Dashcam footage and dangerous driving

[SK425]

Devil2575 said:

SK425 said:

I'm sure we all agree. My interest was piqued by allergictocheese's choice of words: "I have no right to expect [certain behaviour]". I absolutely think you do have that right, in the same sense as you have, for example, (and in increasing order of seriousness! ) the right to expect people not to hurl abusive language at you in the street, or burgle your house, or murder you.

Being allowed to be disappointed when you encounter disappointing behaviour is not the same as being allowed to let that disappointment influence your own behaviour. But if you tell yourself that it's wrong to be disappointed at all you're back to the standard you walk past being the standard you accept. Quite what one can do about it I'm not sure. If anyone were to provide some means of reporting general driving thoughtlessness, it would probably be swamped the moment it opened.

I'd argue that having that expectation and then being disappointed will create stress. What benefit does having that expectation provide?

I know what you're saying (and as I say, I think we all agree )

I think the distinction I'm clearly not making very well is between how you handle a situation at the time and how, on reflection, you feel about the fact that there are such situations that need handling.

To take a simple example, faced with a parked car on their side of the road and an oncoming vehicle, people do not always wait behind the parked car like they should for the oncomer to pass. Sometimes they will come through anyway forcing the oncomer to slow or stop, or when the first has got time to get through before the oncomer, the second comes through too when they haven't got time. You're quite right, if I am the oncomer and I approach with an expectation that the other driver will wait as they should, then I am setting myself up for frustration and stress if they don't wait. Much less stressful to assume that they aren't going to wait and proceed on that basis unless and until it becomes clear that they are. But I think it is perfectly reasonable to say that it is disappointing the number of people who don't wait.

[towelie]

SK425 said:

To take a simple example, faced with a parked car on their side of the road and an oncoming vehicle, people do not always wait behind the parked car like they should for the oncomer to pass. Sometimes they will come through anyway forcing the oncomer to slow or stop, or when the first has got time to get through before the oncomer, the second comes through too when they haven't got time. You're quite right, if I am the oncomer and I approach with an expectation that the other driver will wait as they should, then I am setting myself up for frustration and stress if they don't wait. Much less stressful to assume that they aren't going to wait and proceed on that basis unless and until it becomes clear that they are. But I think it is perfectly reasonable to say that it is disappointing the number of people who don't wait.

Try going in the opposite direction to rush hour traffic, if you waited you'd be stuck there waiting for 15minutes

[J BIRD RACING]

Nothing good could come from it.

[daveinhampshire]

I bet if that was a 320d BMW doing the cutting up the OP wouldn't have got so hot under the collar.

I have a dash cam, I keep it purely for my own use, I would only use it to defend myself. It all seems a bit creepy to start reporting other people especially when you were not in any way involved.

[Jamie.Banks]

I'm with Black Mamba! We don't need a load of amateurs pretending to be policemen and rushing to judgement on matters about which they know only a part of the story. If there is no injury or contention over resolution of a non-injury accident the best decision is not to get involved.