Dash cam thread (car videos only)

Should have named the video as "Car in middle of the road"

Front right tyre is flat also, so I reckon that's the reason he is in the middle of the road..

josip wrote: »

There's also another school of thought that recommends to stay in your lane and rear end the car in front if you can't stop in time instead of dangerously changing lanes.
The thinking is that in the very limited time available to react, most drivers cannot assess the potential danger correctly on a crowded motorway and it's better to let crumple zones and safety systems such as seatbelts and airbags do their jobs.

That probably makes sense at low speeds. But definitely not at motorways speeds.
Rear ending a stopped car at over 100km/h will most likely produce few dead bodies, and your crumple zones, safety system, seatbelts and airbags won't help much.
Changing lanes in such case seem way better option.

For the benefit of those wondering why I didn't just pull in and let the Maserati pass me on Saturday.

I was driving in lane 3 and at all times had a slower moving car/van in front of me, prohibiting me from driving at 100 km/h. if the road in front of me was clear, I'd of happily slowed down & moved in to let him pass, once I came across a gap big enough & safe enough.

At all times, I was overtaking slower moving vehicles in lanes 1 & 2, yet had my speed restricted in lane 3 by slower moving vehicles in front of me (though they were still overtaking the vehicles in lanes 1 & 2)

I was at all times trying to keep a safe distance to the vehicle in front of me (conditions were bad, visibility was poor).

If the guy behind me had blue flashing lights, of course I'd of pulled in and let him pass, but given the fact he had no such lights, why should I have simply 'let him pass'? would he have gotten anywhere faster? of would he have just tried to bully his way past the many other vehicles he'd have found himself behind?



This thread has truly gone to shíte since chat was allowed again, and as most of you know I'm a fairly regular contributor here, but most likely couldn't be arsed posting anymore videos as there are just too many 'experts' ready to critique everything everyone does. so I'll leave the posting of videos to the other few people here who post regularly, and who knows, maybe some of the experts will get themselves a dash cam and also contribute to the thread.

Patww79 wrote: »

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fully agree.

You can argue whether the op or the maserati was at fault till you are blue in the face, it is pretty obvious once again the "slow" lane = lava attitude of the others in that clip is the root cause.
Add to that rain with people who cant already drive when it is the best wetter possible >>> 6 pages discussion.

BrownFinger wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Excuse me?

Can we make a new thread for the people who constantly want to argue about if we should have chat or not. Most of the chat is about having chat or not.

Deleted User wrote: »

Back to videos. A typical UK motorway pileup!
https://www.facebook.com/143233165824638/videos/728815820599700/

Cam car is very close to the car in front. I counted 1 second between the two cars. Idiots