AUDI SQ5 Dash cam footage Dangerous overtake Somerset
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funkyrobot said:
Against you?
Yes one hopes so I mean according to folk on here I swerved from lane to an was going between 37-46mph and I did or did not boot it to block the audi.Turns out police have had complaints about the audi and seem keen to use my footage to deal with the driver once and for all.#
Pistonhead law what is the fine for driving a zafira @ 37-46mph in a 30 20 lashes?
DanSaff said:
I read a lot of threads on forums, but this post just makes me wonder what the future going to be like!!
The guy will get a knock on the door from the police about it will obviously try to deny/mitigate his behaviour unless he has a camera aswell (fingers crossed for Audi man here) is up for an arse kicking.
If he doesn't have a camera he will get one now!! ?????? and then he's got membership to the club. ?? Then he starts recruiting members to the club with his tail of DD by submitted evidence.
If he then convinces 2 people, they each convince 2 people it goes on and on. Also that's not inculding when Halfords have a sale etc...
And then the story goes on.
In the mean time everybody is moaning about speed cameras and can't see the see the real danger!!!
And no I'm not oblivious to the benefits in accident senario but reporting someone for what was basically an over committed overtake that was hindered (whats the rule about not speeding up while being overtake) so had to take action. Can't excuse the behaviour.
Now I'd better get myself a camera. The one that shot the video looks like a good picture what was the mod............
????
He has chance to move back in behind the fiesta he didn't. After passing the fiesta he continued on a series of dangerous overtakes nearly having a head on at the roundabout overtaking last minute into the exit lane.The guy will get a knock on the door from the police about it will obviously try to deny/mitigate his behaviour unless he has a camera aswell (fingers crossed for Audi man here) is up for an arse kicking.
If he doesn't have a camera he will get one now!! ?????? and then he's got membership to the club. ?? Then he starts recruiting members to the club with his tail of DD by submitted evidence.
If he then convinces 2 people, they each convince 2 people it goes on and on. Also that's not inculding when Halfords have a sale etc...
And then the story goes on.
In the mean time everybody is moaning about speed cameras and can't see the see the real danger!!!
And no I'm not oblivious to the benefits in accident senario but reporting someone for what was basically an over committed overtake that was hindered (whats the rule about not speeding up while being overtake) so had to take action. Can't excuse the behaviour.
Now I'd better get myself a camera. The one that shot the video looks like a good picture what was the mod............
????
I to agree you should not be reported for every little error but in a matter of minutes he drove like a loon overtaking everything before and after me and coming into conflict with more road users than just in my footage.
Couple that someone on here came forward to say they know the Yeovil area and have witnessed dangerous driving by this car before. The car is also known to police. Call me a grass but its either wait until they kill someone?
I have captured various driving errors including my own but this is first one I have com across who seems to do this routinely.
jbsportstech said:
Turns out police have had complaints about the audi and seem keen to use my footage to deal with the driver once and for all.#
Life imprisonment seems a bit harsh.jbsportstech said:
Pistonhead law what is the fine for driving a zafira @ 37-46mph in a 30 20 lashes?
You'll probably both be on the same SAC. 
funkyrobot said:
Aren't we all.
I don't live in Yeovil either.Its clear that many on here would rather meet an sq5 going 50 plus in 30 full offside as they exit a roundabout to be hit head on by 2ton of audi, than a zafira not on a dangerous overtake but doing 37 on the right side of the road.
It seems many find speeding and dangerous driving very hard to differentiate especially when there is a potent bit of kit involved.
silentbrown said:
The distance from the lights at the start of the vid to the junction where the van turns off is close to 330 metres.
OP takes 20 seconds to cover that distance, SQ5 takes about 13 - including all the speeding up/slowing down from both.
So OP's *average* speed is close to 37MPH. SQ5's is 55MPH.
37 on the right side of the road 55mph and then he boots it on the wrong side of the road and yet many don't see any reason for this audi driver to meet the police. If they cant see he is accident waiting to happen the more fool themOP takes 20 seconds to cover that distance, SQ5 takes about 13 - including all the speeding up/slowing down from both.
So OP's *average* speed is close to 37MPH. SQ5's is 55MPH.
jbsportstech said:
funkyrobot said:
Eh?
Its clear to many on here what you drive allows for a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to dangerous driving or not if you drive something they do not approve of.If the police are taking action, then good on them.
jbsportstech said:
He has chance to move back in behind the fiesta he didn't. After passing the fiesta he continued on a series of dangerous overtakes nearly having a head on at the roundabout overtaking last minute into the exit lane.
I to agree you should not be reported for every little error but in a matter of minutes he drove like a loon overtaking everything before and after me and coming into conflict with more road users than just in my footage.
Couple that someone on here came forward to say they know the Yeovil area and have witnessed dangerous driving by this car before. The car is also known to police. Call me a grass but its either wait until they kill someone?
I have captured various driving errors including my own but this is first one I have com across who seems to do this routinely.
I'm not judging you or whatever, you can do whatever you like. When I said about him having a camera is that he might have been following you for the last 10 miles and caught you on a few things..I to agree you should not be reported for every little error but in a matter of minutes he drove like a loon overtaking everything before and after me and coming into conflict with more road users than just in my footage.
Couple that someone on here came forward to say they know the Yeovil area and have witnessed dangerous driving by this car before. The car is also known to police. Call me a grass but its either wait until they kill someone?
I have captured various driving errors including my own but this is first one I have com across who seems to do this routinely.
A few threads have made it the thought bubble up. There are laws about privacy rights etc and all that. But all that goes out the window when authorities can use private shot phone/cam footage to pursue a person for example of a victimless crime, and the public are all for it!!
In a different cctv scenario you wouldn't get any interest (apart from forums)
Now I know I'm going to be argued with quoted etc and I might not have said it in the most eloquent way, but.....I think we might be f
ked!!jbsportstech said:
funkyrobot said:
I don't feel that way. I despise any idiot who drives, rides or even walks in a stupid and dangerous fashion.
If the police are taking action, then good on them.
Ok so what, you want me FPN'ed for excess of 30mph as well in the interest of fairness.If the police are taking action, then good on them.
Were you speeding? Video removed so can't watch it again.
thescamper said:
Interestingly this is the second incident Avon and Somerset have taken an interest in which has dashcam evidence, the other one was of a stupid overtake on the Ilminster Bypass.
Its shut all the time for that very reason so not surprising really you got a link? Up until aug I was driving it daily.DanSaff said:
There are laws about privacy rights etc and all that. But all that goes out the window when authorities can use private shot phone/cam footage to pursue a person for example of a victimless crime, and the public are all for it!!
There are no privacy laws which cover filming in a public place. How is it any different to the police using CCTV to prosecute someone for a non-motoring crime? I should hope the public are 'all for it' when it comes to challenging people who drive in such a manner.
La Liga said:
here are no privacy laws which cover filming in a public place. How is it any different to the police using CCTV to prosecute someone for a non-motoring crime?
I should hope the public are 'all for it' when it comes to challenging people who drive in such a manner.
The problem I have is with hypocrisy.I should hope the public are 'all for it' when it comes to challenging people who drive in such a manner.
As I have said I don't drive like Audi-man, as I make it a point not to drive/ride in a manner that forces others to brake or swerve unnecessarily to accomodate me. However the speed that I drive at (not in urban areas, where I observe restraint) without a doubt upsets/irritates quite a few people. As with life in general, on a personal level I couldn't care a less if they are irritated as that is their problem and not mine. But there is no doubt in my mind that the dashcam brigade could cause me some grief.
On a personal level I'm very much laissez-faire as regards my attitude. Using an emotive subject as an example, I'm not overly bothered if somebody drinks 7 pints and drives home if their driving is of an acceptable standard. If it isn't, incident or otherwise, then come down on them like a ton of bricks.
I appreciate this is not likely, but my preference would be to punish people for what they have done rather than what they might have done. 'Might haves' are irrelevant.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (I'm not religious by the way). But the point is well made.
It would be somewhat ironic to be grassed up for speeding by someone who then goes home and slaps their missus about or feels up their daughter.
The 'ills' of the road are excessively over-represented at this time.
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