Second video is even worse - no one is moving over (no reason to) then moves in to the lane of another car coming up from behind them for no reason
That's fine moving out but maintain the speed. Be prepared for the van changing his mind. Don't jam on. For the Merc, I probably would have undertaken you also if I was already in the inside lane but since he started in the overtaking lane and then moved inside to undertake, that's dangerous. I have seen drivers do what you do and panic when something faster approaches and dive back in causing a near accident.
In all of this, the cameras are a curse for distance perspective. They don't see what your eye can see making the unsafe appear less of a problem when viewed.
Even worse than...? There was noone behind me when I moved over for the Garda. Sticking to the left lane is unnecessarily dangerous when I could easily move right and give the Garda space.
There is reason to move right. It's good practice to move over for anyone stopped on the hard shoulder, if you can, and is actually required by law in some countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_over_law
The closest I've ever come to a fatal collision was when someone pulled out in front of me doing 120km/h and I couldn't move right as a car was already there. It's burned into my brain, and was one of the only things I've reported to the Gardai.
On the second video, I probably should have accelerated, yes, but undertaking me 9 seconds (I checked the audio) after I began indicating, so he had loads of time to just lift off. Undertaking right next to a stopped car is flat out woeful driving on his part IMO.
So this just happened on the way home, what hope if I was on the bike?
Jesus indeed, could have been quite a bad one. What was the driver thinking turning around on a solid line and especially without even looking!
Fair play, great awareness and super cool reaction! Now change your pants 😁
That was my cardio for the month tbh
If you happened to catch their reg, I'd be off to the Gardaí with that footage...
We could have been reading about them or you on the news as another statistic!!
I’ll be devils advocate here. What would the gardai possibly do with that footage even if they had the reg. Can’t see the driver so no proof of who was driving. Doesn’t matter if only one registered owner. No actual accident occurred. Is the u-turn illegal which might be only offence? Careless driving maybe but again, against what incident with consequences. This is not the US, it might be illegal but there is not one judge that would do someone for that.
well done to the OP for keeping so calm after the event. And very good awareness of possibilities.
Not unlike this story here ;
The reason you avoided that - was because you moved right early, in case they did something crazy. Good awareness, and another reminder for everyone to do the same on the motorway too.
Happens all the time on that stretch. They must've come from the Applegreen garage direction and couldn't go straight through towards Red Cow due to the teardrop (which used to be a roundabout years ago). I see people do this maneuver regularly.
Well done for avoiding it, you were lucky there were no vehicles coming from the opposite direction at the time.
Great job avoiding, looked like a certain crash. No excusing the car who swung out across into you but I did wonder had you no lights on when a car at the end of the video flashes his lights at you.
I'd imagine the car flashing at the end was flashing the idiot who just pulled out in front of them slowly on their side of the road.
Everything about that maneuver is idiotic
OP's car is bright white. Lights on or off the offending motorist doesn't have a leg to stand on.
I'll put that down 30+ years on motorbikes, lol, you're always trying to give yourself a little extra room just in case, that said it was very much automatic.
While it's inexcusable potentially not having lights on during that type of weather its still the other drivers responsibility at the end of the day.
I think he was just getting flashed by the driver due to going into oncoming traffic lane.
Running lights and dipped beams were on.
Fair enough, wasn't sure looking at the video... The number plates of oncoming traffic do reflect the light from the headlights a bit but otherwise hard to tell
Phew,a close one all right.Really dangerous people on our roads all over Ireland.
Gardai can make a demand of the registered owner to ID the driver. It's a separate offence if the owner refuses.
They ran out of brakes at the yield sign and said "screw it, on to the main road we go"
Just go tullamore and look at the idiots coming off the ardan road onto the n52.
Far too much of this lately.
...And driving in the middle lane! 🙄
Obviously the responsibility is on the driver but manufacturers have failed here. Front and rear lights should be on the same switch and just be on at all times. See it so often and with most cars not differentiating DLR between dips leads to most drivers being fully unaware.
Interestingly enough, there seems to be a big tolerance for this in Ireland with only a few people flashing and beeping at such drivers to get them to cop on.
There's been a shocking number of cars without lights on recently including those without DRLs who have zero excuses. I'm not seeing people flashing them either which is what I don't understand.
Last week on the N4 I saw someone move in behind an unlit car making no attempt to flash which was strange as before that they sat in the outside lane for miles before going behind this unit car.
I wouldn't mind but it's obvious that your headlights aren't on when DRLs are on. The beam pattern is completely different as headlights go straight out and down whereas DRLs light up everything around it but don't go far at all. Not to mention for most cars on the roads with halogen lights they're a completely different colour too.
Light sensors should be mandatory on all cars. You don't even need auto lights, just something to ping at you when it's pitch black outside.
My Hilux's auto lights annoy the crap out of me. I have them on, but sometimes drive through the shadow of a building or even a tree then they come on, and go off again a few seconds later, looks like im flashing people. Or even driving with the sun behind me in late afternoon, they come on, even though its quite bright out.
Other times when I think its dark enough to have lights on, they arent on yet.
Wife's CHR is exactly the same. DRL's give quite a lot of light and you would convince yourself the main lights are on. Must be a Toyota thing as I see a lot of various models like this daily.
We really should have mandatory training for drivers when they take possession of cars like this. If you can't operate the controls, you really shouldn't be on the road at all. I see one or two of these geniuses with no back lights on pretty much every winter commute. Generally they are completely surprised and incredulous when I tell them.
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