Dash cam thread (car videos only)

yannakis · 04-10-2017 06:48PM

Why not stop in the middle of the road? Or not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkq7Ayb1R0

Sam Quentin · 04-10-2017 06:51PM

Truckermal wrote: »

The Bus took a long time to stop I thought, did the Golf driver pull the handbrake or what?

It's a natural instinct to bring his bus(which is full of people)to a safe stop as quick as possible bearing in mind the safety of those on board. It was a well controlled 'sudden' stop... Only an amateur would jump on the brakes in that situation.

mugsymugsy · 04-10-2017 07:02PM

Jacovs wrote: »

That kind of sh1t is happening all the time on m50. People using the exit / entry slip roads inappropriately to get a few cars ahead. Easily could cause an accident.

Some traffic cops / cameras and enforcement would be useful.

yannakis · 04-10-2017 07:28PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Woman tries to push in

(this is your third video about "bad merging"), and in all fairness you could have sped up or slowed down a bit. :rolleyes:

yannakis · 04-10-2017 07:40PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Why should I? Why can’t they speed up or slow down?

I said you could have.

neris · 04-10-2017 07:46PM

Sam Quentin wrote: »

It's a natural instinct to bring his bus(which is full of people)to a safe stop as quick as possible bearing in mind the safety of those on board. It was a well controlled 'sudden' stop... Only an amateur would jump on the brakes in that situation.

The way that stopped I'm wondering was it one of the automatic brake system like the Volvo trucks have

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4F7J7AAFE

Allinall · 04-10-2017 07:54PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Why should I? Why can’t they speed up or slow down?

Brutal driving from you there.

You're supposed to drive with due consideration for others, which you absolutely didn't do.

And what was the story with leaning on the horn?

Selfish and ignorant driving.

RustyNut · 04-10-2017 07:54PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

And I saw that, but why should anyone slow down to accommodate a bad merger.

Because that would be good defensive driving.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-10-2017 07:55PM

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04-10-2017 08:05PM

Jacovs wrote: »

Also a nice bit of bunching on lane three with traffic almost coming to a stop!

04-10-2017 08:09PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

And I saw that, but why should anyone slow down to accommodate a bad merger. Speeding up or slowing down is the responsibility of the merger.

She did appear to be going faster than you, but she should have matched your speed 10 metres in front or behind you. That merge looks like a 50/50 type so you both should have been taking care to avoid trying to use the same bit of tarmac.

Trebor176 · 04-10-2017 08:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

She did appear to be going faster than you, but she should have matched your speed 10 metres in front or behind you. That merge looks like a 50/50 type so you both should have been taking care to avoid trying to use the same bit of tarmac.

I don't tend to get involved in these things, but there was plenty of time for the poster to slow down and let the car merge. After all, it's not as if she was heading across on the hatch markings. And, I'm sure she would have been spotted on the on ramp just prior to this video. Merge lanes are there for just that - to merge. It would have been courteous to slow down and let the car move out. There was plenty of time for that, in my opinion. Not to blast her out of it!

Seve OB · 04-10-2017 08:31PM

yannakis wrote: »

(this is your third video about "bad merging"), and in all fairness you could have sped up or slowed down a bit. :rolleyes:

Or pulled out to the empty lane to his right to let the car merge into the motorway

Isambard · 04-10-2017 08:57PM

it's up to the person merging to position themselves correctly.

EndaHonesty · 04-10-2017 09:00PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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When that person posts they will be dealt with...

Sam Quentin · 04-10-2017 09:01PM

neris wrote: »

The way that stopped I'm wondering was it one of the automatic brake system like the Volvo trucks have

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4F7J7AAFE

Waaaaow I love it.. It would save so many lives, even just the warning for distracted drivers.

fullstop · 04-10-2017 09:15PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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you mean the person in every other car but his, because he seems to go around the M50 looking for a chance to lean on the horn?

JohnBoy26 · 04-10-2017 09:20PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Woman tries to push in

More like woman tries to merge but you won't let her. Seriously a good considerate driver will slow down or move to the outer lane and let the driver merge.

From your youtube account you seem to be out to get merging drivers. You will end up causing an accident the way you are going.

No need to blast other drivers out of it either.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-10-2017 09:22PM

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fullstop · 04-10-2017 09:25PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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There was only one idiot in the last video. The one before I was on the side of the poster given the hatchings, but still massive overkill on the horn. This doesn't happen to me every day because I don't go looking for it...if someone is merging like in the last video i'll either back off a little or give it some gas to move past them, less stress for us both, but no video worth posting I suppose...

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-10-2017 09:27PM

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fullstop · 04-10-2017 09:28PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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If the same thing keeps happening, maybe you're the problem. Anyway, i've made my point/

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-10-2017 09:32PM

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JohnBoy26 · 04-10-2017 09:37PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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It's much easier if the camera either slowed down/speed up or move to the outer lane. Otherwise the merging car would nearly have to come to a standstill before merging.

It's a common and courteous thing do and there is no reason why the op could not do it

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-10-2017 09:49PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Woman tries to push in

You seem to the one at fault there. A bit of common courtesy goes a long way.

vicwatson · 04-10-2017 10:02PM

Macie Savory Statistician wrote: »

You seem to the one at fault there. A bit of common courtesy goes a long way.

Courtesy should come from the merging car driver, they don't have right of way, person in lane has right of way, always wise not to be a dick and never try force your way onto the carriageway that you have no right to force your way on to.

JohnBoy26 · 04-10-2017 10:17PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Courtesy should come from the merging car driver, they don't have right of way, person in lane has right of way, always wise not to be a dick and never try force your way onto the carriageway that you have no right to force your way on to.

Ahh come on that driver did not try to force their way onto the carriageway. Right of way or not a liitle commonsense here would go a long way.

rizzodun · 04-10-2017 10:22PM

Being honest, and speaking from experience, judging by the sort of merging vids posted by the op, they strike me as the sort who would hammer down the inside lane and actually speed up if they saw someone speeding up and trying to merge ahead of them.

In short, with people like that you can't win.

vicwatson · 04-10-2017 10:32PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Ahh come on that driver did not try to force their way onto the carriageway. Right of way or not a liitle commonsense here would go a long way.

It didn't look like they were going to stop anyway.

Courtesy goes a long way, merging car should not barge through imo

GBX · 04-10-2017 10:33PM

Merging is the new roundabout discussion

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