The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol II

The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol II

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feef

5,206 posts

182 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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Stickyfinger said:
WJNB said:
Just spotted this & know the road well.
My 6th sense would have told me that car trouble. The warning signs were that he tended to wander from side to side albeit within his lane so may be listening to the Archers. His speed was unnecessarily slow which I would have interpreted as deliberate knowing there was a truck behind.
Probably with little to do & all the time in the world to do it & probably bored with an empty life now retired he was able to take out his bitterness on somebody else, especially somebody who has a job & a purpose in life ( & a good woman!)
These living dead populate the south of England especially.
Tailgating no way yet in a truck you 'ain't never going to get by him. Oh the joy of going straight into him when he braked.
One of these days an old git like that is going to followed back to his destination & have his car either keyed, his home burgled or simply stabbed or shot - it happens elsewhere in the world & one day here.
Imagine the headlines UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON PENSIONER. Sometimes the perpetrator becomes the victim & it serves them right.
And when it is YOUR Grandad who for whatever reason is going slow ?
My grandad gave up his car when he realised he wasn't comfortable driving at traffic speeds

I'd hope I'd have the sense to do the same if that happens to me

xRIEx

8,180 posts

147 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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Stickyfinger said:
WJNB said:
Just spotted this & know the road well.
My 6th sense would have told me that car trouble. The warning signs were that he tended to wander from side to side albeit within his lane so may be listening to the Archers. His speed was unnecessarily slow which I would have interpreted as deliberate knowing there was a truck behind.
Probably with little to do & all the time in the world to do it & probably bored with an empty life now retired he was able to take out his bitterness on somebody else, especially somebody who has a job & a purpose in life ( & a good woman!)
These living dead populate the south of England especially.
Tailgating no way yet in a truck you 'ain't never going to get by him. Oh the joy of going straight into him when he braked.
One of these days an old git like that is going to followed back to his destination & have his car either keyed, his home burgled or simply stabbed or shot - it happens elsewhere in the world & one day here.
Imagine the headlines UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON PENSIONER. Sometimes the perpetrator becomes the victim & it serves them right.
And when it is YOUR Grandad who for whatever reason is going slow ?
Although my both my grandads are dead, I hope that at the age of the driver in the video they would already know that how you act towards another person will engender some sort of response, and it is impossible to predict what that response will be - it is possible that the response will be one you either weren't expecting or won't like (possibly both).

TheInternet

4,703 posts

162 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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AJXX1 said:
Personally, I don't think the biker is blameless, he's clearly trying to undertake in a bus lane and shouldn't have been there to begin with. The bus lane sign clearly says taxi/bus NOT motorbike.
It's not a bus lane at that time. Biker should've slowed the moment the brake lights went on. Probably inexperienced, but less so now.

xRIEx

8,180 posts

147 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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TheInternet said:
AJXX1 said:
Personally, I don't think the biker is blameless, he's clearly trying to undertake in a bus lane and shouldn't have been there to begin with. The bus lane sign clearly says taxi/bus NOT motorbike.
It's not a bus lane at that time. Biker should've slowed the moment the brake lights went on. Probably inexperienced, but less so now.
Given that the thinking and reaction time is generally about 1.5 seconds, the brake lights come on at 0:07 and the collision occurs at 0:09, I don't think there was a lot that could be done (after another watch, it looks like the bike is slowing just before impact, so 1.5s reaction would be about right).

As I said in an earlier post, given that speeds of both vehicles seemed to be similar from the short time we see, and that the braking and swerve were so sudden, there was almost zero clues as to the driver's intention, I suspect because the driver didn't know they were going to make the move either.

In normal driving you can usually anticipate when a vehicle is going to change lanes; the driver will often drift to the edge of their lane before they commit to a manoeuvre, or you can deduce by what's going on ahead. None of that was present in this case.

TheInternet

4,703 posts

162 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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xRIEx said:
Given that the thinking and reaction time is generally about 1.5 seconds, the brake lights come on at 0:07 and the collision occurs at 0:09, I don't think there was a lot that could be done (after another watch, it looks like the bike is slowing just before impact, so 1.5s reaction would be about right).

As I said in an earlier post, given that speeds of both vehicles seemed to be similar from the short time we see, and that the braking and swerve were so sudden, there was almost zero clues as to the driver's intention, I suspect because the driver didn't know they were going to make the move either.

In normal driving you can usually anticipate when a vehicle is going to change lanes; the driver will often drift to the edge of their lane before they commit to a manoeuvre, or you can deduce by what's going on ahead. None of that was present in this case.
Of course it's easy for me to say they should've slowed from the comfort of my armchair but, despite it being entirely the car driver's fault, I don't think an experienced rider would have had that accident. Hopefully both participants have learnt from the experience.

ps. Someone taking 1.5s to react in that situation can't afford to ride in that way.

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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How about a video, just for a change!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxxs2mNwU&sp...

ETA: Contains swearing.

AJXX1

334 posts

118 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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TheInternet said:
It's not a bus lane at that time. Biker should've slowed the moment the brake lights went on. Probably inexperienced, but less so now.
I'm curious as to how you've reached that conclusion - given all we know is it was filmed "at the weekend" and "in London". Given it's light in the video I'd be inclined to think that this was during the day, which would mean the bus lane was in operation.

Based on:

TFL states
"When you can use the lane
Monday to Sunday - 7pm to 7am - any vehicle can use the lane"
(https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/red-routes/rules-of-red-routes/bus-lanes).

Obviously the above maybe different for different roads, but based on that, the amount of traffic in the video and the light I'd suggest this was certainly before 7pm and therefore the bus lane would have been in effect.

Mr Happy

5,694 posts

219 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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saaby93 said:
Mr Happy said:
It appears that the bold bit was before the video was taken... why would you take a video of traffic until something kicks off, at which point the budding urban Attenborough has got his video running to capture the other guy get out of the car to remonstrate, becoming pavement paté for his trouble.
I meant the next sentence too - there was a bit more to it than that
I honestly have no idea what you're going on about.

The initial take was "ha, moron who gets out his car to start drama pays by being run over", I highlighted the point that the video description said otherwise. What happens in the video from the point of the video starting is what happens in the video, how can you possibly misinterpret it?

Guy gets out to remonstrate, guy gets knocked down and possibly badly injured. Fin.

AJXX1

334 posts

118 months

Sunday 26th June 2016
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poing said:
How about a video, just for a change!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxxs2mNwU&sp...
2:55 - to be fair to the van driver, the set of lights next to him did turn green. Although the road layout looks a little confusing to me - is that a bus only lane on the left? Is the middle right turn only (if so why two lanes). If the van was in the correct lane to go straight on, why did his lights remain red when the ones next to him turned green?

5:05 - another motorcyclist trying to squeeze between gaps instead of waiting like everyone else. Love how he kicks the car and the car just drives into him - motorcyclist completely deserved that.


5:57 - okay car reversing clear wasn't looking but he did come to a standstill and then have reverse lights on for a period of time. Dashcam car should have realised and done something about it other then sit there like a tit and wait for the inevitable.


6:15 - dashcam car at fault, driver stopped for someone on the crossing. Although crossing itself is in a stupid place.

Loads of the clips have been posted here before or are fairly old.


Edited by AJXX1 on Sunday 26th June 13:41

Colonial

13,553 posts

204 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Swearing Australian time. NSFW unless headphone/no audio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lsnTBZvqc

CoolC

4,213 posts

213 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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poing said:
How about a video, just for a change!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxxs2mNwU&sp...

ETA: Contains swearing.
Those two lorries hitting the bridge, was it the same bridge? Both seemed to think they were going to get through with a squeeze but didn't quite make it. I wonder if the bridge height is marked up wrong.

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

169 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Colonial said:
Swearing Australian time. NSFW unless headphone/no audio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lsnTBZvqc
Furniture comedy routine at the end is the best bit.

Boydie88

3,283 posts

148 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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poing said:
How about a video, just for a change!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxxs2mNwU&sp...

ETA: Contains swearing.
Poor Challenger frown

0.30 is like something out of the Burnout games!

Redgate

325 posts

146 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Apologies if we've had that one already : https://youtu.be/-fGVC1UBdnY

Gary C

12,313 posts

178 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Redgate said:
Apologies if we've had that one already : https://youtu.be/-fGVC1UBdnY
Typical China there, no stopping to help out others, dont want to get saddled with any responsibility.

My Dad worked in China for 10 years, even saw a body that had been hit by a car in the road that drivers just drove around (and so did his driver, despite his protests)

Strange place.

What gets me is why the cam car did not appear to even attempt to slow, i would have been on the brakes as soon as the bus swerved around the lorry, let alone as it began to slide.

AH33

2,066 posts

134 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Redgate said:
Apologies if we've had that one already : https://youtu.be/-fGVC1UBdnY
They really do hate each other in China, don't they?

Bluedot

3,573 posts

106 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Not strictly caught on cam but while we're on the subject of China....

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/viral/lorry-without...

Dromedary66

1,924 posts

137 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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AH33 said:
They really do hate each other in China, don't they?
Obviously this is a huge generalization but I firmly believe the Chinese are the least humane race on the planet. There's just so many examples of them having a complete disregard for their fellow man.

ShaunTheSheep

951 posts

154 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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Dromedary66 said:
Obviously this is a huge generalization but I firmly believe the Chinese are the least humane race on the planet. There's just so many examples of them having a complete disregard for their fellow man.
To be fair, in this case it would be the same in the UK if we also had their rules. It's something like if you go help someone after a hit and run, you're responsible for their medical bills if they can't pay.

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

169 months

Monday 27th June 2016
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"Apparently", you can get prosecuted if you stop to help for some reason.
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