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

Odyssey 2005

skibum wrote: »

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5de_1388749345

This link shows the beginning of this incident, yer man in the bmw really deserved what he got, pure arsehole.......

The gob****e in the BMW had his right indicator on at the start of the video. Chap in the Zafira prob thought theBMW was turning. Looks like maybe there should be a yellow box,if they even have them. The bottom line IMO is the BMW driver is 100% at fault. He manufactured an accident.

Guy:Incognito

gutteruu wrote: »

Because its a total balls of a junction. The lanes are the opposite to the way they should be. Completely reversed. To go left you have to be in the right lane and vice versa. Plus the fact you only have 100 yards to get in the correct lane from seeing the sign. Impossible if your behind a lorry. Should be ripped up and start again.



Because you would have to know the junction to do that and if you did you wouldn't be in that position in the first place. Catch 22.

The answer is never to veer across lanes dangerously in any situation. There's always a way to fix going the wrong way. It may add 5 mind to a journey but it's there.

Gumbo

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

The gob****e in the BMW had his right indicator on at the start of the video. Chap in the Zafira prob thought theBMW was turning. Looks like maybe there should be a yellow box,if they even have them. The bottom line IMO is the BMW driver is 100% at fault. He manufactured an accident.

BMW driver got frustrated and caused the crash. The Zaria driver is also a pr1ck for not reversing 2 feet to the BMW driver through.

dr.fuzzenstein

kceire wrote: »

BMW driver got frustrated and caused the crash. The Zaria driver is also a pr1ck for not reversing 2 feet to the BMW driver through.

Not just the Zafira, but the moron in the Corsa(?) could also have driven on by just a tad. I absolutely hate dipsh*ts that block the junction.
But, of course Beemer driver is off his rocker. It's annoying, but crashing into people on purpose, as tempting as it sometimes is, is rarely the answer.

Edit:
I also believe there's a bit of "oh, look a BMW, let's block that prick from crossing" in there.

bear1

I may be wrong, but only Ireland and the UK have those yellow boxes?
Surprised other countries haven't adopted it, would save so much stress and traffic in big cities

donvito99

bear1 wrote: »

I may be wrong, but only Ireland and the UK have those yellow boxes?
Surprised other countries haven't adopted it, would save so much stress and traffic in big cities

The US has a white version I think? maybe

K.Flyer

Smartguy wrote: »

Traffic light junction - there should be a yellow box there surely

Yellow boxes still do not stop idiots from stopping in the middle of traffic light junctions.
A lot of drivers dont give a damn about yellow boxes and still drive into them even when there is no possibility if exiting before the lights change.
Funny enough saw a very similar incident at the Kylemore Rd and Naas Rd junction about a month ago resulting in a small van being T-boned under similar circumstances.

Cantona's Collars

Cops in UK are going to roll out a scheme where drivers submit footage of dangerous driving.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534042/Send-dashcam-videos-catch-dangerous-drivers-Police-appeal-public-evidence-motorists-behaving-badly.html

brokenarms

We could send them this vid
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5c4_1388933726

Faith+1

brokenarms wrote: »

We could send them this vid
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5c4_1388933726

Lol, That was classic!

h3000

brokenarms wrote: »

We could send them this vid
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5c4_1388933726

Not the brightest (see what i did there ) place to pull people over but the biker was tipping 95mph through the corner.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

K.Flyer wrote: »

Yellow boxes still do not stop idiots from stopping in the middle of traffic light junctions.
A lot of drivers dont give a damn about yellow boxes and still drive into them even when there is no possibility if exiting before the lights change.
Funny enough saw a very similar incident at the Kylemore Rd and Naas Rd junction about a month ago resulting in a small van being T-boned under similar circumstances.

I drive there quite regularly, that road is awash with bad drivers.

moxin

Forgot I had this one, at 6am that motorist in front was just annoying, lost and didn't know how to use mirrors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spd5ZMptsD8

Seen this on reddit :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqF_SiGX8I

This black, Belgian M3 E92 was caught with a dashcam doing an extremely dangerous manoeuvre on a public Belgian highway. After passing on the right side (which is illegal in Belgium), the driver of the van with the dashcam flashes his headlight, which sparks some good ol' aggression in the BMW driver. The guy posted the footage on his facebook page and a public witch-hunt ensued. The angry internet mob has pinned the owner of the BMW to a small jewelery store owner. He denies that this is his BMW and there is now a bunch of flaming and accusations going on on the facebookpage of his store.
It's still unclear if this is the actual owner, but I hope the police finds out soon because this is blowing up in the Belgian media.

randy hickey

^The reg is pretty clear on that.

randy hickey

randy hickey wrote: »

^The reg is pretty clear on that.

Yeah, they've tracked it down already.

http://www.autogespot.com/bmw-m3-e92-coupe-1/2008/07/07

bear1

I remember when I lived in Belgium, this type of driving was fairly common.
Not the best of drivers there if im perfectly honest. You'd quite regurlarly see people driving with a can of beer in the hand.

Barrel

moxin wrote: »

Forgot I had this one, at 6am that motorist in front was just annoying, lost and didn't know how to use mirrors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spd5ZMptsD8

I thought your driving was worse tbh,
You could tell he was lost and trying to read the road signs in the dark and rain and when he figures out hes in the wrong lane and needs to move to the left lane you steer your car into the right lane to try to make it as awkward as possible for the other driver to get into the correct lane

deandean

Barrel wrote: »

I thought your driving was worse tbh,

+1
I could see that coming.
You had plenty of space to move left a bit, instead you kept right.
A good driver has give as well as take.

Mc Love

Could have had the use of a dash cam last weekend, was in the crescent SC(it popped up a bit on the parking thread (RIP)) and on one of the mini roundabouts and a car was coming up to the roundabout, did he stop? No he kept going! So I gave him a beep of the horn and he stops on the r/a and starts shouting abuse at me, and me foolishly tried to reason with them that it was a r/a and you yield to traffic coming from your right and he says "do you want me to bust your face?" haha I laughed he said "prick" as he was driving off i had the last word and I know I shouldnt have but said learn "how to drive" he stuck the car to the road but I was already gone past him

moxin

Barrel wrote: »

I thought your driving was worse tbh,
You could tell he was lost and trying to read the road signs in the dark and rain and when he figures out hes in the wrong lane and needs to move to the left lane you steer your car into the right lane to try to make it as awkward as possible for the other driver to get into the correct lane

deandean wrote:

I could see that coming.
You had plenty of space to move left a bit, instead you kept right.
A good driver has give as well as take

Watch the video again. I had no space to move to the left for a full car(tiny hard shoulder), there was no lane there at the time the other driver wanted to move over. The extra lane you're speaking of appears after the incident.(my lane splits into 2 then)

I was in the main and only lane(before it splits into 2) all along. The other driver tried to change lane dangerously at the last minute from a lane heading to Malahide to the lane heading for the M50(I was on this) without looking in the mirrors.

fullstop

moxin wrote: »

Watch the video again. I had no space to move to the left for a full car(tiny hard shoulder), there was no lane there at the time the other driver wanted to move over. The extra lane you're speaking of appears after the incident.(my lane splits into 2 then)

I was in the main and only lane(before it splits into 2) all along. The other driver tried to change lane dangerously at the last minute from a lane heading to Malahide to the lane heading for the M50(I was on this) without looking in the mirrors.

He tried to get in just before the M50 lane split into two. Out of interest, why did you pick the right of these two lanes? Nothing to do with him trying to get in?

moxin

fullstop wrote: »

He tried to get in just before the M50 lane split into two. Out of interest, why did you pick the right of these two lanes? Nothing to do with him trying to get in?

I was not in the right lane at the time of the incident, there was only 1 lane heading for the M50!! Both of us were in this lane before the other driver decided to join the Malahide lane, both M50 and Malahide lanes were side by side at that point. Then at the last second the other driver wanted to move left to the M50 lane where I was, I had nowhere to move to the left give way. This all happens before the M50 lane splits into 2.

Can you not see that?

runawaybishop

Is there not a separate discussion thread for this stuff? More videos of amusing car incidents please.

rizzodun

moxin wrote: »

I was not in the right lane at the time of the incident, there was only 1 lane heading for the M50!! Both of us were in this lane before the other driver decided to join the Malahide lane, both M50 and Malahide lanes were side by side at that point. Then at the last second the other driver wanted to move left to the M50 lane where I was, I had nowhere to move to the left give way. This all happens before the M50 lane splits into 2.

Can you not see that?

I think what fullstop is asking is why after the incident, when the lane split in two, did you take the right, I'm not saying that this is the reason but it looks to me like by staying right you were making sure he couldn't get back across to take the same exit, forcing him to continue on, of course, we can't say for sure, he may have had to brake and try to squeeze in behind you for all we know...

moxin

rizzodun wrote: »

I think what fullstop is asking is why after the incident, when the lane split in two, did you take the right, I'm not saying that this is the reason but it looks to me like by staying right you were making sure he couldn't get back across to take the same exit, forcing him to continue on, of course, we can't say for sure, he may have had to brake and try to squeeze in behind you for all we know...

After the split I headed for the right lane as it joins the M50 quicker, the left lane goes on for quite a bit before it joins the M50(halfway to the Ballymun exit). It has no relevance to the situation as I had no room to give way at the time of incident. The only way the other driver could change lanes after the incident is for me to accelerate very hard(thus breaking speed limit) and the other driver breaking to a near standstill as they were running out of room to move over, both dangerous moves.

Its quite ironic that some posters here(not yourself) are advocating drivers changing lanes at junctions on the motorway at the last second, always thought that was bad driving.

Barrel

moxin wrote: »

I was not in the right lane at the time of the incident, there was only 1 lane heading for the M50!! Both of us were in this lane before the other driver decided to join the Malahide lane, both M50 and Malahide lanes were side by side at that point. Then at the last second the other driver wanted to move left to the M50 lane where I was, I had nowhere to move to the left give way. This all happens before the M50 lane splits into 2.

Can you not see that?

When you finished beeping at the car the car was still along side you - He was still indicating and trying to change lanes and knowing this you still drove into the right lane obviously to try to block the driver from getting into the correct lane and force him to go where he didnt want to go

fullstop

moxin wrote: »

Its quite ironic that some posters here(not yourself) are advocating drivers changing lanes at junctions on the motorway at the last second, always thought that was bad driving.

I don't see anyone advocating it, but it's pretty easy to see the difference between someone who aggressively accelerates up the outside lane and then cuts in because they think they own the road and someone who is obviously very unsure of where they are going, as in your video.

gutteruu

Moxin clearly waited for him to screw up and did his best to drive him into the wrong exit. He clearly went into right lane for spite.

No point trying to get him to admit it.

moxin

Barrel wrote: »

When you finished beeping at the car the car was still along side you - He was still indicating and trying to change lanes and knowing this you still drove into the right lane obviously to try to block the driver from getting into the correct lane and force him to go where he didnt want to go

Nice jumping to conclusions. I kept continuing in the lane to join the M50. Remember I had to jam on the breaks to avoid a collision and then continue on my way, I had no intention at blocking as the right lane is the quickest to join the M50. The other driver made a mistake by missing the exit, should have continued on the Malahide road and then did the turnaround further on to avoid the dangerous situation.

fullstop wrote: »

I don't see anyone advocating it, but it's pretty easy to see the difference between someone who aggressively accelerates up the outside lane and then cuts in because they think they own the road and someone who is obviously very unsure of where they are going, as in your video.

Who was the aggressive driver? I was joining the M50 at freeflow where you are not expected to slow down or stop on the slip road(no hazards ahead), the other driver was in the Malahide lane heading to a traffic light stop where you are expected to slow down and stop. Do you even know the junction??

Well, one poster posted a post with a few thanks saying my driving was worse. There was no criticism of the reckless driving from the other driver changing lanes on a motorway junction at the last second like that. I'd love to know where that magical space at the left of me to give way at the point of the incident is, it must be invisible!!