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

MarkAnthony · 27-01-2015 12:26AM

*Kol* wrote: »

There is a huge thread on that subject.

Linked two posts up

Jesus. · 27-01-2015 12:30AM

martomcg wrote: »

My first bit of footage I thought was worth sharing!

Maybe you should have waited a bit longer

dashcamdanny · 27-01-2015 01:29AM

martomcg wrote: »

My first bit of footage I thought was worth sharing!

God forbid someones post would be late......:rolleyes:

Your attempt to get a postman sacked is admirable

Way to go.:rolleyes:

CiniO · 27-01-2015 01:32AM

martomcg wrote: »

My first bit of footage I thought was worth sharing!

God forbid someones post would be late......:rolleyes:

You can hardly say he broke the red light.
He just moved to the pavement.

dashcamdanny · 27-01-2015 01:35AM

CiniO wrote: »

You can hardly say he broke the red light.
He just moved to the pavement.

If thats the best he can post, then I guess he does not get out on the bike much.

mayota · 27-01-2015 01:46AM

dashcamdanny wrote: »

If thats the best he can post, then I guess he does not get out on the bike much.

Give him a break.

Spook_ie · 27-01-2015 04:45AM

Just found this one while browsing, all I can say is.....Bloody Close!

kingtut · 27-01-2015 10:56AM

CiniO wrote: »

You can hardly say he broke the red light.
He just moved to the pavement.

Isn't cycling on the footpath illegal?

but ye pretty poor first video

josip · 27-01-2015 12:22PM

I can understand the postie-poster's eagerness to get something posted here.
I've recently gotten a dashcam and all the madness of 2014 seems to have magically dried up.
I wanted to finally contribute something to this thread after years of watching/commenting and in the last month the best I could come up with was a labrador calmly walking across at a set of traffic lights.
Also I've never seen a postie on a bike do anything stupid or dangerous and they do head out in fairly awful weather at times to deliver our 32Gb Micro SD cards from FleaBay.
So I think we should cut both the poster and the postie some slack on this one.

Mick55 · 27-01-2015 01:03PM

josip wrote: »

So I think we should cut both the poster and the postie some slack on this one.

Hear hear.

josip wrote: »

Was a Labrador calmly walking across at a set of traffic lights.

I hope you reported it to the Guards.

Odyssey 2005 · 27-01-2015 01:09PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

Just found this one while browsing, all I can say is.....Bloody Close!

That wasn't close...that was a great shot:eek::D

corktina · 27-01-2015 01:14PM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

That wasn't close...that was a great shot:eek::D

that wasn't close...that was good editing

Jesus. · 27-01-2015 01:37PM

josip wrote: »

I can understand the postie-poster's eagerness to get something posted here.I've recently gotten a dashcam and all the madness of 2014 seems to have magically dried up. I wanted to finally contribute something to this thread after years of watching/commenting and in the last month the best I could come up with was a labrador calmly walking across at a set of traffic lights.Also I've never seen a postie on a bike do anything stupid or dangerous and they do head out in fairly awful weather at times to deliver our 32Gb Micro SD cards from FleaBay.So I think we should cut both the poster and the postie some slack on this one.

Come on. If that's what we're reduced to in an effort to cane someone for something, then we're finished.

A fukking Postie moving his bike up onto the footpath FFS!! :pac:

josip · 27-01-2015 01:53PM

Jesus. wrote: »

Come on. If that's what we're reduced to in an effort to cane someone for something, then we're finished.

A fukking Postie moving his bike up onto the footpath FFS!!

Luke 6:37

martomcg · 27-01-2015 03:22PM

josip wrote: »

I can understand the postie-poster's eagerness to get something posted here.
I've recently gotten a dashcam and all the madness of 2014 seems to have magically dried up.
I wanted to finally contribute something to this thread after years of watching/commenting and in the last month the best I could come up with was a labrador calmly walking across at a set of traffic lights.
Also I've never seen a postie on a bike do anything stupid or dangerous and they do head out in fairly awful weather at times to deliver our 32Gb Micro SD cards from FleaBay.
So I think we should cut both the poster and the postie some slack on this one.

I apologise for the haste in posting, I only got the camera set up on Friday and was eager to contribute!

I commute through the city centre on a daily basis so no doubt I'll have better footage soon!

If people prefer I can post footage of the 5+ people a day I see breaking red lights on my route?

Spook_ie · 27-01-2015 03:50PM

martomcg wrote: »

I apologise for the haste in posting, I only got the camera set up on Friday and was eager to contribute!

I commute through the city centre on a daily basis so no doubt I'll have better footage soon!

If people prefer I can post footage of the 5+ people a day I see breaking red lights on my route?

Take no notice of the ne'er do wells on here, just don't post any round about videos

gutteruu · 27-01-2015 06:54PM

martomcg wrote: »

I apologise for the haste in posting, I only got the camera set up on Friday and was eager to contribute!

and thanks for posting! Posting is under-appreciated on here sometimes. On this one I don't think Josip was getting at you. Think he just has a thing for postmen.

dickwod1 · 27-01-2015 09:27PM

Keep an eye on lane 3 ...

RandomAccess · 27-01-2015 11:59PM

This was suggested on YouTube

This guy has rear, side, and front cameras, quite a setup.
But I wouldn't hang about in the outside lane with a tailgater on my back.

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

ba_barabus · 28-01-2015 12:06AM

RandomAccess wrote: »

This was suggested on YouTube

This guy has rear, side, and front cameras, quite a setup.
But I wouldn't hang about in the outside lane with a tailgater on my back.

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

I actually feel that guy was looking for trouble. He could have pulled in a few times, let the guy go and then pull back out.

I'm not excusing the other guys behavior at all btw but the guy making the video wasn't much better.

His setup is impressive however.

Wossack · 28-01-2015 12:41AM

pair of dipshits, he could of pulled in a number of times

also hate that bullshit '..if I hit the brakes, it will take him 24 car lengths to stop'. Yea, it'll take both of you clowns 24 car lengths to stop...

Duke O Smiley · 28-01-2015 01:06AM

Something tells me the guy recording just wanted to put his fancy equipment to work. Eejit.

josip · 28-01-2015 01:18AM

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

Apologies for the amount of dash in the cam, I've got the camera on velcro until my mount is delivered...
...by that postman...

slimjimmc · 28-01-2015 01:37AM

Wossack wrote: »

pair of dipshits, he could of pulled in a number of times

also hate that bullshit '..if I hit the brakes, it will take him 24 car lengths to stop'. Yea, it'll take both of you clowns 24 car lengths to stop...

Unfortunately when moving at over 6 carlengths/sec there's a hell of a good chance that the clown in front has already used up a least one of those carlengths by the time the clown at the back realises the clown in front is braking hard.

josip wrote: »

Apologies for the amount of dash in the cam, I've got the camera on velcro until my mount is delivered...
...by that postman...

Fox not easy to see.

josip · 28-01-2015 01:41AM

slimjimmc wrote: »

Fox not easy to see.

Fox has agreed to wear a hi viz from now on.

Mick55 · 28-01-2015 09:46AM

Hahaha :pac:

seagull · 28-01-2015 02:01PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

I actually feel that guy was looking for trouble. He could have pulled in a few times, let the guy go and then pull back out.

I'm not excusing the other guys behavior at all btw but the guy making the video wasn't much better.

His setup is impressive however.

I don't think he's any better. His comment "Traffic in lane one". He trundles along in the right hand lane for over 30 seconds without passing anyone. That's way more than enough time to move over and back out.

Caliden · 28-01-2015 02:17PM

seagull wrote: »

I don't think he's any better. His comment "Traffic in lane one". He trundles along in the right hand lane for over 30 seconds without passing anyone. That's way more than enough time to move over and back out.

He could have even (god forbid) slow down a bit and move left to let the person behind past if he was actually worried about the tailgater.

I do it all the time if some lunatic going >150kmh comes right up behind me on the M6 when I'm mid-overtake.

Just left off the accelerator, pull in and let them go past and continue passing traffic that's going <120kmh.

yop · 28-01-2015 02:28PM

The guy is an idiot sorry, but he had 3 chances to pull in, yet when he does the gap is narrower than any of the previous 3 gaps. Just be a knob head. The lad came up close to him once and pulled back again.
He is the clown in this case.

josip · 28-01-2015 10:42PM

I'm finding the dashcam very useful for reviewing driving incidents during the day to check if I was right to think/react the way I did.

At the time I thought the guy below just cut across, but from looking at the video I can see that he put on his indicator before he changed.
Also, based on the size of the gap I'd left open up in front of me, he probably thought I was letting him in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOoRxg6Y3Y

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

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