Dash cam videos thread 3.4 (embedded car dash-cams only)

27-06-2021 8:26pm

donvito99 wrote: »

Regardless of what one ought to do in these circumstances, poster deserves credit for bringing to a stop successfully. Had the lad been locked, he'd have been able to take the keys off him and prevent some stupid, catastrophic collision had someone turned on to the road not expecting some pr*ck to be flying down the wrong side.

He didn't though. He drove like a maniac and increased the chances of an accident, and all just to give him a lecture and leave him to go about his business. It's a bit like the English videos, you'd wonder if they'd have bothered with the policing if not for the camera.

donvito99 · 27-06-2021 8:29pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

He didn't though. He drove like a maniac and increased the chances of an accident, and all just to give him a lecture and leave him to go about his business. It's a bit like the English videos, you'd wonder if they'd have bothered with the policing if not for the camera.

In the grand scheme of things, he didn't really.

What if he had let him continue on? Is he just supposed to be a witness to the inevitable head on collision? He pulled it off, the Guards aren't always conveniently around the corner.

27-06-2021 8:30pm

donvito99 wrote: »

In the grand scheme of things, he didn't really.

What if he had let him continue on? Is he just supposed to be a witness to the inevitable head on collision? He pulled it off, the Guards aren't always conveniently around the corner.

The Guards are trained to chase someone down on a public road. Ring them and leave it to them.

Isambard · 27-06-2021 8:46pm

predictable comments. The guy was a menace and needed stopping.

iwillhtfu · 27-06-2021 8:48pm

Isambard wrote: »

predictable comments. The guy was a menace and needed stopping.

About as predictable as your one to be honest and he was only momentarily stopped and will have carried on exactly as beforehand.

Muppet Man · 27-06-2021 9:00pm

Telling someone they are driving like an ass hat sometimes will have the desired effect.

I think he was right to stop him. Bit late stopping him after he has caused an accident, as opposed to having the confidence, ability and sense of duty to do the right thing. Guards can't be everywhere. Well done cam car.

AirBiscuit · 27-06-2021 11:51pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

If I seen someone driving like that I'd hang back a bit more in case they caused something to hit you. That's absolute madness chasing them down and nearly causing a bigger accident.
I don't know which of you is worse in that situation.

That "in this situation you obeyed the law to the letter" would be very little comfort to the family of someone who was needlessly killed after smashing into this clown essentially head on due to driving over the line on blind bends over and over again.
There's the law and there's common sense, "illegal" as it may be. Cammer had kept a reasonable spacing for a good bit of the video until he realised that failing to intervene would be more dangerous for potentially 3 cars than intervention between 2.

Isambard · 28-06-2021 9:02am

iwillhtfu wrote: »

About as predictable as your one to be honest and he was only momentarily stopped and will have carried on exactly as beforehand.

It's Boards, a succession of people who will criticise any post just because they can.

iwillhtfu · 28-06-2021 9:11am

Isambard wrote: »

It's Boards, a succession of people who will criticise any post just because they can.

I don't think criticising is the right word it's a forum which generally means discussing posts be they right, wrong or indifferent. It's not about getting the most likes, just a bunch of different opinions is all.

iwillhtfu · 28-06-2021 9:13am

AirBiscuit wrote: »

That "in this situation you obeyed the law to the letter" would be very little comfort to the family of someone who was needlessly killed after smashing into this clown essentially head on due to driving over the line on blind bends over and over again.
There's the law and there's common sense, "illegal" as it may be. Cammer had kept a reasonable spacing for a good bit of the video until he realised that failing to intervene would be more dangerous for potentially 3 cars than intervention between 2.

Again cam car did nothing other than delay the driver is all. Going around in circles now so we can hope cam cars little chat had some affect but I doubt it.

neris · 28-06-2021 5:43pm

One from this evening at the turn off from the Malahide road into Clare Hall. Not the 1st time ive seen someone take that lane for turning right but they usually do it on a green light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QITlpuR3ogk

Hurrache · 29-06-2021 9:56am

Unless it's been changed recently, you can take a right turn from that lane.
edit; thought it from from the M50 direction.

Hammer Archer · 29-06-2021 10:00am

Hurrache wrote: »

Unless it's been changed recently, you can take a right turn from that lane.

You can't. From the M50 direction turning towards Clarehall, you can. But as you can see at the start of the video, that lane is straight ahead only.

Hurrache · 29-06-2021 10:02am

Ah, I thought it was coming from the M50 direction!

phill106 · 15-07-2021 4:24pm

Lets see how this new media insert button works...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5VcEEFeVHg

neris · 06-08-2021 10:31am

Dont know what was going on here

https://youtu.be/1s-vWxpFGCc

Spook_ie · 06-08-2021 6:03pm

Did we ever get this one posted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLb61uE2CYM

fritzelly · 07-08-2021 1:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716754#Comment_117716754

That was entertaining for sure - the Devon/Cornwall accent made it more so

chewed · 07-08-2021 4:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117718411#Comment_117718411

the voiceovers are very cringey!

07-08-2021 6:21pm

I reported it to YouTube for racism.

cena · 08-08-2021 1:36pm

What sd cards do ye use in your dash cams

Damien360 · 08-08-2021 7:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117723427#Comment_117723427

Used to be an awful lot of fakes around so I bought the Nextbase branded ones. Been very reliable for me.

kirving · 20-08-2021 3:35pm

https://youtu.be/5RAIM79pX7U

Video is from my car, but I was actually driving the car in front. It's a 2007 Corsa, so I would have been lucky to live had this idiot no reacted in time.

This is my kick to buy a 4K Dashcam. Way too much noise in this to capture a reg. I hope he doesn't go on to kill someone.

davehey79 · 31-08-2021 10:55pm

https://youtu.be/LeVo0OhOBYU

Happened this evening on way hime from work ! So lucky the jeep at the junction didn’t turn out on seeing nothing coming to their right as the car over taking me at the crossroads as I turned left would of been almost undetectable to them !!

DaveyDave · 31-08-2021 11:26pm

Goes to show how little these clowns care about anyone but themselves. The side roads in my estate are narrow so anyone coming off the main road has to let the car out before they can turn in and people often go around them. A large number of people overtake as I'm slowing down to turn onto my road. Only a matter of time before someone crashes into me as I'm pulling out.

Spook_ie · 01-09-2021 3:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117830703#Comment_117830703

If that jeep pulled out without looking, he would have been the one at fault. You are supposed to look LEFT and right.

01-09-2021 9:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831108#Comment_117831108

Yeah, it's called looking where you are going, shocking just how many only look to see if there is no traffic coming from the right.

josip · 01-09-2021 10:55am

I thought the centre line was solid at either side of junctions on all roads?

kirving · 01-09-2021 10:55am

You're also not supposed to overtake opposite a junction though.

handpref · 01-09-2021 7:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831970#Comment_117831970

Where is that information located in the Rules of the Road ?

Damien360 · 01-09-2021 8:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117831108#Comment_117831108

Although true, its rarely done by anyone. At the speeds shown, it would be something of a miracle for the passenger in the jeep to survive that impact had it occurred. Common sense should tell you not to overtake at a junction.

GrumpyMe · 01-09-2021 9:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117834556#Comment_117834556

Here

handpref · 02-09-2021 7:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117835052#Comment_117835052

Nice one, pity I hadn’t got that the last time I was dealing with the Gardai, to cut a long story short I’ve watched a guy nearly everyday for over a year hammer up my local 50kmph road, I’m usually out running or walking and he uses the ramps as a high speed overtaking opportunity- the ramps also happen to be at junctions and for good reason.

On the holidays my routine changed and I was in the car at the time this lad was flying, caught him overtaking a school bus flat out over the ramps at a junction and on a bend, dash cam got it perfectly front and rear.

Brought it to the Gardai and in fairness they summonsed him for dangerous driving-

Another fast regional road near me had a solid white line through all the spots with junctions and bad sight lines- when the road was resurfaced the line markers doing the road just put down broken white lines making overtaking a free for all, Meath County Council never got back when I queried it- the road safety guy in MCC actually told me it was nothing to do with him, the road is full of grave markers. Thanks for the info and clarification.

bazz26 · 05-09-2021 11:44pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZXxqR07eDk

Some crazy stuff in this one.

06-09-2021 8:59am

Good to see they've dropped all the "roundabout pull outs" where the dash cam driver is racing in.

06-09-2021 5:09pm

https://youtu.be/AX-rRP_BPW4

So this crashmagnet decides to stop instead of merging! What you don't see in the video is the Artic in lane one that we are merging in front of, there was plenty of room to safely merge but with this one stopping it became a bit trickier.

Damien360 · 06-09-2021 9:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117854619#Comment_117854619

You got lucky. That’s a L driver without the plates. I was sure they were going to pull out into lane. I hate meeting indecisive people merging. I wouldn’t have come out and merge ahead of them in the same lane. Asking for a crash. Cheers for the video anyway.

06-09-2021 10:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117855865#Comment_117855865

They were stopping! as it was, I had to boot it otherwise the lorry in lane one or the car following me would have rear ended me.

Yes there was a real risk that they could have swerved into lane one, but at the speed they were going the lorry would have hit them.

Spook_ie · 07-09-2021 12:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117855924#Comment_117855924

Were they stopping or just slowing to apprise the situation of a car on a narrow hard shoulder, when impatience struck?

07-09-2021 5:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117856406#Comment_117856406

Looked like they were stopping to me.

07-09-2021 8:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117856406#Comment_117856406

They stopped at the end of the merging lane, while still indicating right. The car that was following me got stuck behind them.

The car on the hard shoulder was quite a distance further along.

Spook_ie · 07-09-2021 12:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117856748#Comment_117856748

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Not going to get into a dick measuring contest, you were there I wasn't but that isn't quite some distance to the car partly in the live lane and though slowing there is no video evidence that the red car actually stopped, as indeed you can see the white merge lane has ended and the car still seems to be moving when you pass him

08-09-2021 8:23am

As I don't have a rear view camera, you're just going to have to take my word on the fact that the red car stopped.

The actions of that driver put me at risk of a collision, sometimes it is better to accelerate away from a hazardous situation than to slam on the brakes and hope no one hits you from behind!

This was one such situation, that needed a split second decision.

lovelyhurler · 09-09-2021 9:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117861784#Comment_117861784

Well done and well said. You took the correct course of action.

A merging lane is exactly that - a lane to merge.

It's not a STOP or a YIELD junction.

You're supposed to be able to match the speed of the mainline traffic in order to join the main carriageway not saunter along.

All to often we see the opposite at stop and yeild junctions.

AndyBoBandy · 09-09-2021 9:47am

Theres nothing more fcuking infuriating than joining a (busy) motorway with a speed limit of 120km/h, and the car in front of you on the slip is dawdling along at 60km/h, making absolutely zero fcuking effort to accelerate to to any sort of safe speed to merge safely onto the mainline...... Thats how you end up with fcuknuggets like above... they see the much faster moving traffic and realise they cant safely merge, panic, and slow down even further and it causes all sorts of issues.. (granted the stopped car up ahead didn't help the situation, but still, an observant/competent driver would have seen that and mitigated against it, by safely merging even sooner).

Sorry for the rant, but I've been absolutely appalled by the shocking standards of driving I've noticed over the last year or 2 on Irish roads, particularly motorways.... its like the pandemic has given lots of people carte blanche to drive like absolute gobsh1tes, without a care or consideration for other road users.....

I firmly believe that motorway/dual carriageway driving should be a part of the driving curriculum, as well as part of the test.

kirving · 09-09-2021 11:23am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117861784#Comment_117861784

I don't like the usual pile on to the video poster, but for a little perspective on how I view the video.

By the time they brake, you're already gaining on them. This is limiting your and their options and freedom to accelerate or brake to match speed. I understand why you over took them (so you aren't forced to stop too), but by doing that, the red car now has no room to merge as you're in lane 1 - so now they have no option but to stop.

Hanging well back from the car in front as you join the motorway gives you far more options.

Merges like below are downright dangerous IMO, so I let the other car join before I even enter the turn. Have been beeped and had people trying to overtake me as I held back.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5261084,-8.8707974,3a,75y,359.73h,80.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3LYunIZXZ2RPTXOY0mwSeQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8610429,-8.9374543,3a,75y,137.02h,86.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVGBkaVz-wyyK3rbij35xxg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

josip · 09-09-2021 1:20pm

Interesting, is the position in the first link the exact point where you would stop or do you stop further back?

kirving · 09-09-2021 3:37pm

I wouldn't stop necessarily just give a ton of space, if the road is very busy I'd carry on a bit further and wait to see them join. No hard shoulder makes it very dangerous, and the bridge and signs make it very difficult to look for approaching traffic to your right.

I've come around the corner carrying a bit of speed in order to merge, with another car behind me, and found a car stopped in front of me. Then you're left sitting stopped (as the red car above) as the last car has the advantage in moving out first and I have to give way as they're in the lane already.

It's really about managing space in front and behind to give yourself as much space to accelerate safely and not allow the guy behind to cut you off and leave you in the merging lane as can happen. It's very easy to fall into the belief when driving a more powerful care that others are dawdling along when they're actually trying too.

My own car isn't the fastest in the world, but it is 250bhp and I use it all when I need to.

AirBiscuit · 09-09-2021 9:16pm

Whatever this fella was doing was so urgent he had to jump the tiny queue on the wrong side of the junction without even checking.

https://youtu.be/jJDzGlQwYlw

kirving · 10-09-2021 5:59pm

I'm in two minds on this one - but I can't see the location of the car as the light went green, and the Gards obviously had a better view.

But if the car had cleared the white line before the red which has happens to me all the time here, they they are inside the bounds of the junction.

As such, are they entitled to continue? Are the other cars obliged to let her finish the move? ie: they can also only proceed on green if safe to do so?

I obviously would have stayed put and not crossed traffic at this location, but my mother failed her driving test for staying put when a light went red, as she had already crossed the white line and was told she should have continued.

https://youtu.be/qXET1og-Y_I

Location:https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3099011,-6.2833201,3a,75y,308.99h,77.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjB9QzMlG-SgK1oBJlgIbkg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Dash cam videos thread 3.4 (embedded car dash-cams only)

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