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

yllw.ldbttr · 28-01-2013 10:08PM

Lawless2k12 wrote: »

@ OP, any chance you'd know if they changed the order of the lights in the past few years? Just out of curiosity... really didn't mean to head into this much detail about the video. Getting more off topic every post :pac:

That street view pic is 2-3 years old I would estimate.
That junction has been re painted at least twice, has had a roundabout constructed and since removed, and has had light sequence changes as well as filter arrows put in place and removed again.

As above, I've posted my version of events, noting it not a big deal, but an ignorant and careless asshole truck driver from the start.
What anyone else chooses to believe is their call.

I'm out.

Bruthal · 28-01-2013 10:35PM

yllw.ldbttr wrote: »

but an ignorant and careless asshole driver from the start.

Like most drivers sometime or other.

29-01-2013 12:27PM

Have had too many close calls over the last month so decided to give my iPhone 5 + witness app a go. I got a pretty simple suction holder that swivels 360 degrees. Fits nicely behind my rear view mirror and is hardly noticeable from the drivers seat.

I will get a picture of it soon. Heres a quick upload of some footage. Ideally i should sort the aspect ratio and quality before uploading to youtube, but straight dump.

Very impressed!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5rpABaVOI

flazio · 29-01-2013 02:00PM

How accurate is that speedo likely to be if it's been calculated on the GPS, I tend to find a difference of 10km/h between my phone's GPS (Sygic on a Sony Xperia S) and my cars speedo.

joujoujou · 29-01-2013 02:03PM

GPS is way more accurate than car's speedo.

Bruthal · 29-01-2013 02:07PM

flazio wrote: »

How accurate is that speedo likely to be if it's been calculated on the GPS, I tend to find a difference of 10km/h between my phone's GPS (Sygic on a Sony Xperia S) and my cars speedo.

Car speedo`s tend to over read, which is by design.

The gps will be accurate.

Mar4ix · 29-01-2013 03:35PM

cisk wrote: »

Have had too many close calls over the last month so decided to give my iPhone 5 + witness app a go. I got a pretty simple suction holder that swivels 360 degrees. Fits nicely behind my rear view mirror and is hardly noticeable from the drivers seat.

I will get a picture of it soon. Heres a quick upload of some footage. Ideally i should sort the aspect ratio and quality before uploading to youtube, but straight dump.

Very impressed!.

Nice, good quality for phone.

I wont argue , just clarify ...... , when you turn right (1:55) , there was a green light, but no arrows, so in my understanding you have to go to middle of crossroads , and turn right, when safe to do, you no need to stay and wait at lights for green right arrow. (Some times I am going mad, when people does that).

the way you were turning (in video), is if there would be green straight arrow lit , and you have to wait for right turn arrow.

29-01-2013 03:41PM

I know what you mean, but on that particular road/turn (rock road) it has high amount of traffic heading towards town. You hardly ever get a gap to take the right.

The reason why i am stopped where i am is you can see the squares on the ground where the sensors are. If i move ahead which i have done meany of times the lights will skip the sequence of my arrow and allow traffic from booterstown avenue to go ahead. Leaving me stuck in the middle.

I do keep an eye up the road for gaps, when one comes i go for it

rocky · 29-01-2013 05:18PM

Just ordered one of these:

http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/214758499.html
DOD F500LHD with Full HD 1080P 30FPS

07-02-2013 11:54AM

Caught this very bad driving earlier. The lights had changed to green for about 5 seconds, before the Corsa comes from the right and break their red lights.

Luckily, the van and Avensis (?) driver didn't pull out too quickly and avoid what would have been a pretty bad collision. Hard to see in the video, but the Corsa was going quite fast!

Set it to 1080p/720p and put it full screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgV_d2zcNzc

Mar4ix · 07-02-2013 01:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Caught this very bad driving earlier. The lights had changed to green for about 5 seconds, before the Corsa comes from the right and break their red lights.

Luckily, the van and Avensis (?) driver didn't pull out too quickly and avoid what would have been a pretty bad collision. Hard to see in the video, but the Corsa was going quite fast!

Set it to 1080p/720p and put it full screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgV_d2zcNzc

yea, that crossroad at millenium park is some times pain in @rse. every day driving there number times.

Dingatron · 08-02-2013 06:43PM

Watch the taxi coming from the left going through the roundabout. Doesn't look too bad but I left some rubber back there. :-[

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYq7Rt8j9w

Cedrus · 08-02-2013 07:10PM

Dingatron wrote: »

Watch the taxi coming from the left going through the roundabout. Doesn't look too bad but I left some rubber back there.

It took a while to pick out the taxi.
In fairness he was probably expecting you to head right since you were in the right hand lane of three, I would have moved over to at least the middle lane and probably the left to turn off the roundabout, he would have had less reason to pull out.

Dingatron · 08-02-2013 08:03PM

I was coming from Swords so I was in the correct lane for the airport and was cutting left when clear of the old Swords Road junction. I only indicated immediately past the turn and the black van spotted me clearly so I don't see anything wrong in how I proceeded. if I was going right he would still have been right on top of me.

It is interesting on what I'd have thought was clear cut bad driving by the taxi is interpreted so differently.

08-02-2013 08:05PM

Cedrus wrote: »

It took a while to pick out the taxi.
In fairness he was probably expecting you to head right since you were in the right hand lane of three, I would have moved over to at least the middle lane and probably the left to turn off the roundabout, he would have had less reason to pull out.

True, but assumption is the mother of all fúck ups. OP had right of way regardless of what the taxi thought. And where OP was coming from, it would seem he was in the correct lane to do what he did.

readytosnap · 09-02-2013 12:45PM

is that the national anthem playing?

Dingatron · 09-02-2013 01:03PM

readytosnap wrote: »

is that the national anthem playing?

Yes it was and don't ask me what that was about as it just happened to come on the radio.

Kenny Logins · 09-02-2013 01:07PM

Dingatron wrote: »

Yes it was and don't ask me what that was about as it just happened to come on the radio.

Did you stand for it?

Dingatron · 09-02-2013 01:12PM

I stood on the breaks I'll tell ya.

Mr. Muddle · 09-02-2013 05:19PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Did you stand for it?

lol

CiniO · 09-02-2013 06:28PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Not sure if you know this already, but Micksgarage are using your footage, and have put their own watermark on it.

Just hit watch video in the link. I knew I recognised the video from somewhere.

http://www.micksgarage.com/interior-car-accessories/gadgets/?gclid=CLXLoaW8w7QCFUqV4QodQH8ARQ

Thx for letting me know.
No I wasn't aware they used the video. They never asked me.

I'll write a nice email to them.

However I can't find this video linked anywhere now from they website, but it still is on youtube on their profile.

09-02-2013 09:19PM

CiniO wrote: »

Thx for letting me know.
No I wasn't aware they used the video. They never asked me.

I'll write a nice email to them.

However I can't find this video linked anywhere now from they website, but it still is on youtube on their profile.

No problem. They stopped using it a couple of weeks ago, and recorded their own footage.

I said it to them on twitter, and they said they got the video from the supplier. They claimed it was footage from the smart cam 2. When I replied saying it was your footage from a smart cam 1, they didn't bother replying.

CiniO · 09-02-2013 09:30PM

Deleted User wrote: »

No problem. They stopped using it a couple of weeks ago, and recorded their own footage.

I said it to them on twitter, and they said they got the video from the supplier. They claimed it was footage from the smart cam 2. When I replied saying it was your footage from a smart cam 1, they didn't bother replying.

Heh thanks.

Only person I gave permission to use my footage was ebay guy from Scotland who I originally got smartcam from (smartcamdirect).

He has this video linked to ebay page selling smartcam2.

Besides - except from very nice landscape, this video is nothing special anyway - just a random recording - I think it wasn't even me driving but my wife

power101 · 09-02-2013 10:22PM

Absolutely crazy driving. All over the road, no indicating, no seatbelts and caught clearly on camera...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkkjpDmf7zw

10-02-2013 12:53AM

power101 wrote: »

Absolutely crazy driving. All over the road, no indicating, no seatbelts and caught clearly on camera...

Looks like the M50 on any normal day.

teR_ · 10-02-2013 09:04AM

Dingatron wrote: »

Watch the taxi coming from the left going through the roundabout. Doesn't look too bad but I left some rubber back there. :-[

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYq7Rt8j9w

Was thinking about setting up a cam, what one are you using / are they difficult to install?

Dingatron · 10-02-2013 12:50PM

I've a Blackvue DR380G-HD. They are very straightforward to install, see this link for instructions. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15167 I've it hardwired in so no cables in sight and it starts the minute I open my door.