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

cpoh1 · 30-09-2020 12:50pm

The speed of the golf...mitigating factors, dry, quiet, good visibility, suitable road with 3 lanes etc. Not so good the way he passed on the left, crazy manouver at that speed.

The cam driver in the middle lane is sloppy and theres no harm in pointing it out as its a totally separate issue, it in no way is condoing the speed of the golf.

liamog · 30-09-2020 12:54pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Far bigger crime than 200km/h+. Fight the good fight.

At no point did I suggest that the Golf was ok to do the speed he was, however in my own driving, I've had far more problems with drivers with bad lane discipline than somebody overtaking me on the right at excessive speeds. It's annoying how many times I have to move across two lanes to overtake because somebody can't be bothered to complete their own overtaking manoeuvre,

Uncle Pierre · 30-09-2020 1:08pm

I'm just wondering what's the speed limit on that stretch of road where the VW Golf incident occurred?

If it's 100 km/h, then imho, not much wrong with doing the 110 km/h that the driver says he was doing, since nobody should be going much faster than 110 to want to overtake in the first place anyway.

Even if it's 120, still not much wrong in that particular case, since anybody approaching from behind would already have been in the middle lane anyway to overtake the lorry, and so would have to just cross one more lane to overtake the 110 km/h car, before returning to whatever lane they liked.

I'm wondering why the guy in the Golf chose to pass on the left rather than the right. But plain to see he's not too concerned about doing things properly anyway, if that's the way he drives.

yannakis · 30-09-2020 1:49pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

If it's 100 km/h, then imho, not much wrong with doing the 110 km/h that the driver says he was doing, since nobody should be going much faster than 110 to want to overtake in the first place anyway.

The speed doesn't entitle a driver to use a particular lane..

:rolleyes:

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Even if it's 120, still not much wrong in that particular case, since anybody approaching from behind would already have been in the middle lane anyway to overtake the lorry, and so would have to just cross one more lane to overtake the 110 km/h car, before returning to whatever lane they liked.

No, they shouldn't have been in the middle lane..

Silent Running · 30-09-2020 2:27pm

It would have been interesting if the driver correctly returned to the driving lane with the Golf coming up at that speed. The Golf driver might have been forced into the hard shoulder, or worse.

It's hard to believe the kind of knobs we have to share the road with.

liamog · 30-09-2020 2:31pm

Silent Running wrote: »

It would have been interesting if the driver correctly returned to the driving lane with the Golf coming up at that speed. The Golf driver might have been forced into the hard shoulder, or worse.

It's hard to believe the kind of knobs we have to share the road with.

Or he could of stayed in the middle lane ..., it is weird that he chose to turn the whole situation into a moose test with undertaking.

tossy · 30-09-2020 2:32pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RidKpZEJj4E

Uncle Pierre · 30-09-2020 3:26pm

I dunno, lads. I just drop in and out of this thread from time to time, and have seen remarks in the past about how sometimes there's a tendency to just criticise the person who puts up a clip rather than the person who's bad driving they're highlighting. This is a real example of it.

Even if we take it that the poster who put up the clip was wrong to be in the middle lane, that's by far the lesser of two evils in that clip.

Yet people are queuing up to criticise him (or give thanks to others who have criticised him already), while the closest thing there is to criticising the Golf driver is statements like "I'm not condoning it, but..........."

Chances are the poster here had just gone past the lorry maybe 10 to 15 seconds earlier, and who knows, maybe he intended to pull back into the left lane just a few seconds later. If all of you are so particular about road position that you can't tolerate somebody being in the "wrong" lane for maybe just ten seconds on a virtually empty road, then wow, people really are very particular indeed.

Lumen · 30-09-2020 3:49pm

Motorway lane discipline in Ireland is made much harder by the complete inability of most drivers to merge. You get a line of cars bumper to bumper on the slip road all moving out like a continuous 90kph train, and if they see a car in lane 1 they generally make the situation worse by braking. Like, WTF do they think the multi-million euro grade separated junction is for?

Coming from a country where people tend to both merge safely and exercise lane discipline, I've tried over the last 20 years to carry on as I used to but I do understand why people here are a bit sloppy about it, and effectlvely treat lane 1 as an off/off lane.

Crapness begets crapness, it's a doom loop.

Comhrá · 30-09-2020 3:58pm

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/577449/truck-driver-arrested-and-charged-following-dangerous-driving-incident-in-limerick.html

A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with a terrifying incident on the main Limerick to Tipperary Road.

Video footage of the incident, which shows an articulated truck performing a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre on the outskirts of Limerick city, was posted on social media earlier this week.

The 45 second video, which was recorded on a dash-cam, shows an articulated truck and trailer crossing onto the incorrect side of the N24 as it overtakes a number of other vehicles including a van and a smaller lorry.
poster

Several vehicles travelling in the opposite direction can be seen taking evasive action and pulling into the side of the road to avoid a potential collision.

One of those vehicles is another articulated truck which is travelling in the direction of Limerick city. At one point the footage depicts three trucks side-by-side on the road.

The incident happened near a number of homes and a short distance from Beary's Cross which is a known accident blackspot.

In response to a query from the Limerick Leader, a garda spokesperson confirmed a man is facing prosecution in relation to the incident.

"Gardaí have arrested and charged a man, 50s, in relation to a dangerous driving incident on the N24 between Limerick city and Pallasgreen on September 14, 2020. He was arrested on September 28 and detained at Roxboro Road Garda Station. He was later charged and is due to appear before Limerick City District Court on October 26 at 10.30am," he said.

punisher5112 · 30-09-2020 4:10pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

I dunno, lads. I just drop in and out of this thread from time to time, and have seen remarks in the past about how sometimes there's a tendency to just criticise the person who puts up a clip rather than the person who's bad driving they're highlighting. This is a real example of it.

Even if we take it that the poster who put up the clip was wrong to be in the middle lane, that's by far the lesser of two evils in that clip.

Yet people are queuing up to criticise him (or give thanks to others who have criticised him already), while the closest thing there is to criticising the Golf driver is statements like "I'm not condoning it, but..........."

Chances are the poster here had just gone past the lorry maybe 10 to 15 seconds earlier, and who knows, maybe he intended to pull back into the left lane just a few seconds later. If all of you are so particular about road position that you can't tolerate somebody being in the "wrong" lane for maybe just ten seconds on a virtually empty road, then wow, people really are very particular indeed.

Its the 101 of boards.....

Must do so.

punisher5112 · 30-09-2020 4:11pm

Comhra wrote: »

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/577449/truck-driver-arrested-and-charged-following-dangerous-driving-incident-in-limerick.html

What an utter moron.

Hurrache · 30-09-2020 5:12pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

I dunno, lads. I just drop in and out of this thread from time to time, and have seen remarks in the past about how sometimes there's a tendency to just criticise the person who puts up a clip rather than the person who's bad driving they're highlighting. This is a real example of it.

Posters aren't exempt from criticism just because they post a video of someone else being a dick.

30-09-2020 5:31pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Posters aren't exempt from criticism just because they post a video of someone else being a dick.

Aren’t exempt? They’re usually straight into the firing line for it no matter what’s on the video.

neris · 30-09-2020 5:42pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Aren’t exempt? They’re usually straight into the firing line for it no matter what’s on the video.

A poster on here could video a horrendous fatal crash they were approaching and still be blamed for it.

Hurrache · 30-09-2020 5:43pm

neris wrote: »

A poster on here could video a horrendous fatal crash they were approaching and still be blamed for it.

You know that's nonsense.

neris · 30-09-2020 5:43pm

Comhra wrote: »

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/577449/truck-driver-arrested-and-charged-following-dangerous-driving-incident-in-limerick.html

Johnny Flip Flop - Probably the best transport in the world

Uncle Pierre · 30-09-2020 5:56pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Posters aren't exempt from criticism just because they post a video of someone else being a dick.

That's fine. And for what it's worth, I think a reaction along the lines of 90% "wow, that Golf driver is a total lunatic, a menace, a danger, a muppet, etc." with 10% "by the way, strictly speaking, you should have been in the left lane yourself" would be okay.

But not the other way round.

30-09-2020 6:08pm

In fairness to this thread, it’s a more widespread thing across the whole site that was let breed and was never nipped in the bud. How many times have you seen someone post about a work issue only to be sold straight jt away that they must be the most useless employee of all time and it’s all their fault. Or a tenant posting that they’re paid up but the landlord burnt all their stuff only to be told they’re a liar within 2 replies.

It’s a boards thing, not a dashcam thread thing.

micar · 30-09-2020 8:48pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Aren’t exempt? They’re usually straight into the firing line for it no matter what’s on the video.

Considering that the criticism of the post by a moderator has received 35 likes whereas there has been fu(k all criticism of the golf driver says a lot about what is acceptable on our roads.

It's utterly pathetic.

McCrack · 30-09-2020 9:11pm

Any dash cam video that's posted here or anywhere else on the Internet is open to comment good or bad either the subject of the video or the dash cam driver or anything else that's on the video

howareyakid · 30-09-2020 10:19pm

Comhra wrote: »

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/motoring-news/577449/truck-driver-arrested-and-charged-following-dangerous-driving-incident-in-limerick.html

That’s one of the worst manoeuvres I’ve seen posted on this thread. Shocking. Thankfully it was caught on camera and the driver will face the consequences.

30-09-2020 10:30pm

It’s absolutely crazy. When you see the houses along the road where the oncoming cars had to pull in as well.

kirving · 30-09-2020 10:38pm

The poster only gets criticism because the usual "this must be a wind up" doesn't fly in the face of video evidence.

bazz26 · 30-09-2020 11:15pm

I live not too far from where that arctic overtaking maneuver took place and practically use that N24 road every day, there is a busy fuel station a few yards up just after the end of that footage and if pulling out from the fuel station heading towards Limerick you certainly would not be checking left or be expecting an arctic coming towards you on the wrong side of the road: https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.6213936,-8.4867464,3a,75y,172.56h,75.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUM_6zQFqolLpDnNi2_8fkQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

You would expect a professional driver of a rig that size to have a bit more cop on.

Spook_ie · 01-10-2020 1:09am

I blame the dash cammer for that artic incident

endacl · 01-10-2020 3:14am

vandriver wrote: »

I don't think they were his,as he was about 60.

You never know!

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4482021/irelands-worst-driver-failing-test-twenty-times/#:~:text=THE%20%E2%80%9Cworst%20driver%E2%80%9D%20in%20Ireland,test%20centres%20to%20fail%20him.

fritzelly · 01-10-2020 3:37am

endacl wrote: »

You never know!

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4482021/irelands-worst-driver-failing-test-twenty-times/#:~:text=THE%20%E2%80%9Cworst%20driver%E2%80%9D%20in%20Ireland,test%20centres%20to%20fail%20him.

Love this

I’ve never had an accident in 54 years, except one time when a fella came down the middle of the road and crashed into me — it was his fault

So many people use that excuse and completely ignore the fact that their actions caused an accident
Only ever once nearly had a crash and that was caused by some old fella cutting in front of me without indicating and was literally inches away from my front bumper

01-10-2020 12:23pm

howareyakid wrote: »

That’s one of the worst manoeuvres I’ve seen posted on this thread. Shocking. Thankfully it was caught on camera and the driver will face the consequences.

Looking at the screenshot, I initially thought it was from abroad (RHD territory). :pac:

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 01-10-2020 1:05pm

that n24 is a well dangerous road at the best of times , never mind with that nutjob

chooseusername · 01-10-2020 1:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the screenshot, I initially thought it was from abroad (RHD territory). :pac:

Just came off the M7,having spent entire journey in the "fast" lane.
Thought they were on a two-lane ,and wondered why all these w4nkers
were driving in the wrong directions?

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 01-10-2020 1:29pm

chooseusername wrote: »

Just came off the M7,having spent entire journey in the "fast" lane.
Thought they were on a two-lane ,and wondered why all these w4nkers
were driving in the wrong directions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtqp-RUw87M

micar · 01-10-2020 8:03pm

endacl wrote: »

You never know!

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4482021/irelands-worst-driver-failing-test-twenty-times/#:~:text=THE%20%E2%80%9Cworst%20driver%E2%80%9D%20in%20Ireland,test%20centres%20to%20fail%20him.

The last appeal was thrown out after driving tester Martin McNulty told the court that he had gone through a red light on Vickers Road in Cork city.

But Mr Heffernan denied he had jumped the red light, saying: “No, I did not because it was green. It had to be green because I followed another car so if I broke the red light, they did too.”

He had actually no idea what colour the light was. Sure, just follow the car in front.

I see an awful lot of this particularly with cars turning right.

bazz26 · 03-10-2020 1:25am

Imagine having to explain that to the Sergeant back at the station and then the amount of paper work that will need to be filled out.

fritzelly · 03-10-2020 3:51am

bazz26 wrote: »

Imagine having to explain that to the Sergeant back at the station and then the amount of paper work that will need to be filled out.

Yeah - I was like turning around about 3 kph and suddenly this big massive bus just hit me outta nowhere

03-10-2020 11:22pm

Hopefully the car on the left of shot blocking the footpath and on double yellows comes into play when they look at this.

Trouser Snake · 03-10-2020 11:28pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hopefully the car on the left of shot blocking the footpath and on double yellows comes into play when they look at this.

What?
Any good professional driver would have had that car twigged well in advance to accommodate his upcoming Uturn.
Looks like he missed a gear or under revved leaving off the clutch.
Best of all is the fact its a Dublin BusðŸ€£ðŸ€£

AndyBoBandy · 04-10-2020 8:48am

bazz26 wrote: »

Imagine having to explain that to the Sergeant back at the station and then the amount of paper work that will need to be filled out.

Not to mention the personal injury claims by;

The Garda driving the car
The Garda in the front passenger seat
The Bus Driver (Physical & mental injuries)
Any passengers on the bus

h3000 · 04-10-2020 9:07am

Why didn’t they just put on the blues though? I’m sure it would have avoided the accident.

McCrack · 04-10-2020 9:57am

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Not to mention the personal injury claims by;

The Garda driving the car
The Garda in the front passenger seat
The Bus Driver (Physical & mental injuries)
Any passengers on the bus

The Garda driving cannot claim

punisher5112 · 04-10-2020 11:27am

McCrack wrote: »

The Garda driving cannot claim

Of course they can..... Look at the woman detective that got a big 5 figure sum of compensation for seeing a prisoner in a Garda cell covered in his own sh1t.... Now you may say if it were on her or she got something from it but no she only seen with her two eyes..... She didn't handle him or get any on her or have to clean it up.

punisher5112 · 04-10-2020 11:28am

McCrack wrote: »

The Garda driving cannot claim

Of course they can..... Look at the woman detective that got a big 5 figure sum of compensation for seeing a prisoner in a Garda cell covered in his own sh1t.... Now you may say if it were on her or she got something from it but no she only seen with her two eyes..... She didn't handle him or get any on her or have to clean it up.

McCrack · 04-10-2020 11:34am

punisher5112 wrote: »

Of course they can..... Look at the woman detective that got a big 5 figure sum of compensation for seeing a prisoner in a Garda cell covered in his own sh1t.... Now you may say if it were on her or she got something from it but no she only seen with her two eyes..... She didn't handle him or get any on her or have to clean it up.

The Garda driving executed a u turn crossing onto the incorrect side of the road causing an impact

The Garda driving has no claim

AndyBoBandy · 04-10-2020 11:52am

McCrack wrote: »

The Garda driving executed a u turn crossing onto the incorrect side of the road causing an impact

The Garda driving has no claim

1. In performing his duties, he had to perform that manoeuvre. So his job put him in the position he was in.

2. This is Ireland so of course he can claim.

McCrack · 04-10-2020 12:05pm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

1. In performing his duties, he had to perform that manoeuvre. So his job put him in the position he was in.

2. This is Ireland so of course he can claim.

Lol

Okay I'll explain it another way.. There can be no claim in negligence on the part of a driver (garda or otherwise) where that driver crosses onto the incorrect side of the road causing an impact

It's completely illogical to think otherwise

deceit · 04-10-2020 12:09pm

Did the Garda car even pass onto the opposing side of the road before he/she was hit?
The bus had to pass onto the other side of the road to pass the car so I wonder would the bus driver be partially to blame also?

04-10-2020 12:09pm

Their second point stands though. This is Ireland - ching ching for all.

seagull · 05-10-2020 2:36pm

Has a video been removed?

Tij da feen · 05-10-2020 2:38pm

seagull wrote: »

Has a video been removed?

Looks like it. Can't see the post with the video anymore. Could a mod confirm?

iwillhtfu · 05-10-2020 7:14pm

seagull wrote: »

Has a video been removed?

Yeah, it had a garda car performing a u turn from stationary into the path of an oncoming bus. They looked to be doing it in the line of duty but had not lights or sirens on.

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

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