Someone rearended on my dash cam (Oscar Traynor Road, Dublin)

RiseToMe

Hi everybody.

This evening, about 17.30 my dash cam caught a white focus rear ending a saab on the roundabout at the Oscar Traynor Road. Couldnt pull in as I had two little ones in the car both with ear infections.

So just on the off chance it was somebody from around here or somebody you know, I can send the video on.

TopTec

Could be it was reported to the Guarda. Give your local station a call, could be doing someone a good service.


TT

aaakev

Sure ya might as well stick the video up here so we can all see it!

Del2005

RiseToMe wrote: »

Hi everybody.

This evening, about 17.30 my dash cam caught a white focus rear ending a saab on the roundabout at the Oscar Traynor Road. Couldnt pull in as I had two little ones in the car both with ear infections.

So just on the off chance it was somebody from around here or somebody you know, I can send the video on.

Why would someone need a video for a rear end collision? The following car is always responsible and its difficult to do a runner when you are stuck in the back of a car.

The other people in the video have a right to privacy under GPDR.

Tenzor07

Give Coolock Garda a call: +353 1 666 4200

aaakev

Del2005 wrote: »

Why would someone need a video for a rear end collision? The following car is always responsible and its difficult to do a runner when you are stuck in the back of a car.

The other people in the video have a right to privacy under GPDR.

Would ya feck off with the GDPR, What right would that be considering the oscar traynor road is a public place?

Del2005

Del2005 wrote: »

Why would someone need a video for a rear end collision? The following car is always responsible and its difficult to do a runner when you are stuck in the back of a car.

The other people in the video have a right to privacy under GPDR.

the amount and quality of wrong is actually impressive

D3V!L

Del2005 wrote: »

Why would someone need a video for a rear end collision? The following car is always responsible and its difficult to do a runner when you are stuck in the back of a car.

The other people in the video have a right to privacy under GPDR.

GDPR has as much to do with this as 9/11 :rolleyes:

mikeecho

GDPR is the new Health & Safety.

kirving

Del2005 wrote: »

The following car is always responsible

Not in all cases. Brake testing someone on dashcam being an example, among others.

endacl

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Not in all cases. Brake testing someone on dashcam being an example, among others.

Technically, the following car should leave enough space to stop even in the case of a brake test....

seagull

Or when you have some dopey halfwit cut in front of you before getting properly past.

McCrack

Yea a rear end collision is a no contest really

I wouldn't waste your own time OP

dsmythy

It's not so clear cut. If it's a relatively minor prang the car behind might say they were reversed into and to prove the opposite.

punisher5112

I've rear ended a few cars but they pulled across lanes and brake checked.....

Didn't end so good for the A5 which became an A3.

I wasn't found at fault as CCTV on the vehicle showed what the other driver done

kirving

endacl wrote: »

Technically, the following car should leave enough space to stop even in the case of a brake test....

Of course they should, but brake test the next Garda car you see, tell him that he should have kept his distance, and report back to us.

Rarely, if ever, are things as black and white as people like to make out they are.

punisher5112

Lots of crash 4 cash incidents these days....

RiseToMe

Won't be posting it here and aware of the usual consensus of the car in back being in the wrong however the gentleman who rear ended the other car appeared to think otherwise so thought it may help somebody clear up any ambiguities around it.

Gumbo

RiseToMe wrote: »

Won't be posting it here and aware of the usual consensus of the car in back being in the wrong however the gentleman who rear ended the other car appeared to think otherwise so thought it may help somebody clear up any ambiguities around it.

Call Coolock Garda station. Let them know you have dash cam footage.
They will tell you where to send it.

Don't delete it.
The video may act as an independent witness which you rarely get nowadays because nobody stops anymore, they always have somewhere else to be.