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

Max Power1

ken wrote: »

I hate cyclists .

Careful now

DeepBlue

eqwjewoiujqorj wrote: »

Techmoan has a new video dashcam review - he seems very impressed with this cam.

Mini DVR 0801
1080p
7.2cm x 4.5cm x 6.0cm.
62g

This camera seems to strike a good balance between video quality and being discreet.

Sample clips as Youtube makes the video a bit jerky.

And the with the GPS option included it costs about €94* although I wonder what shipping would cost from New Zealand.
Seems to be worth a punt.

*NZ$154 (dashcam with GPS unit) converted to euros using xe.com

CiniO

MarkR wrote: »

New one this morning! Must be the tourist season.

I had a team of garda investigators carefully examine my lane usage, and all agree I am awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Tq6DhVi0Q

I overtook the truck, indicated back in afterwards. Spotted car looking to enter the dualcarriageway, and nice guy that I am, indicated to the right to give them room.

This is mad. Pity it's nearly impossible to read numberplate of that car...

PS - Your lane usage is awesome :cool:

eringobragh

DeepBlue wrote: »

And the with the GPS option included it costs about €94* although I wonder what shipping would cost from New Zealand.
Seems to be worth a punt.

*NZ$154 (dashcam with GPS unit) converted to euros using xe.com

That NZ guys a chancer - get it from aliexpress for a good bit less.

CiniO

I'm sure we all agree that having a dashcam in a car is handy, but that looks like a bit of overkill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k7FZiyTCdY

TJJP

Couple of Vivitar DVR 480's on sale in Tesco Clearwater, Finglas today. €30.87 down from €56.99. Might be of interest to someone here. No GPS or that, but seems a good enough basic camera all the same.

http://www.vivitar.com/products/2/digital-video-recorders/908/dvr-480

Gumbo

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Really? :O Links would be appreciated :P

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/151071891306?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Tragedy

Motorcyclist undertook me doing ~170km/h on the M50 this morning, while I was indicating to change from the inside lane to the middle. Wouldn't have minded, but I was indicating for a good 5 seconds before I started to move, conscious of him in the distance behind me.
Guy didn't blink and gave me the option of killing him, or moving back into my lane.

If that had have been my girlfriend, she wouldn't have been aware of just how ****ing stupid many motorcyclists could have been, and wouldn't have been constantly checking her mirror even while moving between lanes, the motorcyclist would be dead, and she wouldn't be driving ever again.

Had the dashcam running, but all you see is a bike zoom past while I blow the horn at him.

BohsCeltic

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Would love to buy a dashcam, ive seen some ridiculous things on the road in the last few days alone!

Plenty of apps if you have a smartphone, i use witness on the iphone and it does the job

rocky

Tragedy wrote: »

Had the dashcam running, but all you see is a bike zoom past while I blow the horn at him.

Post it up, we'll tell you how fast he was really going

Chippy01

Tragedy wrote: »

Motorcyclist undertook me doing ~170km/h on the M50 this morning, while I was indicating to change from the inside lane to the middle. Wouldn't have minded, but I was indicating for a good 5 seconds before I started to move, conscious of him in the distance behind me.
Guy didn't blink and gave me the option of killing him, or moving back into my lane..

This doesn't make much sense.
Are you saying that you were travelling at 170kph in a 100 or 120kph zone?
Are you saying that the motorcyclist undertook you by passing you via the hard shoulder?
How do your 'options' come into it?

Tragedy

Chippy01 wrote: »

This doesn't make much sense.
Are you saying that you were travelling at 170kph in a 100 or 120kph zone?
Are you saying that the motorcyclist undertook you by passing you via the hard shoulder?
How do your 'options' come into it?

Motorcyclist 'undertook me' doing 170km/h. Put it together buddy, it isn't hard or particularly advanced english.
Inside lane is what yanks call the innermost lane/overtaking lane.
Not sure what you mean by the last question, I was midway through changing lanes and already had my wheels over the line, with the motorcyclist barreling at me without slowing.
My options were continue the lane change, and leave the motorcyclist to try brake in time/take evasive if he still insisted on under/overtaking me, or stop the overtaking manoeuvre and move fully back into my lane. And yes, they were both options - I'm not responsible for other road users who happen to be suicidal and wish to test physics personally > see the recent dashcam video of the motorcyclist who decide to undertake a HGV overtaking another HGV, and got sandwiched between them.

Really don't see anything that doesn't make much sense, are you having a bad night or something?

MarkR

To be honest, I still don't understand. If you are changing lanes from left to right, and the motorbike was undertaking, then he would have been passing you on the left, and in no danger as you were leaving the lane?

Was he overtaking you?

Edit, I just reread your second post, and see you were moving from the overtaking lane back in. I would have called that the outside lane though. And I'm a yank!

sarabroderick

Re read it again mate it's not rocket science

AltAccount

Tragedy wrote: »

Motorcyclist 'undertook me' doing 170km/h. Put it together buddy, it isn't hard or particularly advanced english.
Inside lane is what yanks call the innermost lane/overtaking lane.
Not sure what you mean by the last question, I was midway through changing lanes and already had my wheels over the line, with the motorcyclist barreling at me without slowing.
My options were continue the lane change, and leave the motorcyclist to try brake in time/take evasive if he still insisted on under/overtaking me, or stop the overtaking manoeuvre and move fully back into my lane. And yes, they were both options - I'm not responsible for other road users who happen to be suicidal and wish to test physics personally > see the recent dashcam video of the motorcyclist who decide to undertake a HGV overtaking another HGV, and got sandwiched between them.

Really don't see anything that doesn't make much sense, are you having a bad night or something?

Not to drag the thread OT, but how was he doing 170 in the driving lane while you were in the overtaking lane? Surely there were cars in the driving lane that would have impeded his progress?

Chippy01

Tragedy wrote: »

Motorcyclist 'undertook me' doing 170km/h. Put it together buddy, it isn't hard or particularly advanced english.
Inside lane is what yanks call the innermost lane/overtaking lane.
Not sure what you mean by the last question, I was midway through changing lanes and already had my wheels over the line, with the motorcyclist barreling at me without slowing.
My options were continue the lane change, and leave the motorcyclist to try brake in time/take evasive if he still insisted on under/overtaking me, or stop the overtaking manoeuvre and move fully back into my lane. And yes, they were both options - I'm not responsible for other road users who happen to be suicidal and wish to test physics personally > see the recent dashcam video of the motorcyclist who decide to undertake a HGV overtaking another HGV, and got sandwiched between them.

Really don't see anything that doesn't make much sense, are you having a bad night or something?

To be honest, I had a great night. Never better ...

Motorcyclist 'undertook me' doing 170km/h. Does that mean that you were doing 170, or the motorcyclist? If it was the motorcyclist, how do you know he was doing 170? Some new fangled telemetary device you've got fitted?
Inside lane is what yanks call the innermost lane/overtaking lane. Well, this ain't Yankland and the inside lane over here is the nearside lane, left lane, driving lane or lane 1 according to the ROTR. ''it isn't hard or particularly advanced english'' to quote your own words.

The good thing is, at least you did see the motorcyclist ''barreling at me without slowing'' and left him room to pass. A lot of drivers wouldn't have even seen him coming.

Post your cam footage. I'm sure we'd all like to see it.

TheChizler

Jeez we all know what they meant...

eringobragh

Don't noramally bother with crappy little vids like these but this lad hadn't a breeze where he should be

First encounter already there but over the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM447mujX1U

More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKBloz3GXsk

Through the red light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1rIh7cPuQ

More over the line stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25jFxsRMOs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgbyQVlg-fs

Best if the rest,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5eW-kSv1c

bear1

@eringobragh Through the red light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1rIh7cPuQ

Mmm, judging by your speed it would seem like you skipped the light as well.

donvito99

How long were you following him lol!

wonski

bear1 wrote: »

@eringobragh Through the red light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1rIh7cPuQ

Mmm, judging by your speed it would seem like you skipped the light as well.

There are more judges than posters in this thread apparently...
I assume if he did skip the light he wouldn't post it here, would he?

vibe666

bear1 wrote: »

Ah ok.... carry on then

:P

here's another example of somebody doing something stupid on a blind bend yesterday afternoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTO0yiVeLM

there was a dog sitting in the entrance to a field on the far side of the road that she was walking towards, so i'm thinking it got out and she was trying to get it back maybe?

either way, could have been a close call.

rocky

Cash cow lady beeps at me. I didn't signal, driving a BMW (and going straight through the roundabout )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euC0w4xrmsU

The_Nipper_One

Just a friendly reminder to everyone;

Make sure you're carrying a red triangle next to your jack/emergency supplies in your car.

All the talk of the possibility that the BMW driver could have been stopped because of a breakdown show an exact situation where one would come in handy.

Caliden

rocky wrote: »

Cash cow lady beeps at me. I didn't signal, driving a BMW (and going straight through the roundabout )

There's a different breed of women out there....

bear1

vibe666 wrote: »

:P

here's another example of somebody doing something stupid on a blind bend yesterday afternoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTO0yiVeLM

there was a dog sitting in the entrance to a field on the far side of the road that she was walking towards, so i'm thinking it got out and she was trying to get it back maybe?

either way, could have been a close call.

Your reaction just cracks me the **** up hahaha

bear1

I cant stand that roundabout in Galway - there's always some fool on it.

vibe666

bear1 wrote: »

Your reaction just cracks me the **** up hahaha

i've noticed in the last couple of years (most likely since becoming a father myself) that i seem to be turning into my own father.

Black_Knight

bear1 wrote: »

I cant stand that roundabout in Galway - there's always some fool on it.

Its a ridiculous roundabout! Way too small for the traffic and number of roads/lanes onto/off it. 5 exits. 4 of which have 2 lanes onto the roundabout, and 3 have 2 lanes off the roundabout. If you're on the inside lane of someone you're almost guaranteed to be squished into the island.

rocky

Same roundabout, watch the red volvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhB8H0vqT7g