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

CramCycle · 21-01-2015 11:46AM

kingtut wrote: »

It's not just to pick on someone it is because the OP was sitting in the overtaking lane despite many occasions to pull in. They admitted themselves that they were hogging the overtaking lane.

The driver in the video who was switching lanes erratically is also getting criticised but if the dashcam driver does something wrong themselves then they are also worthy of receiving criticism.

Not just erratically but without any due consideration, there are several moments in that video where if anyone had slowed slightly or tapped their brakes due to unexpected road conditions the Citreon would at best have tapped bumpers but more than likely caused a decent sized crash.

The OP had one chance to pull in from 30 seconds to 40 seconds, but for the rest of the clip he is in the process of overtaking.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 21-01-2015 11:52AM

Mech1 wrote: »

Gotta be stolen, reported, goto 1min 07sec if your in a rush, slow motion in same clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Al9h1TBa60

Christ, what a lunatic driver.

Drive that route regularly and the lepordstown roundabout is a disaster. You can see at the end of the incident the kind of driving you would expect on that roundabout. It's busy, wet and dark but who cares about lane discipline.

kingtut · 21-01-2015 11:55AM

CramCycle wrote: »

Not just erratically but without any due consideration, there are several moments in that video where if anyone had slowed slightly or tapped their brakes due to unexpected road conditions the Citreon would at best have tapped bumpers but more than likely caused a decent sized crash.

Hopefully the OP reports him!

CramCycle wrote: »

The OP had one chance to pull in from 30 seconds to 40 seconds, but for the rest of the clip he is in the process of overtaking.

During those 30/40 seconds he should have moved out of the overtaking lane.

CramCycle · 21-01-2015 12:03PM

kingtut wrote: »

Hopefully the OP reports him!

+1

During those 30/40 seconds he should have moved out of the overtaking lane.

True, but considering all that is going on through the video, would not be my major concern even if it is a pet hate of mine.

Sterling Archer · 21-01-2015 12:06PM

To be fair, in that scenario I think it's a catch 22, 30/40 seconds is enough time to more in however, the Ar*e behind will in most situations try to position there car in a way that will deter you from pulling back out, Eg. speeding up enough to be at you rear quarter panel.

inforfun · 21-01-2015 12:20PM

Gardai could have fined this country out of the recession years ago if there was anything done about people driving in middle and right lanes unnecessarily.

That part of the N7 and the M50 are just terrible.

gutteruu · 21-01-2015 12:21PM

Bad driving is one thing but I'm amazed how people are trying to defend it.

OP & co antagonised someone into driving bad, then recorded it, post it online and moan about it, then are urged to report them.

Odyssey 2005 · 21-01-2015 12:50PM

Pov06 wrote: »

Keeping the windshield clean just for the benefit of the Motors forum watching the footage :pac:

That's probably why you were hogging the overtaking lane too, no HGV's to spoil the camera view.

josip · 21-01-2015 01:02PM

Sobanek wrote: »

Jesus Christ!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Qdt8MPFU

Would be interesting to know what the Guards do about this.
Today's Bindo is reporting 50,000 views on Live Leak
http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/crazy-overtake-in-ireland-video-goes-viral-30925285.html

CramCycle · 21-01-2015 01:04PM

gutteruu wrote: »

OP & co antagonised someone into driving bad, then recorded it, post it online and moan about it, then are urged to report them.

Antagonised the Citreon into cutting between cars that are close together?Antagonised the Citreon into tailgating other vehicles?
Antagonised the Citreon into swerving in front of other vehicles?

I don't like the OPs driving but to say that the stupidity of the Citreon is the fault of the OP is ridiculous.

_Kaiser_ · 21-01-2015 01:26PM

Citroen driver at fault for muppetry.. no argument about it - also shows that undertaking isn't quite the bright/harmless idea some posters on this forum have suggested it is in the past.

As for the "lane hogging".. well if numpties in this country could drive at the appropriate speed (and not 10-20 km/h below it) then others wouldn't be forced to constantly lane change or just sit in the outside lane to get past them. I use the N7 a lot and until you get to Naas the middle/far left lanes are full of these types and HGV's playing elephant racing. Thankfully after that it starts to get better and once you get past Kildare it's pretty much smooth sailing the rest of the way. Inbound it's the same thing.

As for the M50, normal motorway rules are generally impractical on the northside stretch due to the amount of merges and exits over a very short distance (particularly between Blanch and Ballymount) and the volume of traffic combined with the ducking and diving that goes on in that stretch. All lanes should be used as traffic/driving lanes at peak times IMO which is what actually happens anyway.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 21-01-2015 01:51PM

gutteruu wrote: »

Bad driving is one thing but I'm amazed how people are trying to defend it.

OP & co antagonised someone into driving bad, then recorded it, post it online and moan about it, then are urged to report them.

There is no excuse for that driving. Absolutely none.

Jesus. · 21-01-2015 02:29PM

OP and others on that road were far more to blame than the undertaker IMO.

Undertaking is a symptom. Hogging is the cause

corktina · 21-01-2015 02:47PM

Shane_ef wrote: »

To be fair, in that scenario I think it's a catch 22, 30/40 seconds is enough time to more in however, the Ar*e behind will in most situations try to position there car in a way that will deter you from pulling back out, Eg. speeding up enough to be at you rear quarter panel.

But if everyone were to move in for those 30/40 second...it would be like widening the N7!

seagull · 21-01-2015 02:48PM

That section of the N7 is the worst stretch of road I have encountered in this country for lane discipline. The left hand lane is routinely empty while we have numpties in the middle lane doing 80 kph, and speed limit police in the right lane.

Fred Swanson · 21-01-2015 03:50PM

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Sterling Archer · 21-01-2015 04:28PM

Taken YLYL

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I think we need these

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Normally it's not the first Kangaroo you hit, it's his mate as you swerve right...

cormie · 21-01-2015 04:29PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I wonder what vehicle they were in and the weight of the kangaroo? Seemed to be absolutely no affect on the driving on impact other than the drivers slight swerve attempt.

bladebrew · 21-01-2015 04:32PM

Well using the incorrect lane is a minor offence compared to swerving in and out of traffic, I reckon a few Boardsie's are going to have a lot trouble if they get caught doing that on the N7 then try blame people driving in the outside lane,
If the Gardai saw this incident who would they pull over?

josip · 21-01-2015 04:41PM

cormie wrote: »

I wonder what vehicle they were in and the weight of the kangaroo? Seemed to be absolutely no affect on the driving on impact other than the drivers slight swerve attempt.

Looks like a big red to me

They usually don't get bigger than 50kg.

Judging by the speed and bonnet it looks like they were driving a Ute or bigger, but not quite as big as a Kenworth.

It's the cattle at the creeks that put the sh!ts up me.

Dave147 · 21-01-2015 09:30PM

I was on the Naas road last week coming back to Cork from airport. Driving in left hand lane as I always do unless passing trucks etc. Queue of cars in middle lane and overtaking lane while left hand lane was clear. ****ing infuriating, morons.

fullstop · 21-01-2015 09:45PM

Pov06 wrote: »

But if you watch the clip again you will see that it's not clear. If I will move into the middle lane for 4 seconds and then back into the overtaking lane I will just end up weaving like that nutter in the Citroen...

There was nearly 30 seconds between you passing the first couple of cars and then passing the transit van, should have pulled in IMO. The dude in the Citroen is driving like a dick, but driving that road every day it really gets on my nerves the way people insist on sitting in lane 3 when passing nothing.

tk123 · 21-01-2015 09:47PM

Joe.ie watching our vids

http://www.joe.ie/news/video-an-absolutely-crazy-overtaking-move-on-a-road-between-meath-and-kildare/482078

pablo128 · 21-01-2015 10:37PM

Pov06 wrote: »

He was driving at about 140 km/h at peak points. Please tell me you don't act like that.

What did your passenger have to say about the Citroens driving?

ShaunieVW · 21-01-2015 10:43PM

That mad overtake video is very local to me ( about 2 minutes from herselfs house in kinnegad) it happens there all the time. The limit is 80kph but it's a good wide road so no one treats it as an 80k road. 120kph is nearly the going speed in light traffic. These kinds of arseholes are ten a penny. If he was in such a rush he should have paid the 2.90 to take the toll road.

tk123 · 21-01-2015 10:53PM

ShaunieVW wrote: »

That mad overtake video is very local to me ( about 2 minutes from herselfs house in kinnegad) it happens there all the time. The limit is 80kph but it's a good wide road so no one treats it as an 80k road. 120kph is nearly the going speed in light traffic. These kinds of arseholes are ten a penny. If he was in such a rush he should have paid the 2.90 to take the toll road.

Funny loads of the comments on FB are blaming the slow drivers doing 60 (even though the camera says 80) in a 100km zone :rolleyes:

TheBody · 21-01-2015 11:01PM

tk123 wrote: »

Funny loads of the comments on FB are blaming the slow drivers doing 60 (even though the camera says 80) in a 100km zone :rolleyes:

I drive that road every day going to and from work. It would break your heart. I don't think I ever managed to get up to 80km/ph. There is always some bollox holding traffic up diddling along at 60km/ph.

21-01-2015 11:10PM

Stolen from random videos thread.

HighLine wrote: »

Bit of a brown trousers moment for the driver of this car!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ApxVyskuI

Daaryl · 22-01-2015 12:01AM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=31f_1421835325

What a lucky bastard not to kill anybody

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

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