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

Spook_ie · 02-07-2014 08:52PM

huggs2 wrote: »

This bus driver decided to turn right when the left green filter came on.
Sorry about the flare on the camera.

Private video

TheBody · 02-07-2014 08:52PM

huggs2 wrote: »

This bus driver decided to turn right when the left green filter came on.
Sorry about the flare on the camera.

Can't view it. Says that the video is private.

BArra · 02-07-2014 08:53PM

was not expecting the bank of water... wish i could have avoided but there was a white van in the left lane

huggs2 · 02-07-2014 09:03PM

TheBody wrote: »

Can't view it. Says that the video is private.

Sorry folks changed to public, should be viewable now.

TheBody · 02-07-2014 09:05PM

huggs2 wrote: »

Sorry folks changed to public, should be viewable now.

Loving the sexy pimp music with the video!

ZENER · 02-07-2014 09:11PM

BArra wrote: »

was not expecting the bank of water... wish i could have avoided but there was a white van in the left lane

What happened to driving in accordance to the conditions ?

Ken

RandomAccess · 02-07-2014 11:55PM

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

BMJD · 03-07-2014 12:17AM

RandomAccess wrote: »

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

jaysus, seems like a lot of motorists were out to get her

RandomAccess · 03-07-2014 12:35AM

BMJD wrote: »

jaysus, seems like a lot of motorists were out to get her

Yea I couldn't believe it. There really are so many terrible drivers out there, its getting worse I think.

John_Rambo · 03-07-2014 12:37AM

ZENER wrote: »

What happened to driving in accordance to the conditions ?

Ken

Seems like he/she handled it well, didn't veer in to the driving lane, tyres are obviously in good shape, driver eased off to accommodate the flooded area, driver admits he/she wasn't expecting the flood, but... No drama. No animals were hurt making the vid... etc etc just an interesting vid of a large unexpected flood on the overtaking lane on a road.

Smartguy · 03-07-2014 06:27AM

John_Rambo wrote: »

Seems like he/she handled it well, didn't veer in to the driving lane, tyres are obviously in good shape, driver eased off to accommodate the flooded area, driver admits he/she wasn't expecting the flood, but... No drama. No animals were hurt making the vid... etc etc just an interesting vid of a large unexpected flood on the overtaking lane on a road.

However the op stayed in the overtaking lane afterwards and started overtaking again. The sensible thing surely would have been to expect that there could be more flooding 500metres up the road and move to the middle lane accordingly.

bear1 · 03-07-2014 09:58AM

Here we go with the criticism.
Did you pay attention to everything in the video?
The OP put the indicator/hazards on just before the puddle from what I can hear.
Couldn't pull into the left lane cause of the white van and then a few seconds later a Clio passes by. A few seconds after that there is a puddle in the left lane, the OP begins speeding up and overtakes the cars again.

Caliden · 03-07-2014 10:35AM

Smartguy wrote: »

However the op stayed in the overtaking lane afterwards and started overtaking again. The sensible thing surely would have been to expect that there could be more flooding 500metres up the road and move to the middle lane accordingly.

He couldn't move into the left lane (there is no middle lane here, it's a dual carriageway) as there was another car behind the van and moving into the left lane after the flood would meaning cutting up this car and most likely causing an accident.

I hope you would try avoid doing such a thing in the real world as that's just bad driving.

By the time he gets up to speed again, he was already in a position to overtake the black hatchback (I think it's a clio, could be a suzuki swift) so moving into the left lane would have been a pointless endeavor from the start because once he had done so he would need to move into the overtaking lane again and this would be very erratic driving.

Again for your sake, I wouldn't do what you described as it would be very erratic and would cause other road users concern if they were sharing the road with you.

You can also see from the video that once he has overtaken the cars in the left lane he finishes his overtaking maneuver and moves left.

BArra · 03-07-2014 07:56PM

yeah spot on, i put hazards on as soon as i saw the bank of water, which i believe alerted the cars behind me of an oncoming hazard. i came to a quick conclusion that i could pull slightly to the left in order to not fully hit the bank of water and risk losing control but also without freaking out the white van that was traveling in the left lane.

as for the comment for not driving for the conditions, i drive this road a lot and have never seen a pool of water accumulate in this spot as it did as per the video.

this bank of water was sadly just beyond a curve in the road which reduced my reaction time, i was lucky and unlucky with it i believe.

this is Ireland, we are used to driving in the rain and it was drizzling at the time

mickc · 04-07-2014 11:08AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-VzxP4A1w

listermint · 04-07-2014 11:24AM

mickc wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-VzxP4A1w

That video reminds me of probably about 70% of the driving i observed in Poland when travelling around for Euro 2012.

We had a camper for the travel so where on the road quite often.

It was incredibly frightening how common the poor skills were there on the regional and national sized roads.

I witnessed hundreds of drivers with personal death wishes especially when behind slower moving vehicles.

The thing with alot of these roads is there is not accident barriers on either side like here. They literally have slight drops either side and are lined by large Oak Type trees on most of the roads. So its pretty much a done deal if you left the road itself.

Pawwed Rig · 04-07-2014 11:30AM

listermint wrote: »

That video reminds me of probably about 70% of the driving i observed in Poland when travelling around for Euro 2012.

Same deal in Czech Republic. I remember being on a bus going to Ceske Krumlov and the driver was what could only be described as a nutter. We complain alot on this forum but Irish drivers are some of the best in the world in my experience and I have driven in US, UK, Cambodia, Philippines, Spain and other places.

wonski · 04-07-2014 11:31AM

listermint wrote: »

That video reminds me of probably about 70% of the driving i observed in Poland when travelling around for Euro 2012.

We had a camper for the travel so where on the road quite often.

It was incredibly frightening how common the poor skills were there on the regional and national sized roads.

I witnessed hundreds of drivers with personal death wishes especially when behind slower moving vehicles.

The thing with alot of these roads is there is not accident barriers on either side like here. They literally have slight drops either side and are lined buy large Oak Type tress on most of the roads. So its pretty much a done deal if you left the road itself.

Over 3000 people died, and 43000 injured on polish roads in 2013.

I honestly enjoy driving in Ireland, every time I am over there on holidays I avoid driving if possible. Too stressful.

Red Nissan · 04-07-2014 04:50PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Same deal in Czech Republic. I remember being on a bus going to Ceske Krumlov and the driver was what could only be described as a nutter. We complain alot on this forum but Irish drivers are some of the best in the world in my experience and I have driven in US, UK, Cambodia, Philippines, Spain and other places.

Shucks, go on! whada ya want? It's your.

Moneymaker · 04-07-2014 04:57PM

ZENER wrote: »

What happened to driving in accordance to the conditions ?

Ken

I think he handed the situation perfectly, personally.

How many people would have put on the hazards? 5%?

Good, safe responsible driving imo.

cormie · 04-07-2014 11:33PM

wonski wrote: »

Over 3000 people died, and 43000 injured on polish roads in 2013.

I honestly enjoy driving in Ireland, every time I am over there on holidays I avoid driving if possible. Too stressful.

Any idea how that compares to here per capita though?

ironclaw · 04-07-2014 11:53PM

cormie wrote: »

Any idea how that compares to here per capita though?

In Ireland 162 died in 2012, so at a population of 4.58 million, thats 1 death for every 28271.

3000 deaths in Poland at a population of 38.54 million, thats 1 death for every 12846.

So Poland is statistically over twice as dangerous. However being so much bigger, those figures are easily skewed as the chances of a collision is far higher given the fact there are more cars on the road to hit one another.

listermint · 04-07-2014 11:57PM

ironclaw wrote: »

In Ireland 162 died in 2012, so at a population of 4.58 million, thats 1 death for every 28271.

3000 deaths in Poland at a population of 38.54 million, thats 1 death for every 12846.

So Poland is statistically over twice as dangerous. However being so much bigger, those figures are easily skewed as the chances of a collision is far higher given the fact there are more cars on the road to hit one another.

That would entail car ownership is the same levels. So would have to be considered for comparisons. Also large size would mean more space so less vehicles per density.

Ken. · 05-07-2014 12:03AM

Only from 2010-2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

cormie · 05-07-2014 12:10AM

That's a pretty big difference alright. Not good news when someone you care about has just started driving in Poland

CiniO · 05-07-2014 12:29AM

listermint wrote: »

That video reminds me of probably about 70% of the driving i observed in Poland when travelling around for Euro 2012.

I think you are exaggerating a bit. I've travelled more than 300k kilometres on Polish roads, and never seen anything even close to what I can see on this video.

We had a camper for the travel so where on the road quite often.

It was incredibly frightening how common the poor skills were there on the regional and national sized roads.

That's not poor skills. That's false feeling of immortality among Polish drivers mixed with desire to take risks.

wonski wrote: »

Over 3000 people died, and 43000 injured on polish roads in 2013.

If you consider that lots of people who died on Polish roads were pedestrians, that population is over 8.5 times greater than in Ireland, and lots of people die because they were in 25 year old cars without any safety features (deathtraps) during the accident, then if you drive in any reasonably safe car, you are possibly about the same likely to die on Polish roads as on Irish roads.

I honestly enjoy driving in Ireland, every time I am over there on holidays I avoid driving if possible. Too stressful.

I feel safer on roads in place I'm from in Poland than in place I live in Ireland.

12 element · 05-07-2014 01:48AM

CiniO wrote: »

I feel safer on roads in place I'm from in Poland than in place I live in Ireland.

Typical CiniO post.

skibum · 05-07-2014 02:15AM

My daughters best friends are from Dominikowo, their father dreads the annual summer drive home, he gives out about the condition of the rural roads and driving style..... My daughter has travelled to Poland by car for the last two summers with them and has commented on how bad they were for over taking and speeding in general......

Sobanek · 05-07-2014 04:02AM

12 element wrote: »

Typical CiniO post.

Irish people lack balls when driving. Honestly.
I agree, it is quite stressful to drive in Poland, but in Poland I don't see people not using their indicators, having their foglights on, or using the roundabout incorrectly.

Cabaal · 05-07-2014 08:52AM

Sobanek wrote: »

Irish people lack balls when driving. Honestly.
I agree, it is quite stressful to drive in Poland, but in Poland I don't see people not using their indicators, having their foglights on, or using the roundabout incorrectly.

You're right, just more deaths and injuries

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

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