The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Dashcam" Thread
Discussion
skip_1 said:
Ghibli said:
Hi Skip_1
Is there any chance you could post up the footage before and after this incident ?
It's rare we see road obstacles that aren't on Google earth.
Even better if you can open a new thread to save spamming this one up.
No pressure on you to do anything I ask. Just thought it would be interesting to see people's perceptions of the situation rather than the f'kg hgv/cyclist etc.
It would good to see if there is traffic queuing for the skoda garage.
Will do once home, you can't see much but would see sight lines as I move off. Is there any chance you could post up the footage before and after this incident ?
It's rare we see road obstacles that aren't on Google earth.
Even better if you can open a new thread to save spamming this one up.
No pressure on you to do anything I ask. Just thought it would be interesting to see people's perceptions of the situation rather than the f'kg hgv/cyclist etc.
It would good to see if there is traffic queuing for the skoda garage.
You can't see in video but truck driver was looking towards cyclist and grinning.
http://youtu.be/xSBL87w7cGM
Shame this wasn't in the other car which has a wide angle Mobius, may have showed them more alongside then.
skip_1 said:
New video showing a bit before and after (until the end of that section of recording), the road is straight and good sight lines.
http://youtu.be/xSBL87w7cGM
Shame this wasn't in the other car which has a wide angle Mobius, may have showed them more alongside then.
Thanks for that, it's not looking too good for the lorry driver.http://youtu.be/xSBL87w7cGM
Shame this wasn't in the other car which has a wide angle Mobius, may have showed them more alongside then.
Doesn't look like there was enough room to overtake with the road works there.
It looks like Skip_1's footage has been tweeted to various places.
Close to 14,000 views in 24 hours
Looking forward to seeing the grin on the HGV drivers face when he leaves court, (if it gets that far)
Edit, not tweeted by me, I must admit that after seeing this I was very tempted to contact Joda
Close to 14,000 views in 24 hours
Looking forward to seeing the grin on the HGV drivers face when he leaves court, (if it gets that far)
Edit, not tweeted by me, I must admit that after seeing this I was very tempted to contact Joda
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 10th June 07:26
jimmy the hat said:
These "chevrons" would they be the non-chevron shaped hatchings or am I looking at it wrong?
Cheers, Jim
My comment had a hint of sarcasm, because apparently there's loads of room to overtake:Cheers, Jim
All that jazz said:
Umm no, because I happen to be local to the area where it happened (Canal Rd in Bradford) and there is ample room to pass by straddling the chevrons and it's plenty wide enough back towards Shipley to get past even with queueing traffic in the other direction. There's no way the driver was that mental to drive within inches of a cyclist like that whilst knowing he was there and as already pointed out, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the cyclist would be completely invisible from his driving position. The truck does have a front mirror but in my experience they're usually poorly adjusted, covered in muck and very rarely used anyway, especially when on the move.
At 0:04 in the video he was touching the rear tyre of the bike with his bumper whilst doing what, 20mph or so? You seriously think someone would do that knowing that the moment they get knocked off balance you've killed them under your wheels? Sorry no. You might think that's normal but natural human instinct would automatically shy away from doing it regardless of how much you might want to do it. I stand by the trucker not seeing him there.
At 0:04 in the video he was touching the rear tyre of the bike with his bumper whilst doing what, 20mph or so? You seriously think someone would do that knowing that the moment they get knocked off balance you've killed them under your wheels? Sorry no. You might think that's normal but natural human instinct would automatically shy away from doing it regardless of how much you might want to do it. I stand by the trucker not seeing him there.
robbiekhan said:
At the risk of sounding thick, what did they do wrong?GaryGlitter said:
jimmy the hat said:
These "chevrons" would they be the non-chevron shaped hatchings or am I looking at it wrong?
Cheers, Jim
My comment had a hint of sarcasm, because apparently there's loads of room to overtake:Cheers, Jim
All that jazz said:
Umm no, because I happen to be local to the area where it happened (Canal Rd in Bradford) and there is ample room to pass by straddling the chevrons and it's plenty wide enough back towards Shipley to get past even with queueing traffic in the other direction. There's no way the driver was that mental to drive within inches of a cyclist like that whilst knowing he was there and as already pointed out, I can tell you with 100% certainty that the cyclist would be completely invisible from his driving position. The truck does have a front mirror but in my experience they're usually poorly adjusted, covered in muck and very rarely used anyway, especially when on the move.
At 0:04 in the video he was touching the rear tyre of the bike with his bumper whilst doing what, 20mph or so? You seriously think someone would do that knowing that the moment they get knocked off balance you've killed them under your wheels? Sorry no. You might think that's normal but natural human instinct would automatically shy away from doing it regardless of how much you might want to do it. I stand by the trucker not seeing him there.
At 0:04 in the video he was touching the rear tyre of the bike with his bumper whilst doing what, 20mph or so? You seriously think someone would do that knowing that the moment they get knocked off balance you've killed them under your wheels? Sorry no. You might think that's normal but natural human instinct would automatically shy away from doing it regardless of how much you might want to do it. I stand by the trucker not seeing him there.
It's a tangential argument, anyway, solely based on my annoyance with people who refuse to enter hatchings that they regard as chevrons. My apologies for derailing. In additional digression, I bet these same people illegally dive across the beginning of actual chevrons in order to join a queue on a DC as far back as possible, rather than driving down the slip-road.
Back on-topic, I'm not at all sure I understand what "All that Jazz" is on about. Are they saying that the wagon-driver couldn't see the cyclist? Presumably there's another really good reason they appear to be matching their speed exactly. I'm now hoping that there isn't a grisly off-camera end to the story when the wagon started driving at a reasonable speed, having still not seen the cyclist.
Cheers, Jim
NoNeed said:
robbiekhan said:
At the risk of sounding thick, what did they do wrong?PoleDriver said:
NoNeed said:
robbiekhan said:
At the risk of sounding thick, what did they do wrong?
jimmy the hat said:
Back on-topic, I'm not at all sure I understand what "All that Jazz" is on about. Are they saying that the wagon-driver couldn't see the cyclist? Presumably there's another really good reason they appear to be matching their speed exactly. I'm now hoping that there isn't a grisly off-camera end to the story when the wagon started driving at a reasonable speed, having still not seen the cyclist.
Not really sure what to make of it anymore hence no further comment from me above. It is true that the cyclist being that close would've been out of his view from the driving seat but as others have pointed out, how did the cyclist get there without being seen prior? If he did know he was there and was driving that close intentionally then I fully concur that he's a cocksocket of the highest order and needs permanently removing from the road. I'd say that 95% of wagon drivers aren't the brightest crayons in the box but I'm still struggling to believe anyone would drive so close as to be nudging them along knowing that the moment they lose balance they'd be under the wheels resulting in a death. Completely bonkers.Alpaca said:
As posted in the Youtube thread, biker from 0:57 onwards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET7O0-Q-Zo
Near miss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxNSWeAhSpA
No sound on both clips BTW.
Those sort of things happen far to regularly on that roundabout. Think I've been cut more on that small stretch of road than I have anywhere else, it's shockingly bad!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET7O0-Q-Zo
Near miss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxNSWeAhSpA
No sound on both clips BTW.
NoNeed said:
At the risk of sounding thick, what did they do wrong?
Highway code states you should give way to traffic on the right when joining a roundabout. The police van clearly had traffic on the right that was also indicating right, the van didn't even slow nor did it indicate its intended direction/exit after joining it.Whether there was "plenty" of space or not doesn't matter, the correct thing to do is to give way to oncoming traffic that was evidently immediately to the right going round the roundabout.
Edited by robbiekhan on Wednesday 10th June 16:23
robbiekhan said:
Highway code states you should give way to traffic on the right when joining a roundabout. The police van clearly had traffic on the right that was also indicating right, the van didn't even slow nor did it indicate its intended direction/exit after joining it.
Whether there was "plenty" of space or not doesn't matter, the correct thing to do is to give way to oncoming traffic that was evidently immediately to the right going round the roundabout.
Did you have to brake and swerve to avoid him? No. Complete non-event. I guess you don't drive much as that kind of thing happens 100s of times a day all over the country.Whether there was "plenty" of space or not doesn't matter, the correct thing to do is to give way to oncoming traffic that was evidently immediately to the right going round the roundabout.
Edited by robbiekhan on Wednesday 10th June 16:23
Just because it happens so often doesn't mean it's a non-event. If an officer who strictly goes by the code sees a driver doing that he can pull them over and give them a ticking off.
Just because I didn't have to brake or swerve doesn't make it a non event either.
It's that kind of attitude you have that leads to an actual incident on the roads eventually.
Just because I didn't have to brake or swerve doesn't make it a non event either.
It's that kind of attitude you have that leads to an actual incident on the roads eventually.
robbiekhan said:
Just because it happens so often doesn't mean it's a non-event. If an officer who strictly goes by the code sees a driver doing that he can pull them over and give them a ticking off.
Just because I didn't have to brake or swerve doesn't make it a non event either.
It's that kind of attitude you have that leads to an actual incident on the roads eventually.
Not for that he won't, he had more than enough time to enter the road safely without you taking any action.Just because I didn't have to brake or swerve doesn't make it a non event either.
It's that kind of attitude you have that leads to an actual incident on the roads eventually.
A complete non-event.
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