Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

Lawless2k12 · 31-12-2012 04:21PM

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

http://youtu.be/zKLuyuEijJQ

My first dash cam vid

Little bit of talgaiting after the 1 minute mark and not very good overtaking tbh but nice drive other that

cormie · 31-12-2012 05:35PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6HjW1pYaFM

Al Capwned · 31-12-2012 08:19PM

Lawless2k12 wrote: »

My first dash cam vid Little bit of talgaiting after the 1 minute mark and not very good overtaking tbh but nice drive other that

What's that version of 'Numb' at the start of the clip?

Lawless2k12 · 31-12-2012 08:57PM

alproctor wrote: »

What's that version of 'Numb' at the start of the clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW-50B9ztS0

That's my acoustic covers CD haha pretty much just old songs with random people singing them that I thought were very good

the_syco · 01-01-2013 03:03PM

Lawless2k12 wrote: »

As an FYI, the last bit of http://youtu.be/zKLuyuEijJQ is what goes between the youtube boxes, so you get;

Lawless2k12 wrote: »

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

Lawless2k12 · 01-01-2013 05:10PM

@syco: Thanks for that! Confused me a bit so I put it down to my computer. Useless builder blames his tools ay?

stoneill · 06-01-2013 04:55PM

squod wrote: »

Sun visor is the flappy yoke you use once a year in Ireland to prevent glare from the sun. Think it's the correct name for it?

Yes - I believe that big yellow thing in the sky that we see sometimes is called the sun.

Marlow · 06-01-2013 08:07PM

Not precisely on topic, but this blasted past me on the M6 westbound just before Kinnegad today. Timestamp is 1 hour off, as the camera still is set to summer time.

Looks like the irish Garda have themselves a nice unmarked E61 Touring of some kind. And it was fairly feckin' moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw3-lCWFoLc

/M

deandean · 06-01-2013 09:18PM

Marlow wrote: »

Not precisely on topic, but this blasted past me on the M6 westbound just before Kinnegad today. Timestamp is 1 hour off, as the camera still is set to summer time.

Looks like the irish Garda have themselves a nice unmarked E61 Touring of some kind. And it was fairly feckin' Moving

/M

You having separation pangs over your red one? ;-)

vibe666 · 07-01-2013 12:20AM

i'm pretty sure you can buy the yoke that makes your lights do that on ebay. it could just be some gobsheen got them fitted because he got fed up of waiting for people lane hogging to pull in. :pac:

Marlow · 07-01-2013 05:58AM

vibe666 wrote: »

i'm pretty sure you can buy the yoke that makes your lights do that on ebay. it could just be some gobsheen got them fitted because he got fed up of waiting for people lane hogging to pull in. :pac:

This is an ERU car and also had blue flashers at the front.

Not to mention, that if you did this to a non Garda car and were caught, you'd be in serious trouble.

Also, if people would keep left, as they're supposed to by law, and didn't have an opinion like yours, then emergency and garda vehicles could get to their destination quite a lot quicker instead of being held back all the time.

One more reason to keep the overtaking lane free, when the driving lane is wide open.

/M

Marlow · 07-01-2013 11:41AM

deandean wrote: »

You having separation pangs over your red one? ;-)

Hehe. I sort of miss it, but then again, I still have the other bimmer. As a daily, even a X5 wouldn't be suitable for what I do.

/M

vibe666 · 07-01-2013 01:10PM

Marlow wrote: »

This is an ERU car and also had blue flashers at the front.

Not to mention, that if you did this to a non Garda car and were caught, you'd be in serious trouble.

Also, if people would keep left, as they're supposed to by law, and didn't have an opinion like yours, then emergency and garda vehicles could get to their destination quite a lot quicker instead of being held back all the time.

One more reason to keep the overtaking lane free, when the driving lane is wide open.

/M

i think your sarcasm meter is broken. :rolleyes:

ironclaw · 08-01-2013 05:03PM

Marlow wrote: »

Looks like the irish Garda have themselves a nice unmarked E61 Touring of some kind. And it was fairly feckin' moving.

Pretty stupid speed to be doing in a Touareg on what appears to be a fairly damp road.

Kenny Logins · 08-01-2013 05:08PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Pretty stupid speed to be doing in a Touareg on what appears to be a fairly damp road.

BMW E61 Touring.

Marlow · 08-01-2013 05:11PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Pretty stupid speed to be doing in a Touareg on what appears to be a fairly damp road.

Where did you see a Tuareg ??

/M

ironclaw · 08-01-2013 08:07PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

BMW E61 Touring.

Of course it is

Too many tabs open!

eqwjewoiujqorj · 15-01-2013 11:25AM

Another review from Techmoan

About 45 euro to Ireland LINK (This is where Techmoan bought his camera.)

Pros:
A bit more discreet than the other dash cams.
Not expensive
Picture quality quite good at 720p, low light and night time.
No missing frames when clips are joined. (see video from 8mins )

Cons:
Seems to be designed for left hand drive cars.
Sound crackles
1080p modes are recorded at 15fps and 10fps so picture quality not great.
Quite big, 30cm, so can effect sun visors.

On road review starts at 6 mins.

yllw.ldbttr · 23-01-2013 09:09PM

Not exactly a close one, but another asshole truck driver on the road.

miller50841 · 23-01-2013 10:48PM

Had a close one on the M7 tonight where a Daewoo had a blow out and nearly took the car out it was overtaking & also if I had been closer me too.

The car spun at least 2 times hitting the center cable crash barrier and ended up sideways on the overtaking lane which nobody would have seen.

All I could do was pull out and hit the hazard lights and kept flashing brake lights as to warn the many other vehicles coming behind as there were no lights.

I checked to make sure they were ok and waited till they were able to clear the car off to the slightly safer place of the hard shoulder.

Sorry no video as still have to set up my new camera. Just shows you anything can happen at any time.
All I can say is please make sure whatever car you drive get decent tyres and keep them maintained.

Dingatron · 24-01-2013 12:01AM

M1 Roundabout Junction 10 this morning. Roundabout Skillz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHls-uzx3w

ironclaw · 24-01-2013 02:22PM

Dingatron wrote: »

M1 Roundabout Junction 10 this morning. Roundabout Skillz

What dash cam are you using by the way? Fairly decent low level light on it.

Lome · 24-01-2013 02:32PM

So im looking to get one of these.can someone please tell me where is the best place to buy one and what should i be looking for in it? Not looking to spend much

Dingatron · 24-01-2013 03:26PM

ironclaw wrote: »

What dash cam are you using by the way? Fairly decent low level light on it.

Hi ironclaw

That's the BlackVue DR380G-HD cam. I think its one of the better ones out there quality wise. I got it on Amazon/Parcel Motel for £150 STG. It's gone up to £160 now.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009XT57EI/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

ironclaw · 25-01-2013 01:01AM

Lome wrote: »

Not looking to spend much

Buy cheap, buy twice. Honestly. If you invested €150 in a very good camera it could save you ten times that in an insurance claim. Don't buy the cheap stuff as its just rubbish. The video immediately above that I asked about is one of the best I've seen.

26-01-2013 05:13PM

Caught this stupid taxi driver today. I left space becuase I was going to let him go ahead exiting the roundabout first.

Also caught a Polo acting a bit "smart" on the same roundabout.

Was recorded in 720p and had to edit to put the two clips together so thats why is skips half way through.

So much for a "professional" driver, eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuscpF6dGE4

dr.fuzzenstein · 26-01-2013 07:34PM

Seems to be typical behavior in a roundabout in Ireland...

illumin · 27-01-2013 02:20PM

Sad thing is incidents like that dont even register with me anymore. Every day Im queuing up with 90% of other motorists in the left lane entering a small roundabout who are going to go straight/left, 10% go to the right lane, over take all of us (sometimes over take on the roundabout itself) and proceed to go straight. Very dangerous, all for the sake of 5 extra mins.

We really need to re-test people every 10 years at least.

Lawless2k12 · 27-01-2013 02:35PM

illumin wrote: »

Sad thing is incidents like that dont even register with me anymore. Every day Im queuing up with 90% of other motorists in the left lane entering a small roundabout who are going to go straight/left, 10% go to the right lane, over take all of us (sometimes over take on the roundabout itself) and proceed to go straight. Very dangerous, all for the sake of 5 extra mins.

We really need to re-test people every 10 years at least.

I see them do it even when there's only 3 cars on the left. Saves them a maximum of a minute I'd say. A$$holes

Don't think re-testing will actually fix the problem though as they know it's wrong so they wouldn't do it on test day unless they're complete morons... it may take a few of the poorer drivers off the road though, especially if they tested motorway and primary road driving as well. Give heavy marks for people that constantly do 60kmh :mad:

dr.fuzzenstein · 27-01-2013 05:16PM

illumin wrote: »

Sad thing is incidents like that dont even register with me anymore. Every day Im queuing up with 90% of other motorists in the left lane entering a small roundabout who are going to go straight/left, 10% go to the right lane, over take all of us (sometimes over take on the roundabout itself) and proceed to go straight. Very dangerous, all for the sake of 5 extra mins.

We really need to re-test people every 10 years at least.

Re-testing won't help, these people know bloody well what they're doing is wrong, they're just ****.
Every time I say to myself that I'll just ignore it, that I should be mature about it, but when I see someone beside me in the "turn right" lane, who I know is going to race me across the roundabout I can't help it. Pink mist descends and I go into Mad Max mode, or to be more precise "two go in, one comes out". It is really the only thing where my rational thinking and sanity goes out the window and I go full banzai.
And the amount of fingers I've been give, fists waved at me, followed with full lights and horn blaring, my picture taken, 1 inch from my bumper, trying to overtake me, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that I have managed to annoy some arsehole wanker to the point of him nearly getting a stroke.
I know I probably need help, but I cannot stand these ****, it is like a red rag to a bull.

Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

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