The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Dashcam" Thread

[KungFuPanda]

Mr GrimNasty said:

zedx19 said:

barker22 said:

zedx19 said:

Video removed?

It shouldn't be!!
Will sort it out now
http://youtu.be/YwU1yHL54QM new link, give it a minute or 2

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

That is mental, Clio driver straight lined a roundabout nearly side swiping you, then gets all aggressive about it, moronic.

Both as bad as each other. Car with camera made the first aggressive move - if you can't see it, you shouldn't be driving.

What aggressive move? Both cars approached the roundabout. The Clio was in the nearside lane which is specifically for traffic taking the first exit to the left. Instead of taking that exit, he cuts up the camera car and proceeds straight on.

[shandyboy]

KungFuPanda said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

zedx19 said:

barker22 said:

zedx19 said:

Video removed?

It shouldn't be!!
Will sort it out now
http://youtu.be/YwU1yHL54QM new link, give it a minute or 2

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

That is mental, Clio driver straight lined a roundabout nearly side swiping you, then gets all aggressive about it, moronic.

Both as bad as each other. Car with camera made the first aggressive move - if you can't see it, you shouldn't be driving.

What aggressive move? Both cars approached the roundabout. The Clio was in the nearside lane which is specifically for traffic taking the first exit to the left. Instead of taking that exit, he cuts up the camera car and proceeds straight on.

Think we found the Clio driver...

[Limpet]

KungFuPanda said:

What aggressive move? Both cars approached the roundabout. The Clio was in the nearside lane which is specifically for traffic taking the first exit to the left. Instead of taking that exit, he cuts up the camera car and proceeds straight on.

Precisely.

[TwistingMyMelon]

Clio in front was a complete lunatic what a knob

Only answer is not to get involved at all, as soon as I see any knob traits I stay well away, I definitely wouldn't have overtaken, as they you have the knob behind you, where you have less visual on what they are going to do next. Plus I would have turned off at the first opportunity and had a breather

Having said the above we all have off days, in my 20s I had loads of arguments and minor road rages with drivers, I might have been technically "right" but I got involved and dragged down to their level, sometimes ending in punch-ups. It just was never worth it, I now accept lots of people are poor drivers and to avoid them at all costs.

Now with Kids, I just drive defensively and try and avoid and stay out the way of all idiots and thus all the confrontations have gone. Well nearly....

[SeeFive]

KungFuPanda said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

zedx19 said:

barker22 said:

zedx19 said:

Video removed?

It shouldn't be!!
Will sort it out now
http://youtu.be/YwU1yHL54QM new link, give it a minute or 2

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 14:17

That is mental, Clio driver straight lined a roundabout nearly side swiping you, then gets all aggressive about it, moronic.

Both as bad as each other. Car with camera made the first aggressive move - if you can't see it, you shouldn't be driving.

What aggressive move? Both cars approached the roundabout. The Clio was in the nearside lane which is specifically for traffic taking the first exit to the left. Instead of taking that exit, he cuts up the camera car and proceeds straight on.

Correct. The road markings in the two lanes show that the left lane is for the first exit only. The right lane is for the other two exits.

Up until that point the camera car had maintained a good distance to the car in front, and did not act aggressively whatsoever. The car in he nearslide lane misread the painted road markings and carved up the camera car, then proceeeded to act the arse.

Even if the left lane was signed to go straight ahead, he made an careless and unnecessary lane change mid-roundabout to straight ine it, causing the camera car to take evasive.

Camera car totally in the clear IMO.

[CCM604e]

Fair enough the other guy was acting like a prick, but why keep playing into his hands? All seemed a bit daft to me.

[Sargeant Orange]

I would assume the clio driver in front took offence at being beeped at, or being flashed (can't see that though) when he cut them up - so he brake tests them. What a knob jockey.

[iloveboost]

Limpet said:

Precisely.

A long time ago I did a similar thing to dash cam man, and I prepared to over/under-take at a higher speed on a roundabout. I had a lane change pulled on me with no warning, that caused me to panic and brake. Fortunately I dropped back to a safe distance, and the other driver wasn't a nutter like this Clio driver.

Moral of the story for me? Roundabouts are the riskiest place to overtake, after anywhere near blind bends and crests.
I have to state this clearly so no one flames me: Clio driver is a maniac and at fault.
However to be a safer driver, you need to assume that anybody could change lane at any time. I'm not claiming to be a 'better' driver than anybody because we all make mistakes, but that's the way it is.

[SeeFive]

Sargeant Orange said:

I would assume the clio driver in front took offence at being beeped at, or being flashed (can't see that though) when he cut them up - so he brake tests them. What a knob jockey.

Poster said in his first post he did not give him the horn (with his appropriate innuendo apologies).

[SeeFive]

iloveboost said:

A long time ago I did a similar thing to dash cam man, and I prepared to over/under-take at a higher speed on a roundabout. I had a lane change pulled on me with no warning, that caused me to panic and brake. Fortunately I dropped back to a safe distance, and the other driver wasn't a nutter like this Clio driver.

Moral of the story for me? Roundabouts are the riskiest place to overtake, after anywhere near blind bends and crests.
I have to state this clearly so no one flames me: Clio driver is a maniac and at fault.
However to be a safer driver, you need to assume that anybody could change lane at any time. I'm not claiming to be a 'better' driver than anybody because we all make mistakes, but that's the way it is.

The only observational error the camera man made was not to notice that the Clio had no left turn signal on when he was in a left turn only lane. But we all know how many people exit roundabouts with no signal. Yes, pure defensive driving, I.e., regarding anyone on the road as being capable of any error at any time would say that the pass was not on, but real life and probability intervenes now and again. He took enough care to take successful evasive action.

The error was on the filmed Clio, and subsequent behaviour was appalling.

[rallycross]

Clio driver = complete tool needs a good sorting out before he causes a serious RTA.

[PoleDriver]

Good chance the driver was pissed or stoned!
Unfortunately, driving like that is all too common.

And then there is also the shame of having to drive a small French car!

[barker22]

SeeFive said:

The only observational error the camera man made was not to notice that the Clio had no left turn signal on when he was in a left turn only lane. But we all know how many people exit roundabouts with no signal. Yes, pure defensive driving, I.e., regarding anyone on the road as being capable of any error at any time would say that the pass was not on, but real life and probability intervenes now and again. He took enough care to take successful evasive action.

The error was on the filmed Clio, and subsequent behaviour was appalling.

Even if the left hand lane was straight on, I could have been turning right and he still entered the right hand lane. There was no need.
As mentioned before, in hindsight I should have just gone a different route. I could have also just booted it off after I got past him initially. I was going somewhere specific, I shouldn't have to deviate due to dangerous drivers on some sort of power trip.
Should I have crashed into him at the roundabout as I was in the correct lane? People in the caravan/lorry thread seemed t think that as worse

[heebeegeetee]

The Clio driver is a knob, but I don't understand the thinking behind following a car for miles on a straight and empty road, and then try to overtake him on a roundabout when there's the potential to come into conflict.

[All that jazz]

heebeegeetee said:

The Clio driver is a knob, but I don't understand the thinking behind following a car for miles on a straight and empty road, and then try to overtake him on a roundabout when there's the potential to come into conflict.

Well he wasn't trying to overtake him was he! He should've turned off left and the driver filming would've carried on as normal.

[heebeegeetee]

All that jazz said:

Well he wasn't trying to overtake him was he! He should've turned off left and the driver filming would've carried on as normal.

The lane arrows are for guidance only, they're not instructional or compulsory, but yes, I think he was looking to overtake him, having ignored miles of safe opportunity to do so.

[anonymous-user]

Obviously the knob in the blue Clio is a total idiot for that initial brake test but it wasn't exactly smart to then escalate an already bad situation.

At least it ended without anyone getting hurt, that's the only positive from that whole mess. It could easily have gone very wrong for you in your overtake into oncoming traffic depending on how much of a psycho the other driver was.

[zedx19]

Another point, what do you drive that seems to struggle getting past a 1.2 Clio?? :P

[anonymous-user]

heebeegeetee said:

The lane arrows are for guidance only, they're not instructional or compulsory, but yes, I think he was looking to overtake him, having ignored miles of safe opportunity to do so.

Genuine response, but really?

[barker22]

zedx19 said:

Another point, what do you drive that seems to struggle getting past a 1.2 Clio?? :P

I mentioned before.
A 2.0 Clio Albeit in the wrong gear initially, I also lifted mid overtake as you can see when he was edging me towards the kerb.

Edited by barker22 on Tuesday 19th May 16:40