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

[heebeegeetee]

xRIEx said:

Centurion07 said:

heebeegeetee said:

What a load of bks all this talk of lifesavers is...

When you take a second to think about why they're called that,

It was drummed into us during motorcycle training; it's so ingrained now that I do it when I'm changing direction when walking normally down the street or pushing a trolley in a supermarket and I haven't ridden a bike in 5 or 6 years.

This is called the st driving thread. Talk of st cycling or riding and life savers etc can be done on another thread.

So what are we saying then? Man hasn't done a life saver so I can drive st?

[Centurion07]

Of course not.

But EITHER party could've avoided that whole situation.

[trixyD]

Centurion07 said:

Of course not.

But EITHER party could've avoided that whole situation.

This statement sums up half the ste driving shown in this thread.

[surveyor]

Frimley111R said:

budgie smuggler said:

xjay1337 said:

On that Karma clip the lorry at 4:50 really fks me off. Just back off and let him in, you'd have done exactly the same, stupid lorry driving .
Remember seeing that clip last year or whenever it first came out and thinking "tosser" and i still do today.

Damn right. I had a similar thing going on behind me last week in all the M25 flooding craziness between a lorry (behind me) and a van (trying trying to merge from a closed lane ahead).

It was getting more and more aggressive so I ended up opening a big old gap in front of me then waving the van driver to merge in front of me. Trucker must have been fuming. But fk him anyway for blocking someone trying to merge in turn. .

TBH, leaving aside opinions, it's the caravan owner who has the responsibility to move safely into another lane but I can quite imagine, looking at how heavy the traffic is, that the caravan owner was essentially trying to jump the queue and that always creates the possiblity that people will take exception to you doing so. 'Leaning' on an HGV was just a clarification that he was a dhead, essentially 'I'll leave it the last minute, get in front of god knows how many other patiently waiting drivers and then I'll force you to give way.' It was pretty unbelievable when even though a gap no longer existed he still went for it. One of the stupidest bits of driving ever IMO.

I wonder if there was an insurance/prosecution outcome?

If I recall correctly there were normally two lanes at that point, and its quite possible that the caravan ended up somewhere where he did not mean to be.... Of course his best option would have been to go the other-way and sort it out at the next junction, but the lorry driver was also a wker of the highest order, and it ended up with a major motorway being blocked and neither driver going anywhere.

[poing]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

xjay1337 said:

I can think of two.

Tee and hee.

She's never going to drift that.

She just needs a bit of practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBm-qd523A

[Moonhawk]

jamei303 said:

What right?

I often don't let buses out because I don't want to sit behind them breathing their stty Euro III derv smoke. Hybrid ones I'm more inclined to let in front of me.

Not a right as such - but the highway code does have a rule on this matter:

Rule 223
Buses, coaches and trams. Give priority to these vehicles when you can do so safely, especially when they signal to pull away from stops. Look out for people getting off a bus or tram and crossing the road.

[Stickyfinger]

Moonhawk said:

Not a right as such - but the highway code does have a rule on this matter:

Rule 223
Buses, coaches and trams. Give priority to these vehicles when you can do so safely, especially when they signal to pull away from stops. Look out for people getting off a bus or tram and crossing the road.

The HWC does not say "Jam your brakes on because they are coming no matter what position/speed you are in/doing".

[SonicShadow]

poing said:

She just needs a bit of practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBm-qd523A

Even better with a bit more power - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5rkw4SeP4

[Blakewater]

Vipers said:

xjay1337 said:

Your Dad said:

No words to describe this:

https://www.facebook.com/pooleclar/videos/10202280...

I can think of two.

Tee and hee.

Surprised no one has mentioned road tax angle

Larger ones are actually required to be registered and have to display tax discs, though the VED is at the zero rate. You do see some with reg plates, though they're only optional.

[dudleybloke]

I don't know what thread this should go in, this or the bad parking one......

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7h8_WDPS_Mw

[KAgantua]

xRIEx said:

Centurion07 said:

heebeegeetee said:

What a load of bks all this talk of lifesavers is...

When you take a second to think about why they're called that,

It was drummed into us during motorcycle training; it's so ingrained now that I do it when I'm changing direction when walking normally down the street or pushing a trolley in a supermarket and I haven't ridden a bike in 5 or 6 years.

yes same here

[xjay1337]

Lifesafers have a time and a place.

Problem is you are trained to do it in EVERY situation which is just bullst. Pulling away from some traffic lights, has the invisible badger of death crept up behind you?

When you are turning in either direction absolutely, give a quick shoulder check. But when you are pulling away in a straight line? No.

[heebeegeetee]

KAgantua said:

xRIEx said:

Centurion07 said:

heebeegeetee said:

What a load of bks all this talk of lifesavers is...

When you take a second to think about why they're called that,

It was drummed into us during motorcycle training; it's so ingrained now that I do it when I'm changing direction when walking normally down the street or pushing a trolley in a supermarket and I haven't ridden a bike in 5 or 6 years.

yes same here

But in the context of the discussion, it's meaningless twaddle by people who seemingly want to excuse or ignore the st driving that's going on. You know, the straddling the white line for no reason, the decision to overtake when clearly one road user ahead is going to overtake another, the decision to overtake and crowd others already overtaking, the decision to not pass during the lengthy time when no-one else was overtaking, and all just to arrive at the back of the next queue which is just a few hundred yards ahead and delay the person that's just been overtaken.

And a life-saver gives a very brief and momentary view; if a car decides to pass when you're not looking over your shoulder there's not much you can do about it.

[Some Gump]

Are people still going round in circles re. that cyclist video? He was positioned 2 foot to the right of the rider in front for a good amount of time before the overtake. He continued to be 2 foot to the right of the rider in front the whole time. The parked car on the left made both riders move right.

The blue car either has utterly st observational skills, or did a punishment pass because somehow he thinks he "outranks" the cyclist (who should give way to him behind rather than overtake in turn). From his reaction, it was st observational skills.

Either way, blue car is the numpty - there was an extra 1.5 - 2m of usable space to the right that he could have occupied and avoided the whole incident.

[Centurion07]

xjay1337 said:

Lifesafers have a time and a place.

Problem is you are trained to do it in EVERY situation which is just bullst. Pulling away from some traffic lights, has the invisible badger of death crept up behind you?

When you are turning in either direction absolutely, give a quick shoulder check. But when you are pulling away in a straight line? No.

If you don't do the lifesaver you won't see the death badger though, will you?

That's the point of them; if you don't do it you definitely won't pick up any potential danger, but it might just alert you to something.

There are plenty of clips in this thread where you just wouldn't expect there to be any problem and then lo and behold, out of nowhere appears a complete fkwit that MAY have been seen earlier if you'd been looking.

TL;DR: if you don't check then you won't see any hazards.

[ashleyman]

I really dislike this guy. He's my neighbour and his driving is just poor all the time. He has his own assigned parking space that he refuses to park in, often choosing to take up a visitor bay and leave his space empty. He's always speeding in and out of the car park and the visibility isn't that great looking out onto the road or into the car park. You're out of luck if you meet him when you're exiting and he's entering, he will bully his way in, either by driving up into you to make you reverse as he did with my wife or waving his hands around like a crazy person like he did with me when I refused to move considering I'd driven all the way from the car park to the road so I refused and sat there until he moved out the way.

Anyway, he pulled out of the car park today without looking just as I was getting into my car and this happened. The Focus driver was NOT happy at all and it was much closer than it looked! Shame the mic was off. https://youtu.be/8o9MJ6Hv8IM

Edited by ashleyman on Tuesday 27th September 09:25

[Amused2death]

Two tts meet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGtAydv7ye0

[ambuletz]

what was the point in overtaking there?

[Alucidnation]

Previous with that one I reckon.

[Centurion07]

Alucidnation said:

Previous with that one I reckon.

I'd go with that.