Dangerous driving by dashcam warrior

Whocare

Will garda do anything about this ? On way to work country road behind car could see he had dashcam screen Illuminated so I said I better only pass him out on Broken white line behind him for 3km him not great driver over white hitting cat eyes going 55 /60km max anyway come to A straight part of the road went to passing out he Started Accelerating hard must say it was Extremely dangerous road wet bit of standing water only for my car being more powerful 2.0tdi compared to that car smaller Peugeot 206 or like I don't what would have happened if was inexperienced driver or if there was car comings toward us (driving truck ect so pretty good driver myself) his driving could definitely cause fatal crash plus he definitely knew what he was doing as went I passed out he was flashing his lights like a nut job

Maybe 6 months ago I started tread about same driver being dashcam warriors went I pass him out flashing lights ect must be very Nervous driver or someone he knows got killed but what he did this morning was Ridiculous he must be doing it all time didn't realise it was same driver but thinking back on it definitely was him

Have all on dashcam what he did would garda have word with him I wounder if show footage to garda I wounder ?

Bobson Dugnutt

I’ve said it before, and I will do again; motorists and cyclists who record everything are almost certainly men between the ages of 35 and 50 who are desperately looking for something to be outraged by.

walshtipp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978197#Comment_121978197

Or just have a dashcam to have footage in the event of an accident?

magicbastarder

yeah, what's the point in having a camera unless you leave it on all the time?

chooseusername

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978197#Comment_121978197

Like Whocare!

Bobson Dugnutt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978223#Comment_121978223

They only became a thing when our obsession with cheap Chinese tat made them affordable to buy. We survived perfectly fine without them. Any angry cyclist or motorist video on Twitter etc is invariably some middle-aged man in Lycra or a Tesla.

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978244#Comment_121978244

Twitter

(Mythbusters voice) Well, THERE'S your problem

Whocare

Might post up dashcam footage after work ect

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058345143/dangerous-driving-by-dashcam-warrior

I find your post difficult to follow but by the sounds of it, you overtook when it wasn't really suitable. You've described it as dangerous and how someone could have been killed. Overtaking is a dangerous manouvre. You were the one who increased the risk on the road. So, in what way do you think that the person you were overtaking is responsible?

magicbastarder

anyway we came to a straight part of the road; went to pass out, he started accelerating hard. must say it was extremely dangerous. Road wet, bit of standing water; only for my car being more powerful 2.0tdi compared to that car

that's the way i assume the relevant section is intended.

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978351#Comment_121978351

Maybe you can't read ? I passed out on straight part of the road Broken white line of car that was doing 55km and went I was passing out he Accelerate hard so definitely not me at fault

Seth Brundle

^^^

So after some bends, they came to a straight stretch and the driver in front increased their speed - which is exactly what one would expect especially if the driver in front felt under pressure for driving more slowly.

Again, this looks like the OP misread the road completely making their overtake more risky.

I'd like to see the dashcam footage to see if I'm misunderstanding the series of events.

eggy81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978197#Comment_121978197

You seem fairly permanently outraged yourself.

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978405#Comment_121978405

Personally I don't care what you think garda will make there judgement. And went did I say it was after bends he was going slow on straight part of road too but as it was Continuous white line you can't legally pass out and The acceleration was not normal it was Flat to the mat trying to kill me

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

We need the footage.

Hurrache

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978244#Comment_121978244

I got hit by a bus, was wearing casual shorts at the time, not a hint of Chinese tat or lycra about me. Luckily my camera caught it from front and back and he was brought to court on a charge of careless driving (was initially a charge of dangerous driving but the lesser charge was easier to get a conviction).

Thankfully I've such a mastery of video editing I manged to make it look like I wasn't just standing on the side of a road awaiting a large vehicle to come by me so I could step out in front of it and see what happens.

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978425#Comment_121978425

When you mentioned this…

anyway come to A straight part of the road

…it was a logical assumption that before this wasn't straight!

As for the other driver's behaviour, I wasn't there so can only build a picture based on your post (which I did say wasn't clear). Post the footage and we will see what you experienced.

Marlay

could see he had dashcam screen Illuminated so I said I better only pass him out on Broken white line

If he hadn't had the dashcam you would have overtaken on a continuous line then?

Cyrus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978425#Comment_121978425

i thought your powerful 2 litre diesel was going to overwhelm his peugeot 308 😁 not sure what you are looking for here, you dont sound like you covered yourself in glory either.

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978474#Comment_121978474

i hadn't spotted that - proof that dashcams do have a positive effect!

.red.

You wrote

"must say it was Extremely dangerous road wet bit of standing water"

That to me reads like you overtook him on a stretch of road that was extremely dangerous with lots of standing water.

If he accelerated then he was acting the maggot but you shouldn't be overtaking on a section of road like that. Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978536#Comment_121978536

Personally I'm not too concerned about me as if driving artic last 8 years I can read road. But if was just normal driving inexperienced maybe and came cross him and if there was car comings could Easily be fatal and that what I be saying to garda

dulpit

This thread reads like somebody complaining that they can't drive dangerously and overtake on bends/continuous white lines because the car they wanted to go past has a dashcam…

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978484#Comment_121978484

All I was pointing out with that he was Accelerating so hand I was actually surprised it go accelerated that hard peugeot it was actually a 206 or like Focus size

artanevilla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978197#Comment_121978197

What was the speed limit on this dangerous road with standing water?

Kaisr Sose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978638#Comment_121978638

Your posts are very difficult to follow Without the footage it's your version of events only.

Every motorist should be concerned about their own driving. So what if you are experienced or drive a truck? Overtaking is not a right.

The easiest and safest thing here was to abort overtake and avoid possible impact with car coming head on.

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978777#Comment_121978777

80km it was Puddle. Very surprised with attitude I'm getting let have people on road went go pass out Accelerate hard and if was inexperienced driver and if car was coming mightnt know what do and have head on crash f

As Responsible citizen i definitely be going to garda now Dashcam footage will show what that nut cases did

Whocare

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978670#Comment_121978670

You need go back school as you can't read

RurtBeynolds

Are you drunk OP?

L1011

You have admitted to considering overtaking him on a solid line and to overtaking on an "extremely dangerous road", despite whatever revisionism you've done afterwards. I wouldn't be bringing your dashcam footage to AGS if I were you, as I suspect you might have done something you don't want them to see in the first place.

Fast accelerating small cars exist, particularly electric models.

SteM

You were close enough to see he had a dash cam running, you recognise him from before but you don't know what car he was driving? Please post the footage.