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

[Europa1]

Vipers said:

Noodle1982 said:

Here's a clip from a cyclist's headcam of one of the most dangerous manoeuvres by a car user that I have ever seen, no surprise it was a female driver. I'm amazed that there were no fatalities considering the severity of it...



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=170437...

Cyclist is a dick head. Did he have to slow down, did he have to stop, no the car didn't hinder him at all.

The cyclist was an absolute, world class, lavishly tooled, 24 carat dildo. I hope he did report the "incident" to the Police, and that they pointed out to him that luckily, being a complete prick isn't a crime, otherwise they would have had to arrest him. But that they would caution him for harssing an entirely innocent member of the public.

One just knew what his voice would sound like before he even started his lecture.

[Stickyfinger]

ferrariF50lover said:

Stickyfinger said:

You have a frustrating life.
I would reconsider your definition of considerate if I was you, you seem to have a bit of a victim complex. Or maybe you are just the "standard" twonk in a de-badged TD BMW who thinks they own the road ?

Sorry Fingers, you've got this one wrong. There is a perfectly reasonable expectation that it should not be a lack of ability on the part of a driver which renders the speed limit unattainable. Poor conditions, yes. Special circumstances (funeral cortege perhaps), absolutely. Steering wheel operative too old, doddery, infirm, young, inexperienced, hopeless etc, no, absolutely not.

I see NO danger initially on his Vid and my point is that the Limit is not a Minimum required speed and we should be considerate of other drivers and their requirements. I would never say "just pull out and expect them to jam on the brakes".

......I would say slowing to the crawl to piss him off is NOT good driving however.

[Janesy B]

Europa1 said:

The cyclist was an absolute, world class, lavishly tooled, 24 carat dildo. I hope he did report the "incident" to the Police, and that they pointed out to him that luckily, being a complete prick isn't a crime, otherwise they would have had to arrest him. But that they would caution him for harssing an entirely innocent member of the public.

One just knew what his voice would sound like before he even started his lecture.

I did enjoy the fact he hid around a corner and then only proceeded on his misguided rant once he confirmed it was a female who stood her ground. Sad and pathetic weasel.

[Freddy88FM]

Laurel Green said:

Agree! Some folk are letting these cameras go to their heads.

I didn't watch the rant, but I watched the manoeuvre. Overtaking someone to turn off immediately in front of them is not wise. The reason cyclists get so angry is simply because the penalty they pay if the person misjudges their speed and turns in front of them is significant.

A fender bender in a car can be curtains on a bike. We all just need a little more consideration for each other. Those few seconds you may save by endangering someone else aren't justified imo.

[budgie smuggler]

fatjoe92 said:

This is the precise reason I have mine.

Proved to be worth it's weight in Gold recently, as I was in a non fault accident in which the other driver insisted was my fault (until her insurance company saw the footage from my Dashcam).

I assume that's the Fiesta one you posted above? What was her explanation for that?

[skahigh]

Freddy88FM said:

I didn't watch the rant, but I watched the manoeuvre. Overtaking someone to turn off immediately in front of them is not wise. The reason cyclists get so angry is simply because the penalty they pay if the person misjudges their speed and turns in front of them is significant.

A fender bender in a car can be curtains on a bike. We all just need a little more consideration for each other. Those few seconds you may save by endangering someone else aren't justified imo.

I don't disagree with this however, none of this has any relevance to the clip in question.

The car driver has plenty of time to complete the manoeuvre safely without placing the cyclist in any danger, cyclist's reaction and attitude is completely baseless.

[fatjoe92]

budgie smuggler said:

I assume that's the Fiesta one you posted above? What was her explanation for that?

Yes that's right.

She told the insurance companies that it was my fault because she was on the roundabout first.

Surprisingly (to me), my insurance company said at best it would go 50/50 (in terms of fault) if it hadn't been for my dashcam footage clearly showing I was on the roundabout first.

[Vipers]

rainmakerraw said:

Stickyfinger said:

A disabled person turning onto a 60mph road and you slowing to 40mph because that is their considered safe speed is not inconsiderate.....do you say the same for a HGV or a Coach ?

Any vehicle waiting to turn out onto the carriageway should judge the speed of the approaching vehicle, and decide if his manouevour will cause them to slow down, if it will, dont do it, wait.

It certainly pisses me off if anyone pulls out and I have to slow down to match their speed. I dont do it, and I expect nobody else to do it. Then again they are probably the same "Gods of the slip roads brigade", Ime all right jack.

I know sometimes it is difficult to judge the approaching speed, and I will make allowances for that, but some just pull out regardless. Had one last week, dual carriageway, me 70 L1, vehicles in L2 passing me, approached a very very short slip road, bloody driver pulls straight out in front of me, causing me heavy breaking.

[Vipers]

Laurel Green said:

Vipers said:

Cyclist is a dick head. Did he have to slow down, did he have to stop, no the car didn't hinder him at all.

Agree! Some folk are letting these cameras go to their heads.

Iam surprised the woman kept her calm. I have a sneeky suspicion the cyclist edited the bit out when his wheels were smoking as he anchored up and fell off his bike. Some mothers do have them

[ferrariF50lover]

Stickyfinger said:

I see NO danger initially on his Vid and my point is that the Limit is not a Minimum required speed and we should be considerate of other drivers and their requirements. I would never say "just pull out and expect them to jam on the brakes".

......I would say slowing to the crawl to piss him off is NOT good driving however.

I know precisely what your point is. It makes sense and is based on perfectly sound logic. However, it comes with a provision of check and balance which says that, unless conditions dictate otherwise, the speed limit does become a de facto target.

You are quite right the we should all be considerate of others, but we need to be clear that this consideration is bilateral. As considerate as A must be of B's desire to drive at speed X, B must be equally considerate of A's desire to drive at X+Y.

Indeed, it seems fair to say that B in this situation is much less considerate to his fellow road user, since A's speed doesn't cause B to lose time, whereas B's speed does cause a hold-up for A.

In real terms, if little old Doris wants to pootle about in her Jazz at 16mph, that's fine and we should be (to a not inexhaustible extent) considerate of that, but there is a greater weight of responsibility borne upon Doris to others who wish to go about their lawful business in a timely manner.

[Stickyfinger]

ferrariF50lover said:

I know precisely what your point is. It makes sense and is based on perfectly sound logic. However, it comes with a provision of check and balance which says that, unless conditions dictate otherwise, the speed limit does become a de facto target.

You are quite right the we should all be considerate of others, but we need to be clear that this consideration is bilateral. As considerate as A must be of B's desire to drive at speed X, B must be equally considerate of A's desire to drive at X+Y.

Indeed, it seems fair to say that B in this situation is much less considerate to his fellow road user, since A's speed doesn't cause B to lose time, whereas B's speed does cause a hold-up for A.

In real terms, if little old Doris wants to pootle about in her Jazz at 16mph, that's fine and we should be (to a not inexhaustible extent) considerate of that, but there is a greater weight of responsibility borne upon Doris to others who wish to go about their lawful business in a timely manner.

I cannot argue with that....Doddery Doris or Inexperienced Edward often piss me off a little but living were I do, I meet them quite often and would be on tablets if I let it bother as much.

I often however see Mr Yobbo crawling all over the backsides of less "able" and disabled drivers ect.
Every now and again I take out my Mothers little Kia, the standard of driving behind me is appalling, aggressive and dangerous.
It has been a lesson for me to see such behaviour and has very much reminded me of what I have been like in the past.

[ferrariF50lover]

Stickyfinger said:

Doddery Doris or Inexperienced Edward often piss me off a little but living were I do, I meet them quite often

• reads this*
• laughs to self*
• clicks Stickyfinger's profile*
• reads that we live in the same place*
• feels literally no surprise whatsoever*

[Stickyfinger]

• another Clio in the same ditch/hedge going into Shepton this morning *
• that's three cars in the same ditch/hedge in 4 weeks *
• none of them D-Doris or Able Alex type cars *
• feels literally no surprise whatsoever *

[SmoothCriminal]

SpeedMattersNot said:

disagree, it's actually very rewarding to be considerate.

Anyway, enough of the high rocking-horse antics.

Exposed: UK Dash Cams (Bad Drivers, Road Rage & Crashes) Compilation #8 [2016]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttWWWqBBQjg

Then old in the blue c-max jumping out hopefully he got turned over.

Then immediately after the biker what an absolute this is why I have no sympathy for the wkers when they get wiped out cos of specimens like him.

[TheInternet]

SpeedMattersNot said:

Anyway, enough of the high rocking-horse antics.

Exposed: UK Dash Cams (Bad Drivers, Road Rage & Crashes) Compilation #8 [2016]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttWWWqBBQjg

Astonishingly tedious video. Complete waste of time. Avoid.

[Cliftonite]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/watch/dashcam-captu...

[Stickyfinger]

I do wonder if that is another "Brain off - Follow Sat Nav" type incident.
Spoke to a Traffic cop a while back and he thinks it is a big problem...."Turn RIGHT now" and they do

[budgie smuggler]

Cliftonite said:

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/watch/dashcam-captu...

Fecking awful car control/spatial awareness when they're trying to turn around.

[Freddy88FM]

budgie smuggler said:

Fecking awful car control/spatial awareness when they're trying to turn around.

Got to be drunk?

[hornetrider]

Freddy88FM said:

budgie smuggler said:

Fecking awful car control/spatial awareness when they're trying to turn around.

Got to be drunk?

Presumably.