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

joujoujou · 23-07-2014 01:54PM

CiniO wrote: »

Taxi driver in Lviv.

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Fake taxi driver. Has Polish plates.

bear1 · 23-07-2014 02:09PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Fake taxi driver. Has Polish plates.

I think he's a Ukrainian living in Poland. The sticker on the rear of the car is in Russian.
Might be wrong though.
Still, drove like a tosser and will now pay for it.
He quickly threw that taxi sign away didn't he...

joujoujou · 23-07-2014 02:17PM

bear1 wrote: »

I think he's a Ukrainian living in Poland. The sticker on the rear of the car is in Russian.

It is indeed, either Russian or similar.

Number plates are definately Polish though.

bear1 wrote: »

Might be wrong though.
Still, drove like a tosser and will now pay for it.
He quickly threw that taxi sign away didn't he...

Oh yeah!

bear1 · 23-07-2014 02:33PM

I wonder what the sign says, looks like a type of Learner sign.
From what I remember you need to buy local insurance when you enter Ukraine, wonder how it will work out for him

CiniO · 23-07-2014 02:41PM

bear1 wrote: »

I wonder what the sign says, looks like a type of Learner sign.

I read somewhere that due to horrendously high import duty on cars in Ukraine, many Ukrainian people work around it, by buying car in Poland, and having Polish resident person as registered co-owner - due to which they can keep driving it in Ukraine with Polish plates. I'm not sure though if that's true.
I don't believe though that such car can be used as a taxi, therefore why he took his taxi plate off the roof in seconds.

From what I remember you need to buy local insurance when you enter Ukraine, wonder how it will work out for him

AFAIK all insurance policies issued in Poland after obtaining green card are valid in Ukraine.
This also applies to policies issued in Ireland as far as I know.

Ken. · 23-07-2014 11:59PM

Have a look at this cyclist in Essex. Lucky man
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=831554906867570&set=vb.146505212039213&type=2&theater

mb1725 · 24-07-2014 12:01AM

No ABS kicked in on that Beemer, lots of tyre smoke anyways.

mb1725 · 24-07-2014 12:05AM

ken wrote: »

Have a look at this cyclist in Essex. Lucky man
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=831554906867570&set=vb.146505212039213&type=2&theater

That bike flew fairly high, lucky indeed.

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2014 12:15AM

ken wrote: »

Have a look at this cyclist in Essex. Lucky man
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=831554906867570&set=vb.146505212039213&type=2&theater

If including clips like that you will find 100's of them on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_aRHauYDQ4

Canis Lupus · 24-07-2014 02:30AM

Oh **** off!!!

I lolled. Looks like he got away unhurt thankfully.

Caliden · 24-07-2014 08:45AM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

If including clips like that you will find 100's of them on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_aRHauYDQ4

Was that woman asleep or something?

She gets out then with her high pitched voice as if it will somehow get her off almost running him over.

Vojera · 24-07-2014 09:12AM

Dacelonid wrote: »

Video

Would you consider pointing your camera a little more to the right? The angle seems biased towards the side of the road rather than the centre.

Maximus Alexander · 24-07-2014 10:13AM

Caliden wrote: »

Was that woman asleep or something?

She gets out then with her high pitched voice as if it will somehow get her off almost running him over.

What is she even saying? She seems to be blaming him for ending up on the road after being hit by a car...

Mick55 · 25-07-2014 09:08AM

I know not technically dash cam... or a video... but holy mother of god...

Caliden · 25-07-2014 10:29AM

Any idea if the driver of that got out ok?

There was an Audi R8 driver who hit a guardrail and ended up getting his legs sliced off.

Link for those curious. NSFW (blood)
http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/752465-audi-r8-crash-passengers-survived-but/

Mick55 · 25-07-2014 10:39AM

Caliden wrote: »

Any idea if the driver of that got out ok?

There was an Audi R8 driver who hit a guardrail and ended up getting his legs sliced off.

Link for those curious. NSFW (blood)
http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/752465-audi-r8-crash-passengers-survived-but/

Can't find much on it from image search, looks to be American or Canadian maybe. If so he/she would be seated in the left side so may have escaped injury. If there was any passengers though, could be nasty!!

HurtLocker · 25-07-2014 04:07PM

First dash cam

Driver makes a mistake we all make once in a while. No nothing happens:p
You might have to increase the quality Im not too sure about this stuff. Video at 1080p .mov converted to 720p .mp4. Youtube nicked the sound god damn copy rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozOQwHYSe4

CramCycle · 25-07-2014 04:11PM

HurtLocker wrote: »

First dash cam
Driver makes a mistake we all make once in a while.
You might have to increase the quality Im not too sure about this stuff. Video at 1080p .mov converted to 720p .mp4. Youtube nicked the sound god damn copy rights.

??? What did I miss?

NinetyForNone · 25-07-2014 04:16PM

CramCycle wrote: »

??? What did I miss?

I watched it again.

@27sec Car goes when another car is about to exit roundabout?

HurtLocker · 25-07-2014 04:21PM

CramCycle wrote: »

??? What did I miss?

Yah it's nothing really. The most eventful thing that happened anyway on my drive:o.

vectra · 25-07-2014 08:20PM

Was travelling back from Mahon Point shopping centre this evening when I was after joining the road from the slip road.
Watching my mirror as I do I noticed a Space wagon on the overtaking lane and a Meganne behind it.
I glanced again to see the Meganne driver shoot into the lane I was on and thought to myself, " This clown is going to rear end me if he doesn't hit the brakes fairly lively. I was going to floor it to get out of his way but was glad I didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_cL-2PFCr0

I was lucky he didn't clip my front passenger wing.

RainyDay · 25-07-2014 08:43PM

vectra wrote: »

Was travelling back from Mahon Point shopping centre this evening when I was after joining the road from the slip road.
Watching my mirror as I do I noticed a Space wagon on the overtaking lane and a Meganne behind it.
I glanced again to see the Meganne driver shoot into the lane I was on and thought to myself, " This clown is going to rear end me if he doesn't hit the brakes fairly lively. I was going to floor it to get out of his way but was glad I didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_cL-2PFCr0

I was lucky he didn't clip my front passenger wing.

Terrible - ring the Garda TrafficWatch line and give them the video footage.

ScrubsfanChris · 25-07-2014 08:46PM

vectra wrote: »

Was travelling back from Mahon Point shopping centre this evening when I was after joining the road from the slip road.
Watching my mirror as I do I noticed a Space wagon on the overtaking lane and a Meganne behind it.
I glanced again to see the Meganne driver shoot into the lane I was on and thought to myself, " This clown is going to rear end me if he doesn't hit the brakes fairly lively. I was going to floor it to get out of his way but was glad I didn't.

I was lucky he didn't clip my front passenger wing.

I would report that driver immediately. That's down right idiotic and dangerous driving...

00-C-24362

C.M_jc · 25-07-2014 09:34PM

vectra wrote: »

Was travelling back from Mahon Point shopping centre this evening when I was after joining the road from the slip road.
Watching my mirror as I do I noticed a Space wagon on the overtaking lane and a Meganne behind it.
I glanced again to see the Meganne driver shoot into the lane I was on and thought to myself, " This clown is going to rear end me if he doesn't hit the brakes fairly lively. I was going to floor it to get out of his way but was glad I didn't.

I was lucky he didn't clip my front passenger wing.

If you use that slow motion option in YouTube the windscreen is clearly (and rather suspiciously) shattered. Obviously there are any number of explanations but given that his vision is somewhat compromised you'd think he would drive with additional attention and care which makes it all the worse.

finnharpsboy · 26-07-2014 10:46AM

not too bad as they just stepped off the path but still and all....

Mousewar · 26-07-2014 11:39AM

So this happened to me yesterday.

Not sure how it comes across just watching it on video but it was pretty terrifying at the time. My visibility went to absolute zero. I didn't know if the car had kept going ahead of me or if it had broken down and I was about to smack into it. This was coming onto the m50 so I was already up to 80 or 90k by the time it happened. I slowed down a bit but was afraid to break sharply as there were cars behind me.

I reported it to the Traffic report line when I got to work and about ten minutes after I called, I got a ring back from the garda station. They had contacted the driver who undertook to get the car fixed. So that's good I guess.