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

CramCycle · 16-11-2013 02:11PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Took my dashcam out of the car a good few weeks ago and almost regretted it this evening, nearly had a head on collision with a van in Dundalk which would have been my fault without video evidence.

We were face on at a crossroads, me indicating right, him indicating right. Lights went green and he goes straight through the junction instead, with me about to turn across him. Screeching tyres, he missed me by inches. Would have been my word against his and he would have won.

Sticking it back in asap!

I don't think it's complete his fault as trusting someone's indicators implicitly is never a smart move, pretty sure you are warned about it in preparation for your test but I could be wrong. Anyway off topic, done a similar thing we're I forgot to put it in the other day and a corpo lorry ran into a T junction without stopping as I was going straight through, taxi coming the other way slammed the brakes and swerved almost ending up on the pavement, my teenage daughter was all up for chasing him down, I was too busy checking my pants.

brokenarms · 16-11-2013 03:49PM

Those vids are shocking. From what I see, most could have been avoided if they where driving at the appropriate speed.

What are the cops doing over there?

karltimber · 16-11-2013 03:57PM

the speed at which they drive through junctions is mad,
and especially when they have a line of traffic on their left, and a blind junction up ahead, madness.

I have a blackvue and wouldn't be without it.

brokenarms · 16-11-2013 04:12PM

karltimber wrote: »

the speed at which they drive through junctions is mad,
and especially when they have a line of traffic on their left, and a blind junction up ahead, madness.

I have a blackvue and wouldn't be without it.

Can you get a suction cup for the blackvue. I use a delivery van all day , but I need to empty it every day.

rizzodun · 16-11-2013 04:18PM

karltimber wrote: »

the speed at which they drive through junctions is mad,
and especially when they have a line of traffic on their left, and a blind junction up ahead, madness.

I have a blackvue and wouldn't be without it.

A lot of it is down to road design I'm guessing, way too many large junctions without lights is recipe for disaster, not to mention pedestrian crossings stretching across 3 lanes of traffic with no lights either. The reason for traffic lights at large junctions are because people cannot be trusted to take turns at a junction. This is obvious if you've ever come across a light controlled junction with the lights broken.

joujoujou · 16-11-2013 07:08PM

rizzodun wrote: »

A lot of it is down to road design I'm guessing, way too many large junctions without lights is recipe for disaster, not to mention pedestrian crossings stretching across 3 lanes of traffic with no lights either. The reason for traffic lights at large junctions are because people are insufficiently educated how to take turns at a junction. This is obvious if you've ever come across a light controlled junction with the lights broken.

FYP :pac:

AfterDusk · 17-11-2013 08:14PM

No idea what he was doing, or what he expected me to do. He pulled alongside and stopped to give me evils?!

Obviously he wanted me to drive on the wrong side of the road as well as him........

Marlow · 17-11-2013 08:21PM

bear1 wrote: »

In Poland, Germany, Lithuania they have that sequence.
Italy, I believe France as well have the Irish sequence. I believe the States also have our sequence

In Denmark it's green, orange, red, but on the return it's red, red+orange and then green.

If I recall, it's the same in Germany actually.

Meaning, that if you go before it's green, you're actually crossing at red (the orange only tells you it's on the way to green).

/M

wonski · 17-11-2013 08:54PM

AfterDusk wrote: »

No idea what he was doing, or what he expected me to do. He pulled alongside and stopped to give me evils?!

Obviously he wanted me to drive on the wrong side of the road as well as him........

And on the phone, if i see correctly. This explain his problems with steering.

Days 298 · 17-11-2013 09:40PM

wonski wrote: »

And on the phone, if i see correctly. This explain his problems with steering.

He's fumbling for first gear by the looks of it aswell

bear1 · 17-11-2013 10:59PM

Marlow wrote: »

In Denmark it's green, orange, red, but on the return it's red, red+orange and then green.

If I recall, it's the same in Germany actually.

Meaning, that if you go before it's green, you're actually crossing at red (the orange only tells you it's on the way to green).

/M

When I was in Berlin the sequence was red, orange and then green. Never saw the sequence you mentioned to be honest

Kenny Logins · 18-11-2013 02:17PM

AfterDusk wrote: »

No idea what he was doing, or what he expected me to do. He pulled alongside and stopped to give me evils?!

Obviously he wanted me to drive on the wrong side of the road as well as him........

That really winds me up, I see it a lot at the top of my road which is also a hill making it a blind corner. Some people completely cut the corner and then give you the stink for getting too close. WTF?

Caliden · 18-11-2013 03:12PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

That really winds me up, I see it a lot at the top of my road which is also a hill making it a blind corner. Some people completely cut the corner and then give you the stink for getting too close. WTF?

Same thing going into my estate, cutting the corner and going too fast.

SV · 21-11-2013 06:49PM

Thought this was really good! At first glance it seems like the truck driver is not minding his driving and drifting across lanes, but then you see why he did it

dickwod1 · 21-11-2013 07:55PM

SV wrote: »

Thought this was really good! At first glance it seems like the truck driver is not minding his driving and drifting across lanes, but then you see why he did it

If the truck done that on purpose to slow the car down then its "probably" the best driving I've seen in years ... Do Carlsberg do truck drivers? :pac:

quietsailor · 22-11-2013 12:30AM

SV wrote: »

Thought this was really good! At first glance it seems like the truck driver is not minding his driving and drifting across lanes, but then you see why he did it

If the truck driver did that to slow you down - and I can't see why not as they'd have seen the accident long before you from the higher seat - then they deserve a medal for that. It was a beautiful bit of driving - cross into your lane enough to cause you to brake but not to crash, then get smoothly back out to avoid the stopped car

Taylor365 · 22-11-2013 08:40AM

If that was in Russia, the truck driver would have kept going across the lane....off the cliff and all.

Dingatron · 22-11-2013 06:58PM

Think the van was a bit late turning right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEHtG_spT08

donvito99 · 25-11-2013 12:51AM

Not exactly a dash cam, but my stomach was in a knot watching this. I assume this selfish chap had a deathwish and wasn't simply elderly and confused.

Check out the swerving van.

kingtut · 26-11-2013 11:50PM

A near miss - skip to 26 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQQDS1z6kMA

gutteruu · 27-11-2013 12:10AM

One from tonight. They flashed like crazy after I passed.

(Apologies for cheap bad camera)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpQYyI-Cvw

I guess they were doing about 20mph in overtaking lane of motorway.

Mister Jingles · 27-11-2013 12:34AM

WTF ? As well as driving in the overtaking lane at a dangerously low speed, he brakes when you passed him. :mad:

Oh and regarding the M50 video a couple of post back, would I be right in saying that the Polo was more in the wrong then the red van due to the van indicating in advance ?

Chippy01 · 27-11-2013 08:35AM

kingtut wrote: »

A near miss - skip to 26 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQQDS1z6kMA

The van clearly indicated it's intention, but what was wrong with the car? As soon as it's brake lights lit up it swerved into lane 2.
Inattention and panic by the car driver would be my guess.

lway · 27-11-2013 09:37AM

Chippy01 wrote: »

The van clearly indicated it's intention, but what was wrong with the car? As soon as it's brake lights lit up it swerved into lane 2.
Inattention and panic by the car driver would be my guess.

I'm not so sure, the van clearly indicates but seems to stop indicating just after it starts crossing the dotted line, the car driver does panic a bit but then again you probably wouldn't expect the van to move into the middle lane. Inattention on both sides i'd say.

Nice camera btw, very clear picture.

kingtut · 27-11-2013 09:39AM

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Oh and regarding the M50 video a couple of post back, would I be right in saying that the Polo was more in the wrong then the red van due to the van indicating in advance ?

I recorded that video and yup I have to agree, the Polo was more to blame than the van driver although it didn't help that the van driver didn't keep their indicator on until they had finished their manouver.

dantastic · 27-11-2013 09:49AM

kingtut wrote: »

I recorded that video and yup I have to agree, the Polo was more to blame than the van driver although it didn't help that the van driver didn't keep their indicator on until they had finished their manouver.

It looks to me the van was still indicating (and a good bit into the middle lane) by the time the polo starter to move in. The van stopped indicating but that could have been a reaction to the polo coming in on top of him.

Gosub · 27-11-2013 10:11AM

The car's brake lights and indicator came on at the same time. Maybe they forgot that they were taking the next exit and tried to make a dash for it. The van didn't do a lot wrong. Indicators and brake lights at the same time in lane 3? Bad driving.

Caliden · 27-11-2013 10:25AM

Gosub wrote: »

The car's brake lights and indicator came on at the same time. Maybe they forgot that they were taking the next exit and tried to make a dash for it. The van didn't do a lot wrong. Indicators and brake lights at the same time in lane 3? Bad driving.

I doubt they 'forgot' they were exiting, more than likely they wanted to skip all the slower moving traffic and cut in at the last moment.

Also, putting their indicator on AS they were changing lane is a pointless exercise, they may as well have not bothered at all.

CramCycle · 27-11-2013 12:09PM

Caliden wrote: »

I doubt they 'forgot' they were exiting, more than likely they wanted to skip all the slower moving traffic and cut in at the last moment.

Happens all the time at this exit, the off ramp splits into two lanes quickly so you see alot of cars boot up the outside and try and cut in at the last second, it is a horrible turn due to the other road users. The roundabout at the bottom is full of equally idiotic half wits who pull out in front of traffic heading for Sandyford, twice I have seen cars pull out, panic and then slam on the brake, effectively blocking the third exit, one even tried to wave me around here while she stopped on the roundabout.

Stealthirl · 27-11-2013 12:11PM

Came across this,nice calm reactions by the driver

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

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

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