Which one of us is the D*ckhead?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733788#Comment_118733788

you're entitled to your opinion, as I'm entitled to mine

Gumbo

Flat bed driver is a spa and has the potential to cause a serious accident.

I just called him on the his mobile there and told he he was thick today for holding up traffic and nearly causing an accident 🤣

Still stihl waters 3

The fella in the small truck, he should drive on and stop causing a hazard, thick fcuker

_Kaiser_

Guy in the truck absolutely.. Has stopped a line of traffic behind him and causing confusion for the oncoming traffic so he can virtue-signal. There's no mention of cars behind the OP either but stopping suddenly could have led to an accident as well.

I had a guy in front of me stop sharply from 100 km/h just outside Dunboyne on the old N3 (before the M3 opened) so he could let a guy across from the turnoff into the village. Moron!

Whocare

Clown 🤡 driving flashing his light.

johndaman66

Truck driver is the d*ickhead, no question about it. He is not the Garda Siochana, he has no authority to stop traffic like that and is downright rude to be giving the middle finger like that. The lights flashing like that is borderline psychopathic and quite often the likes of that would cause an accident if anything were to. As and aside there is no pedestrian crossing there and technically speaking they shouldn't be crossing the road there. In some countries you would be fined for that.

Former Former Former

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118744266#Comment_118744266

there is no pedestrian crossing there and technically speaking they shouldn't be crossing the road there.

??? Presumably they're trying to cross there precisely because there's no crossing. You are not supposed to cross a road within 15 metres of a pedestrian crossing, there is very clearly no such crossing available to them. The people crossing the road have done nothing wrong.

The OP could very easily have slowed down safely. If a guy coming against you is frantically flashing his lights, would you not do so anyway?

At best, they're both d*ckheads. If we have to choose, putting this very trivial incident on the internet clinches it for the OP.

Sadb

Both in my opinion. He shouldn’t have been flashing and tbh shouldn’t have stopped when the pedestrians were on the opposite side to him BUT would it really have killed you to let them cross?

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733333#Comment_118733333

This. I hate dickheads who yield their right of way and then get annoyed when I ignore them. Happens a lot on small flat roundabouts. They are prob doing it as some other dickhead before ignored their right of way on the same roundabout.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733800#Comment_118733800

Haven't read your post yet, but I can't believe you'd defend Gary glitter like that, I mean, to call him a hero is a bit strong.

JustJoe7240

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733819#Comment_118733819

Assuming you're making that up for comedic effect, But if not, I'd love to have that much free time on my hands.

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118744342#Comment_118744342

Don't drive as much since I started working from home so the dash cam defaults to factory date. The footage was caught the day I posted it.

kirving

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118744321#Comment_118744321

It's not trivial in the slightest.

By coming to a complete stop and signalling to the pedestrians, the truck driver is implying that they actually have control of the situation, when in truth they barely have control of traffic on their side of the road. They were far more interested in flashing his lights and giving the OP the finger, than looking for motorbikes or cyclist who could be overtaking on their left.

They're putting the pedestrians under pressure, as the pedestrians are now holding up eight vehicles when they may have been perfectly happy to wait, causing eight vehicles to come to an unnecessary stop, and generate at least eight opportunities for rear endings.

Yes the road is 50km/h, but it's sandwiched between 100km/h zones on both sides, so people following the OP and flatbed are likely to do more than 50km/h. Illegal, but reality, and good drivers know this.

Crest of a hill, unsighted bend, low light, no-overtaking zone, lots of other traffic - plenty of reason not to come to a full stop.

dobman88

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733012#Comment_118733012

Edit: OP answered already

Former Former Former

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118744567#Comment_118744567

Crest of a hill, unsighted bend, low light, no-overtaking zone, lots of other traffic

It's very clearly broad daylight and I'm not seeing the crest of any hill. Regardless, the OP has the traffic regulations on his side, that's not in dispute, but equally this is the sort of thing you encounter every day on the roads, I'm really struggling to see how this merits putting it up on boards.ie and YouTube with the guy's reg number and phone number clearly visible.

So again, there's a pair of d*ckheads in it.

SteM

Certainly looks like the crest of a hill and an unsighted bend to me. OP wasn't being a dickhead at the time imo.

corks finest

Though his intentions were good

he actually put that family in danger

see this crap constantly

surely there’s a pedestrian crossing along the road?

dashcam man couldn’t see the family until he was near on to of them

I’ve seen too many do-gooders create unofficial pedestrian crossings like this guy, nearly causing accidents - I’m all for allowing pedestrians cross safely if the situation allows but mostly, you’re just delaying motorists unduely- drive on, let the traffic past and very soon the pedestrian will have an opportunity to cross- if you stop you’re only saving that pedestrian 10 seconds or so of additional wait time but you’re delaying countless cars for up to 30 seconds and creating an accident hazard as drivers are not expecting such a stop. And yes I know expect the unexpected- well tell that to the multiple people with whiplash.

My reaction to those flashing lights would have been to slow down not stop - when looking at the video the lights were distracting me from the left hand path- crazy idiot OP- no I don’t think you’re a dickhead

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118744830#Comment_118744830

He clearly doesn't give a crap about people seeing his reg and phone number when he decided to be a dickhead holding up all the traffic and creating a clear hazard for road users and pedestrians, all while showing the middle finger to oncoming traffic.

It is on both a crest and a turn. The road is busy but there are always quiet windows to cross safely.

SteM

I wonder did he give the finger to the other 3 cars in front of you that also went through his self-appointed crossing?

ARX

Yiz have it all wrong. It's clear that he stopped in order to give the finger to the pedestrians.

corks finest

😊😊😊👏

km991148

yeah don't inconvenience the many to help the few in these scenarios.

Van driver was a di(k.

If I were the camer tho I'd have slowed down a bit because there was something going on that he was trying to draw attention to (it just so happens that in this case it was him being over the top white knight nonsense).

I may have stopped but unlikely because only two scenarios could exist:

1. People behind me and therefore dangerous to stop
2. No one behind me then may as well continue and let them cross.

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118745480#Comment_118745480

Exactly, I did reduce my speed but felt it would have been more dangerous to stop given that the family hadn't committed to crossing and there was traffic behind me too.

Putting ourselves in the van drivers shoes, it was a fairly idiotic thing to do when you think about it and the fact that his reaction was to flip off the oncoming traffic just shows the attitude he has. No matter how safe you are on the road there will always be idiots who will jeopardize it.

JimmyVik

Very dangerous to be trying to control the traffic like that.

A few years ago I was cycling and had caught up to a bunch of cyclists out on a spin. They were cycling 3 abreast. Approaching a bend I decided to stay behind them until we got around the bend. A car had also caught up with us and was behind me.

One of the cyclist starts waving for the car to pass. The idiot in the car took that to mean it was safe to overtake at a bend and there was a head on collision. The guys cycled on. I stopped to help. It was slow enough so noone was injured. A couple of big garage bills would arrive later though i think. The driver who had tried to overtake reckoned it was the guy waving him ons fault. IUt was actually his fault, but the guy waving him on did his share too to be sure.

Barr

That’s given me a right laugh , love how you zoomed in on the truck driver 🤣

kirk.

It's mad that crack stopping and waving .Creates a hazard for everyone involved

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733037#Comment_118733037

Well, the first lesson the "knuckle draggers" should learn is to pay attention to leave enough space between yourself and the person in front.

Driving basics 101. If you run into the back of a car that is stopped, then you are 100% to blame.

thefallingman

Having a dash cam, putting a video on boards to massage ego, and a thread name as above, i'd say you op, and the other lad foolish but at least he was trying to do the right thing.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118740315#Comment_118740315

I think some lads see the term "virtue signal" used somewhere as an term of abuse, don't know what it means, and then blindly reuse it.

What next, some person "virtue signalling" by helping a blind person cross the road if the beeper is broken?