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

wonski · 23-08-2014 01:05AM

ken wrote: »

It's Friday evening.

You see what happens when Fri-Sat is your weekend on permanent basis:D

The rest is true.

CiniO · 23-08-2014 01:17AM

wonski wrote: »

I think I (mistakenly) took some of the posts as an excuse to what the little Punto did.

The worst part is I did the mistake twice:o

Needless to say I do not own a Punto, and the actions of this idiot should have been reported.

Let's move on, the best Irish dashcam so far so let's not ruin it.

I hate being sober on Sat evening, you lose a sense of humour...

Well, no one is trying to find excuse for what punto driver did.
We are just trying to think what was he thinking, or what was he planning.

Situations where someone tries to overtake and misjudges, are plenty on youtube. Easy to understand though - mistake of misjudgement.
But this guy is different - hard to work out what was he actually trying to do.

wonski · 23-08-2014 01:27AM

CiniO wrote: »

Well, no one is trying to find excuse for what punto driver did.
We are just trying to think what was he thinking, or what was he planning.

Situations where someone tries to overtake and misjudges, are plenty on youtube. Easy to understand though - mistake of misjudgement.
But this guy is different - hard to work out what was he actually trying to do.

That is why when I first saw these posts I was like WTF.

There is no explanation and the driver is a moron of highest order.

He wasn't thinking anyway.

BohsCeltic · 23-08-2014 11:15AM

Sorry for quality, always happens when uploading to youtube. The speed is also inaccurate.

I've been driving an invisible car lately

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGv9HD7Jseg

dickwod1 · 23-08-2014 01:44PM

finnharpsboy · 23-08-2014 01:52PM

Must have been worried the bread would go stale if he didnt jump the light :pac:

23-08-2014 02:17PM

BohsCeltic wrote: »

Sorry for quality, always happens when uploading to youtube. The speed is also inaccurate.

I've been driving an invisible car lately

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGv9HD7Jseg

In the first video the other car was already moving out when you rounded the corner. The second one was a chancer though, did you have headlights or DLRs on(not side/parking lights - these give a false sense of visibility!)

dickwod1 · 23-08-2014 02:22PM

RustyNut · 23-08-2014 02:28PM

dickwod1 wrote: »

There is a friend that i sometimes get a lift from and I don't think that when she is in traffic she has ever been the first person to stop at the lights. If the bozo in front of her goes the red light she just sails on through with not a bother in the world no matter what else is going on.

I pointed out the error of her ways and she just shrugged it off.

I always make a point of sitting in the back and try to never look out the windows, its just scary.

Caliden · 23-08-2014 04:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In the first video the other car was already moving out when you rounded the corner. The second one was a chancer though, did you have headlights or DLRs on(not side/parking lights - these give a false sense of visibility!)

I don't think so, look at it again. He actually only started pulling out when the other car started pulling in.

I drive that road everyday and that happens maybe twice a week. Same thing at a junction further along for the turn in for Westmanstown fitness centre.

BohsCeltic · 23-08-2014 05:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In the first video the other car was already moving out when you rounded the corner. The second one was a chancer though, did you have headlights or DLRs on(not side/parking lights - these give a false sense of visibility!)

I nearly came to a compete stop, if your going to pull out at least build up a bit of speed.
I had my dipped beam on as usual. You need to pull out slightly at that corner to get a view of oncoming trafic, that bmw seemed to pull out in 5th gear

Jebus Diced · 23-08-2014 06:44PM

dickwod1 wrote: »

:eek: a quarter a second away from being run over. looks like she even had to walk on the speed bump to avoid being hit by the car :eek:

Pawwed Rig · 23-08-2014 06:49PM

Jebus Diced wrote: »

:eek: a quarter a second away from being run over. looks like she even had to walk on the speed bump to avoid being hit by the car :eek:

I would say the pedestrian is part of the problem on this one (not excusing the Jag driver). She should stand and wait for the cars to stop at a zebra crossing. After all there will be only one winner. She may have been 'in the right' with a broken leg.

Jebus Diced · 23-08-2014 07:58PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I would say the pedestrian is part of the problem on this one (not excusing the Jag driver). She should stand and wait for the cars to stop at a zebra crossing. After all there will be only one winner. She may have been 'in the right' with a broken leg.

Pedestrians should not have to wait for cars to stop at zebra crossings unless its very late at night, this is ten past one in the day if the time is correct, and there are tons of pedestrians crossing like her before and after the clip.

At a zebra crossing cars are driving over a footpath and pedestrians have the right of way.

Pawwed Rig · 23-08-2014 08:06PM

Jebus Diced wrote: »

At a zebra crossing cars are driving over a footpath and pedestrians have the right of way.

Yes I realise that but that won't help you when you're under a car. You can have the right of way all you want but I prefer to make sure I am not run over.

23-08-2014 08:10PM

Jebus Diced wrote: »

At a zebra crossing cars are driving over a footpath and pedestrians have the right of way.

after they have checked that the road is clear and they can safely "claim" the right of way without causing an incident.

Jebus Diced · 23-08-2014 08:22PM

Deleted User wrote: »

after they have checked that the road is clear and they can safely "claim" the right of way without causing an incident.

Again, cars are crossing a foothpath, its not pedestrians crossing a road ...

Zebra crossing
Use the following places to cross the road safely.
This is marked by yellow flashing beacons. The actual crossing area is marked by black and white 'zebra' stripes.
Drivers must stop to let you cross. As they approach the crossing, they should slow and be prepared to stop. They must stop behind the stop line if there is one and must not enter any part of the crossing.

23-08-2014 08:27PM

Jebus Diced wrote: »

Again, cars are crossing a foothpath, its not pedestrians crossing a road

Again, they can't simply walk out in the path of an oncoming car!

Jebus Diced · 23-08-2014 08:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Again, they can't simply walk out in the path of an oncoming car!

Oncoming car thats waiting in heavy traffic?

dickwod1 · 23-08-2014 08:45PM

gutteruu · 23-08-2014 08:49PM

Zebra crossing one. I reckon the pedestrian could have been behind the windscreen pillar of the car and didn't see her until last minute.

pudzey101 · 24-08-2014 12:35AM

bit off topic here but What's the laws here with recording the guards when ur pulled with a dash cam do u have to tell them before they approach that they are being recorded ??

Kramer · 24-08-2014 05:33AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYC9y2vsZw4

RustyNut · 24-08-2014 10:20AM

pudzey101 wrote: »

bit off topic here but What's the laws here with recording the guards when ur pulled with a dash cam do u have to tell them before they approach that they are being recorded ??

No film away, probably better off saying nothing, some gards get very arsey if they know they are being filmed but you are under no obligation to tell them.

EazyD · 24-08-2014 10:39AM

Jebus Diced wrote: »

:eek: a quarter a second away from being run over. looks like she even had to walk on the speed bump to avoid being hit by the car :eek:

I was nearly knocked down myself at that same crossing about 3 weeks ago. Was out shopping with girlfriend and some ol' bitch in Merc sailed through missing us by a fraction.

joujoujou · 24-08-2014 11:11AM

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

cormie · 24-08-2014 11:31AM

joujoujou wrote: »

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

:pac:

pudzey101 · 24-08-2014 03:51PM

RustyNut wrote: »

No film away, probably better off saying nothing, some gards get very arsey if they know they are being filmed but you are under no obligation to tell them.

Thanks just wanted to know

, always taught u had to tell them there been recorded due to privacy issues or something

them dash cams are the job , most insurance company's should make it obligatory to have them installed

SpaceTime · 24-08-2014 05:12PM

In a public space, filming is fair game. Legally speaking, you've no expectation of privacy in public.

The only issue you might have is if you're filming on private property without permission.

robz150 · 24-08-2014 09:49PM

New Dashcam

Nothing too interesting

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

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