon".The yield sign becomes invisible to anybody in a D reg car and they drive straight through into 2 lanes of traffic,cue many near misses and bad language.
The bridge is due to be removed with a new one going in downstream.
The top of Weafer St. is another dash cam prime location as people forget that traffic going up it has right of way and drive straight through the junction.

gutteruu

johnnydeep wrote: »

I would say the van driver saw a legitimate chance to pull out and took it

FFS! Van could clearly see fiesta before it came around corner. No excuse. Van waved to apologise as he even knew himself. He didn't move until 0:07. Fiesta did absolutely nothing wrong. Not a thing. Stuck in a traffic jam and moved on at a normal speed. If you think the fiesta did wrong by going to close to the traffic in front in a traffic jam you are trolling. Traffic jams are bumper to bumper. Always.

Its amazing how many people on here jump to the defence of the idiot in videos. Every time anyone posts a clip people nitpick every part to excuse the person in the wrong as everyone said in the last page.

johnnydeep

gutteruu wrote: »

FFS! Van could clearly see fiesta before it came around corner. No excuse. Van waved to apologise as he even knew himself. He didn't move until 0:07. Fiesta did absolutely nothing wrong. Not a thing. Stuck in a traffic jam and moved on at a normal speed. If you think the fiesta did wrong by going to close to the traffic in front in a traffic jam you are trolling. Traffic jams are bumper to bumper. Always.

Its amazing how many people on here jump to the defence of the idiot in videos. Every time anyone posts a clip people nitpick every part to excuse the person in the wrong as everyone said in the last page.

the fiesta driver has no idea about safe driving I se these knobs every day. never want to give an inch he would have saved petrol and got to where he wanted to go quicker by driving with a bit of cop on

Cedrus

gutteruu wrote: »

Its amazing how many people on here jump to the defence of the idiot in videos. Every time anyone posts a clip people nitpick every part to excuse the person in the wrong as everyone said in the last page.

In fairness many of the videos posted here are lacking in context or start after the poster has seen something happening but doesn't relay this when posting, it helps when the posters provide locations, speed limits or other restrictions.
Sometimes of course, the poster IS wrong, ****e drivers can buy dashcams too.

The_Nipper_One

RE: the Van and Fiesta.

The Van could see the Fiesta coming yet continued to roll quite slowly into the junction and into it's path. The hard rule is that if you are going to cause someone else to brake then you don't infringe on their right of way. Of course most people will ease off the gas if they see someone pulling out, they are under no obligation to do so, it's just courtesy and defensive driving. In this case however the car had to come to a complete stop.

The argument that the fiesta should have given way simply because the van had already begun its maneuver doesn't hold up. You should only feel the need to give up your right of way to another vehicle if you can reasonably assess that the driver moving into your path has no chance of seeing you. For example a truck reversing out of an alley, or a car reversing out from behind a van in a car park.

patrician

kingtut wrote: »

Must fix my camera position but here is an idiot parking on double yellow lines and blocking the lane for turning left! (you can see him and the van at 40 seconds) :mad:

That is really bad roadcraft. Obvious lack of experience.

johnnydeep

patrician wrote: »

That is really bad roadcraft. Obvious lack of experience.

while you could quite clearly see what was happening you chose to sit behind him clearly giving the people behind you no chance of progressing. he was a tool but he wasn't the only one

patrician

johnnydeep wrote: »

while you could quite clearly see what was happening you chose to sit behind him clearly giving the people behind you no chance of progressing. he was a tool but he wasn't the only one

But I had to concoct an 'incident' to justify having my dashcam. Ok, I could see what he was up to and I could've made my turn from the lane I was in, but then I'd have nothing exciting to report after being out cruising and listening to my tunes.

Gumbo

It would seem that patrician's only purpose is to up johnnydeep's ego with many many thanks.