Do you think this will catch on here?

Jay D

Catch bad drivers

I know it's an age old dilemna, a prick bates up the bus lane and juts in just in front of you, causing you to slam on, for example. The above might be a bit extreem but I reckon from the 1 and a half hours or so a day I drive I copuld still catch a good few.

Maybe this will catch on, maybe we'll see some manners come onto our roads.

Given I presume the phones or whatever are strapped via sat nav style holders... Do you think it's a good idea?

Kenno90

I was in Perth a few weeks ago , and their standard of driving is terrible compared to ours, they've no equivalent of an NCT so their cars are falling apart. A lot of Irish people over there, buy cars that are fit for the scrap yard because they are cheap.

Sky King

Lots of couriers and haulage companies already have these installed in their trucks. The Road Hawk shows acceleration and speed and sh!t like that as well. Good idear if you ask me.

biko

What will catch on? Dashcams?
In Soviet Russia it's quite popular with dashcams, I suppose since they drive like lunatics.
There's been a fair few discussions here too about what cam to get etc.

I don't think people will drive better generally because others might have a camera.
Stupid people will continue doing stupid manoeuvres.

Anan1

Drivers like that aren't stupid - they'll only pull out in front of you if they're confident that you'll give way.

db330

Anan1 wrote: »

Drivers like that aren't stupid - they'll only pull out in front of you if they're confident that you'll give way.

I have to agree 100% with. And to be honest I would do it a small bit to incompetent drivers (drives me nuts sitting behind them) i.e let myself in, but never in a why like shown in the video manly just in slow moving traffic.

But just cause someone has a camera isn't going to stop people doing these things. Almost all buses and a lot of courier vans will already have these. All it does is make it easier to prove you are right.

antodeco

I'm fairly positive I read somewhere that personal recording/CCTV is inadmissible in court?

Either way, I've a road hawk style dashcam. GPS, speed, g-meter and wide angle lens

Duiske

antodeco wrote: »

I'm fairly positive I read somewhere that personal recording/CCTV is inadmissible in court?

Either way, I've a road hawk style dashcam. GPS, speed, g-meter and wide angle lens

What model do you have, and would you recommend it ? Thinking of getting one for awhile now.

dgt

Jay D wrote: »

I know it's an age old dilemna, a prick bates up the bus lane and juts in just in front of you, causing you to slam on, for example.

Anyone that tries to do that to me finds out I don't give in, I don't tolerate that crap. One asshole tried cutting in front of me on a roundabout, he ended up beached on the traffic island. Served him right

OldmanMondeo

Set up a stupidirishdrivers.com website and post them all there...Dam, how you you register a web site name...

dr.fuzzenstein

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

Set up a stupidirishdrivers.com website and post them all there...Dam, how you you register a web site name...

There was one, but I can post the link, boards censors it.
It was www.sh*tedrivers.com
Just replace the * with an i.

Sadly nothing has happened to this website in years, the newest article is from 2008, we should have a petition to bring this one back!

CoDy1

I see nothing wrong with the last guy in the video:cool::pac:

Del2005

dgt wrote: »

Anyone that tries to do that to me finds out I don't give in, I don't tolerate that crap. One asshole tried cutting in front of me on a roundabout, he ended up beached on the traffic island. Served him right

IMO there where 2 a**holes on the roundabout.

dr.fuzzenstein

dgt wrote: »

Anyone that tries to do that to me finds out I don't give in, I don't tolerate that crap. One asshole tried cutting in front of me on a roundabout, he ended up beached on the traffic island. Served him right

I have to admit that people who deliberately go into the wrong lane on a roundabout to cut in front of a lot of traffic because "they're worth it" get absolutely nowhere with me.
I hate, HATE idiots who let them in, too. Why the fcuk are you letting that asshole in?
It only validates their behavior, they will now do it all the time, because they know some doormat is only too happy to be walked all over.
I always floor it when I see some wanker trying it on with me, I have been given the finger out the window, flashed, beeped and had my picture taken.
I'm only waiting for the day one of those assholes thinks he can win, there's a massive claim coming his way. And I need the money, "oh me neck" gets €20k these days.

Max Power1

Del2005 wrote: »

IMO there where 2 a**holes on the roundabout.

Hmm eh no

You dont cut in front at a roundabout.
Yield to traffic from right and traffic already on roundabout.

Irish people are clueless at roundabouts. The ones between the m50 and Dundrum SC are especially hopeless.

Left lane = left and straight. Right Lane = Turning right (taking 3rd exit) how difficult is that??

Big Nasty

Quite enjoyed the lad in the pick-up doing the burnout @ 1.06!

Lots of users on here already have dash-cams OP.

msg11

Max Power1 wrote: »

Left lane = left and straight. Right Lane = Turning right (taking 3rd exit) how difficult is that??

Some roundabouts have road markings stating otherwise but that's not against what your saying.

Traffic lights on roundabouts are a bit mad but I can get where they are coming from.

But what is more worrying is the lack of road markings on some roads.

One women gave out to me for driving the right way around a car park, I was following the big pointy arrow the right way. When I pointed at the arrow on the ground she shut her mount, also told her 'I am been nice letting you pass, so piss off'.

Max Power1

msg11 wrote: »

Some roundabouts have road markings stating otherwise but that's not against what your saying.

Traffic lights on roundabouts are a bit mad but I can get where they are coming from.

But what is more worrying is the lack of road markings on some roads.

One women gave out to me for driving the right way around a car park, I was following the big pointy arrow the right way. When I pointed at the arrow on the ground she shut her mount, also told her 'I am been nice letting you pass, so piss off'.

Obviously yes, when indicated via signage or direction (like the junction 13 southbound roundabout on the M50) then the general rule doesnt apply. But you get my drift.

Max Power1

msg11 wrote: »

One women gave out to me for driving the right way around a car park, I was following the big pointy arrow the right way. When I pointed at the arrow on the ground she shut her mount, also told her 'I am been nice letting you pass, so piss off'.

This is one of my pet peeves, people driving against the indicated direction in car parks.

mitchaul

Unless its in the legislation, I don't think it has a chance of catching on.
Very few companies will bother adding a layer of extra work.

Del2005

Max Power1 wrote: »

Hmm eh no

It doesn't matter what the other driver has done, purposely forcing someone off the road is dangerous and then being the big man and bragging about it on the internet makes you the bigger A**hole.

Max Power1 wrote: »

You dont cut in front at a roundabout.
Yield to traffic from right and traffic already on roundabout.

Irish people are clueless at roundabouts. The ones between the m50 and Dundrum SC are especially hopeless.

Left lane = left and straight. Right Lane = Turning right (taking 3rd exit) how difficult is that??

I agree entirely but 2 wrongs don't make it right. At least the other driver could claim ignorance, which is what most Irish drivers are of the laws, but knowingly driving dangerously is just plain stupid.

I do my damnedest not to let cheeky f**kers get away with it, but I've often been in situations where I've had right of way yet stopped and let them in/past. No point in being right and hurt, or worst.

dgt

Del2005 wrote: »

IMO there where 2 a**holes on the roundabout.

I'm fairly easygoing behind the wheel. Sometimes you have to make an example of these people though... Might waken them up. Fair enough if it was someone who was in the wrong lane/lost etc I'd let them in without thinking. But specifically trying to bully their way round just to gain one miserable place in the pecking order?

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I drive to Dublin everyday, it can be a nightmare. If I'm not an asshole at times I just won't get anywhere

Lets turn this situation around: What would you have done?

As Sterling Moss once said: "In this game you need to be a bit of a bastard"

Max Power1

Del2005 wrote: »

but I've often been in situations where I've had right of way yet stopped and let them in/past. No point in being right and hurt, or worst.

Why do you think they still do it? Cut up the bus lane or enter the roundabout wrongly? Because of people like you who let them.

An incident at a roundabout is not likely to be at high speed. Ill gladly let someone hit me once I know im right, at the low speed involved I can not suffer an injury, and screw up their NCB for being an idiot.

You wouldnt be a doctor without knowing the rules, driving a car you can do more damage potentially yet you seem ok to allow these numpties away with it.

Oh, and ignorance of the rules is no excuse. "Sure I didnt know I was meant to tax the car" wouldnt wash, its no different here.

dr.fuzzenstein

Max Power1 wrote: »

Why do you think they still do it? Cut up the bus lane or enter the roundabout wrongly? Because of people like you who let them.

An incident at a roundabout is not likely to be at high speed. Ill gladly let someone hit me once I know im right, at the low speed involved I can not suffer an injury, and screw up their NCB for being an idiot.

You wouldnt be a doctor without knowing the rules, driving a car you can do more damage potentially yet you seem ok to allow these numpties away with it.

Oh, and ignorance of the rules is no excuse. "Sure I didnt know I was meant to tax the car" wouldnt wash, its no different here.

+1
The only reason those wanker arseholes do it is because they know some dope will gladly let them in with a wave and a smile.
If every time they tried it was met with a crash and a huuuuge bill, they would soon stop.

I gladly let people out of sidestreets, but pushy, arrogant bastards won't get an inch from me.

paddyland

There are far too many people dawdling along in cloud-cuckoo land. That's why others use bus lanes and filter lanes to cut them up. It's wrong. It's against some bye law or other. But as long as the roads are congested with fools, then others will bend the rules to get on with things.

I don't get angry with the guy who cuts in. Chances are he will make progress, and won't delay the flow too much.

I do get angry with the guy who lets them in. Chances are they weren't paying attention, won't make progress, and won't let anyone else make progress either. The cause of ninety per cent of the frustration on the roads.

I don't deliberately use bus lanes or filter lanes where they are marked against me. However, I intend to move, and if you don't, well I certainly will.

Del2005

dgt wrote: »

Del2005 wrote: »

IMO there where 2 a**holes on the roundabout.

I'm fairly easygoing behind the wheel. Sometimes you have to make an example of these people though... Might waken them up. Fair enough if it was someone who was in the wrong lane/lost etc I'd let them in without thinking. But specifically trying to bully their way round just to gain one miserable place in the pecking order?

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I drive to Dublin everyday, it can be a nightmare. If I'm not an asshole at times I just won't get anywhere

Lets turn this situation around: What would you have done?

As Sterling Moss once said: "In this game you need to be a bit of a bastard"

I wouldn't run someone off the road. I'd happily force them to a stop while blaring the horn.

But you never know why some people are driving like lunatics.

Regardless over 2 tonnes of metal colliding, at any speed, is a lot of energy being released. I've seen people walk away from a right off and carried away from what would be considered minor crashes, why potentially risk a life for a bit of road?

dgt

Del2005 wrote: »

I wouldn't run someone off the road. I'd happily force them to a stop while blaring the horn.

But you never know why some people are driving like lunatics.

Regardless over 2 tonnes of metal colliding, at any speed, is a lot of energy being released. I've seen people walk away from a right off and carried away from what would be considered minor crashes, why potentially risk a life for a bit of road?

That's what I do too, make sure the don't cut infront of me. I have to keep watching at all times, can't let my guard down...

I didn't run them off the road. It was their own ignorance, focusing on the place that they had their eye on as opposed to what was infront of them that led to them being beached on an island... Plenty of time to back off and meekly join the queue. Too busy trying to gain the place, hurrying to go nowhere... And that's far more dangerous now isn't it, a looney not focused on their driving?! What if there were animals on the road or someone collecting money? :eek: Mind you a fair few drivers saw what happened and were delighted, it made their day too! A case of you weren't there, you don't know the circumstances atall.

And know what? It may happen to you too someday without you intending it atall, or something just as comical but sinister. The roads are a strange place and often have a strange outcome at times. But someday if you come on here and tell us all about a strange and similar incident, I won't judge you like you judged me, that's not in my nature

You mistook the situation totally! No, there's no need to run someone off the road, that's just disgraceful and downright dangerous... Wouldn't you agree?

Feel free to ask more questions. I just hope that there is one more driver out there that as a result of my actions won't take that route in such a hurry

RustyNut

dgt wrote: »

Anyone that tries to do that to me finds out I don't give in, I don't tolerate that crap. One asshole tried cutting in front of me on a roundabout, he ended up beached on the traffic island. Served him right

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