The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Dashcam" Thread
Discussion
Limpet said:
No it's not just you. If he didn't hit that car on purpose, it's some of the worst forward observation and anticipation skills I've ever witnessed.
It's target fixation. A bike goes where you look. This is one of the 7 survival reactions (which ironically can easily lead to death!) And because of the way it happens it can be hard to snap out of.Leads to some of the most moronic looking crashes but the rider is frozen even though they can often easily avoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7eY4-tdko
The car that switches lanes but gets stroppy and the blue van are special.
The car that switches lanes but gets stroppy and the blue van are special.
s3fella said:
Palms said:
Maybe s3fella is a tailgater and thinks that driving 2 foot from the guy in front is ok so its ok for them to be that close to his rear?
No chance that you have never been tailgated in 28 years
Well not that I would consider 'tailgating' no. As I say, I've never been caught speeding and only had one accident, (which was just my car) in all that time also. And I've driven hundreds of thousands of miles in the UK and tens of thousand in USA,Europe and Far East. No chance that you have never been tailgated in 28 years
Maybe I'm 'lucky' or maybe I just have a good sense of staying out of trouble? Maybe some people who think they're doing nothing wrong 'attract' incidents because they are a bit s
tter than they realise. Btw, if your definition of tailgating is 2ft from your bumper, I'd suggest that happens to anyone very rarely indeed. Got sit in traffic with a car behind , they will rarely be that close, but look how big they are in you mirrors! Closest I've seen a vehicle to another which was a road rage incident unfolding behind me, and looked very ugly indeed on the m5, was a car stuffed up behind some young girl who'd just pulled out to l3 when car was in her blind spot. Cue angry man driving horribly close at 80mph, but as they both passed me, he was still about 2 or 3 meters behind her. Far far too close, looked scary as hell, completely ridiculous, the worst case I' and my missus have witnessed, but still a good 6 to 10 ft away.
poo at Paul's said:
I agree on both counts, pair of muppets playing a game of one upmanship, risking other people's lives, property and livelihoods.
I'd love to see the footage from the last 10 mins, I suspect these two had been interacting for a while before. I'm wondering who the OP is overtaking to be in the outside lane away from them lights, (what happened to stay left), I suspect he's just trying not to be overtaken by the Audi.
Pair of tools.
Some people see a few seconds of footage and make up a whole story around it with no evidence to back it up just because they have the opportunity to gang up on the person who filmed it. I imagine similar scenarios could be made up around anyone's driving if a few seconds of conflict were posted on here and everyone else would pile in with the slating.I'd love to see the footage from the last 10 mins, I suspect these two had been interacting for a while before. I'm wondering who the OP is overtaking to be in the outside lane away from them lights, (what happened to stay left), I suspect he's just trying not to be overtaken by the Audi.
Pair of tools.
Johnnytheboy said:
Rather than posting sarcastic similes, how about actually putting up a video yourself?Blakewater said:
s3fella said:
Palms said:
Maybe s3fella is a tailgater and thinks that driving 2 foot from the guy in front is ok so its ok for them to be that close to his rear?
No chance that you have never been tailgated in 28 years
Well not that I would consider 'tailgating' no. As I say, I've never been caught speeding and only had one accident, (which was just my car) in all that time also. And I've driven hundreds of thousands of miles in the UK and tens of thousand in USA,Europe and Far East. No chance that you have never been tailgated in 28 years
Maybe I'm 'lucky' or maybe I just have a good sense of staying out of trouble? Maybe some people who think they're doing nothing wrong 'attract' incidents because they are a bit s
tter than they realise. Btw, if your definition of tailgating is 2ft from your bumper, I'd suggest that happens to anyone very rarely indeed. Got sit in traffic with a car behind , they will rarely be that close, but look how big they are in you mirrors! Closest I've seen a vehicle to another which was a road rage incident unfolding behind me, and looked very ugly indeed on the m5, was a car stuffed up behind some young girl who'd just pulled out to l3 when car was in her blind spot. Cue angry man driving horribly close at 80mph, but as they both passed me, he was still about 2 or 3 meters behind her. Far far too close, looked scary as hell, completely ridiculous, the worst case I' and my missus have witnessed, but still a good 6 to 10 ft away.
Also, just because someone isn't tail-gating you, doesn't mean you're not holding them up. On a single NSL road, if someone is behind you and has been for several miles, you're probably holding them up. That, or you do find some people who just like to 'latch-on' and follow the car in front without paying attention.
I was tail-gated today going around the 20mph perimeter road of our town. Very few people obey this speed limit and as such, on two separate occasions, I felt I was being tail-gated as per my description above.
If I feel someone is dangerously following closely and they've had plenty of opportunity to pass me, I will safely indicate, slow and let them past.
jogger1976 said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Rather than posting sarcastic similes, how about actually putting up a video yourself?It wasn't sarcastic either, or a simile!
ShaunTheSheep said:
Maybe its location. Do you all live in the south east and s3fella lives further north?
I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
Perhaps that's possible, but I think he said he's driven millions of miles all over the place. Could've been someone else though. I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
The other clips were interesting, the learner drivers ones especially so as some of the commentary is insightful into how others are being taught to interpret the road.
SpeedMattersNot said:
ShaunTheSheep said:
Maybe its location. Do you all live in the south east and s3fella lives further north?
I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
Perhaps that's possible, but I think he said he's driven millions of miles all over the place. Could've been someone else though. I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
The other clips were interesting, the learner drivers ones especially so as some of the commentary is insightful into how others are being taught to interpret the road.
The driving instructor in the last video once posted a clip where he refused to let a Range Rover driver merge at roadworks where the outside lane was closed, resulting in a collision between them both. After being challenged about it he seems to have deleted the video.
_dobbo_ said:
Blakewater said:
Dashcams, cycle cams and YouTube are often the means of revenge for the kind of people who got bullied at school.
Are you saying bring back the days when violent thugs could bully, attack or threaten people without any fear of reprisals? The problem occurs when people go too far and seek to create situations and provoke people who otherwise aren't causing anyone a problem.
Some people use thuggery as a way to feel powerful, others displays of wealth. Those who've never been able to do that but still want to feel big are using cameras and YouTube to try and show people up and get them into trouble with the police or their employers, or to just get them publicly mocked.
Take Uphillfreewheeler and the bloke who did the forward roll chasing after him. That guy was something of a tit and probably deserved a bit of public ridicule. However, the lorry driver the cyclist reported to his employer for being on the "wrong" side of the road when he swung wide to take a corner didn't deserve a power crazed cyclist berating him in public before trying to get him disciplined by his employers.
ShaunTheSheep said:
Maybe its location. Do you all live in the south east and s3fella lives further north?
I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
He did mention he'd been driving abroad... I have to say once you've out on the roads outside the UK, even in France say, suddenly the UK driving standards seem much better. I'm not sure if the middle east or south american drivers are the best/worse... I'm west of Scotland and I can relate to s3fella's posts more than the others.
ORD said:
simoid said:
That's not the only way to stop them. In fact, it's a good way to wind someone up. The way to end the tailgating would be pulling over when possible instead of actively trying to change someone else's driving.
/holierthanthou
Fair point. I would do that if the person was bonkers or getting wound up. Most people tailgate without even knowing they are doing it. And they then get grumpy because driving like that is really stressful. So much better to be able to around the car in front so that nothing comes as a surprise./holierthanthou
Talking is boring...
Heres a video of a stripper getting road rage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=101&v=9hZmiy5R...
Heres a video of a stripper getting road rage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=101&v=9hZmiy5R...
legless said:
And I've been tailgated before even when there IS somewhere for them to go.
Memorably, one quiet evening on the M6 Toll when I was sat in L1 on cruise at 70mph. No other traffic around to be seen. I became aware of a car slowly gaining on me in L1 in the distance. Over the course of the next few miles it slowly caught up to the point where it was behind me.
It was then that the driver of this Q5 decided that it was far too much effort to move to L2 to pass, and instead spent the next 3-4 miles following my Touareg so closely that I couldn't see his front plate in my mirror.
Eventually, I got so fed up of this that I knocked the cruise control off to encourage him to pass. I'd coasted down to 45mph before he eventually got the hint, pulled out and tore off into the distance.
Utterly baffling. There was no other traffic around, and I'd not encountered him earlier in the journey either.
May have been an umarked car, I've seen a dark blue Q5 knocking about the M42/M6 Toll Junction beforeMemorably, one quiet evening on the M6 Toll when I was sat in L1 on cruise at 70mph. No other traffic around to be seen. I became aware of a car slowly gaining on me in L1 in the distance. Over the course of the next few miles it slowly caught up to the point where it was behind me.
It was then that the driver of this Q5 decided that it was far too much effort to move to L2 to pass, and instead spent the next 3-4 miles following my Touareg so closely that I couldn't see his front plate in my mirror.
Eventually, I got so fed up of this that I knocked the cruise control off to encourage him to pass. I'd coasted down to 45mph before he eventually got the hint, pulled out and tore off into the distance.
Utterly baffling. There was no other traffic around, and I'd not encountered him earlier in the journey either.
Blakewater said:
_dobbo_ said:
Blakewater said:
Dashcams, cycle cams and YouTube are often the means of revenge for the kind of people who got bullied at school.
Are you saying bring back the days when violent thugs could bully, attack or threaten people without any fear of reprisals? 
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