The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol II
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ashleyman said:
The wife sent me this from her morning commute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmE4J8WHHs
It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
Hardly that bad. Then she sped up towards it whilst hammering on the horn. She needs to chill out a bit.It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
TwistingMyMelon said:
Your wife sped up when she saw the Toyota pulling out?? If she just coasted or dabbed the brakes then there would be no issue at all and your wifes journey might have been 2 seconds longer. What do you expect in rush hour??
I think she was just accelerating after pulling out of the junction, not accelerating into the guy. I had a look on Google Earth and measured the distance of where she was when he started to pull out and it was 14 metres. Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 28th September 10:10
ashleyman said:
TwistingMyMelon said:
Your wife sped up when she saw the Toyota pulling out?? If she just coasted or dabbed the brakes then there would be no issue at all and your wifes journey might have been 2 seconds longer. What do you expect in rush hour??
I think she was just accelerating after pulling out of the junction, not accelerating into the guy. I had a look on Google Earth and measured the distance of where she was when he started to pull out and it was 14 metres. Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 28th September 10:10
Sorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
PulsatingStar said:
ashleyman said:
The wife sent me this from her morning commute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmE4J8WHHs
It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
Hardly that bad. Then she sped up towards it whilst hammering on the horn. She needs to chill out a bit.It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
k off, busy road, short distance, just fk off you stupid selfish tt and stick your horn up your fat arse !Stickyfinger said:
PulsatingStar said:
ashleyman said:
The wife sent me this from her morning commute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmE4J8WHHs
It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
Hardly that bad. Then she sped up towards it whilst hammering on the horn. She needs to chill out a bit.It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately.
k off, busy road, short distance, just fk off you stupid selfish tt and stick your horn up your fat arse !
ashleyman said:
I think she was just accelerating after pulling out of the junction, not accelerating into the guy. I had a look on Google Earth and measured the distance of where she was when he started to pull out and it was 14 metres.
Have to agree with others ashleyman. A lift off the throttle pedal or gentle braking would've been a better solution.Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 28th September 10:10
The Toyota driver was nudging forward before the dashcammer went over the pedestrian crossing, so there was already a clue that they were pulling out. Also don't get the beeping myself - people would react differently to that. Some people would flick a finger or two, others put their hazards on to apologise and some will do an emergency stop. If the Toyota did brake suddenly just after the honking, then a minor bump was inevitable, no? Especially if there's someone besides the dashcammer in the right-hand lane.
Also, why beep at the Toyota driver when the Ford S-Max pulls out from the right-hand side with a similar distance? Both pull-outs seem the same to me...
Anyway, until you're driving in that exact same situation who knows how we would've reacted...great video quality btw.
Bluedot said:
The Toyota could clearly see your wife was pulling out and therefore would take a few seconds to get up to speed, so they took the decision to pull out.
Sorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
Sorry, what? You force somebody else to brake= you fSorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
ked up. If Toyota's going to do what you said, then he needs to get straight out after the lorry and accelerate briskly, not 3 seconds later dawdling straight into the path of a car. Nips my tits when people do this.
budgie smuggler said:
Sorry, what? You force somebody else to brake= you fked up.
Wifey forced herself to brake as much as Toyota, and the use of the horn just reminds me that if it was up to me cars wouldn't have horns. What had everyone else done wrong that they had to listen to that?ked up. xjay1337 said:
The swift driver was an absolute tt.
The van hardly pushed in. Possibly he was not familiar with the area and up ahead was a change of lane.
One of those cases where "i'm not letting you in tw@ how dare you indicate" ...
Looks like everyone else is getting out of lane 1 behind the van, so more than likely there is an obstruction ahead in that lane. So makes what the swift is doing even more pointless.t.The van hardly pushed in. Possibly he was not familiar with the area and up ahead was a change of lane.
One of those cases where "i'm not letting you in tw@ how dare you indicate" ...
ashleyman said:
The wife sent me this from her morning commute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmE4J8WHHs
It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately. I don't think she was accelerating into him, just accelerating out of the junction. I had a look on Google Earth and measured the distance of where she was positioned when he started to pull out and the distance was 14 metres.
Another dash cam warrior.It seems like everyone in Sutton has forgotten how to drive lately. I don't think she was accelerating into him, just accelerating out of the junction. I had a look on Google Earth and measured the distance of where she was positioned when he started to pull out and the distance was 14 metres.
Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 28th September 10:10
Why didn't she just move over to the lane she wanted when she saw it pulling out rather than make a scene.
budgie smuggler said:
Bluedot said:
The Toyota could clearly see your wife was pulling out and therefore would take a few seconds to get up to speed, so they took the decision to pull out.
Sorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
Sorry, what? You force somebody else to brake= you fSorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
ked up. If Toyota's going to do what you said, then he needs to get straight out after the lorry and accelerate briskly, not 3 seconds later dawdling straight into the path of a car. Nips my tits when people do this.
Drivers creating dramas out of nothing nips my tits.
heebeegeetee said:
budgie smuggler said:
Sorry, what? You force somebody else to brake= you fked up.
Wifey forced herself to brake as much as Toyota, and the use of the horn just reminds me that if it was up to me cars wouldn't have horns. What had everyone else done wrong that they had to listen to that?ked up. I'm afraid I'm going to have to side with those suggesting our man's good lady could have done more to avoid that.
Having pulled out (and it's on her commute, so unless it's her first day, she knows the journey) from there, the first place to look is at the junction from which the small car emerges.
The small thing (I can't remember what it was, some dreadful hatchback) is pulling out a long way before our hero hits the brakes, which itself comes some time after she hits the horn.
Lift off, mutter obscenities under your breath, question how you could do better. I suspect the answer here is that the driver of the camcar doesn't look far enough down the road to adequately anticipate developing hazards. Perhaps that's a trait you'd recognise in your wife, Ashleyman?
I myself was guilty of this during the week. The story is a little too involved to relate here, but I found myself choosing to audibly warn of my presence in preference to taking immediate avoiding action. A completely different circumstance from this Horn Of Rebuke, but it is easily done. I am not without sympathy.
Having pulled out (and it's on her commute, so unless it's her first day, she knows the journey) from there, the first place to look is at the junction from which the small car emerges.
The small thing (I can't remember what it was, some dreadful hatchback) is pulling out a long way before our hero hits the brakes, which itself comes some time after she hits the horn.
Lift off, mutter obscenities under your breath, question how you could do better. I suspect the answer here is that the driver of the camcar doesn't look far enough down the road to adequately anticipate developing hazards. Perhaps that's a trait you'd recognise in your wife, Ashleyman?
I myself was guilty of this during the week. The story is a little too involved to relate here, but I found myself choosing to audibly warn of my presence in preference to taking immediate avoiding action. A completely different circumstance from this Horn Of Rebuke, but it is easily done. I am not without sympathy.
SmoothCriminal said:
Another dash cam warrior.
Why didn't she just move over to the lane she wanted when she saw it pulling out rather than make a scene.
The rear video shows a bus in the lane she needed who slowed down to let her in when she indicated she needed to move over. It's an odd bend where if you wait to go straight into the right lane you'll be there forever so you need to get into the left then merge right. Why didn't she just move over to the lane she wanted when she saw it pulling out rather than make a scene.
budgie smuggler said:
Bluedot said:
The Toyota could clearly see your wife was pulling out and therefore would take a few seconds to get up to speed, so they took the decision to pull out.
Sorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
Sorry, what? You force somebody else to brake= you fSorry, I see nothing wrong with that.
ked up. If Toyota's going to do what you said, then he needs to get straight out after the lorry and accelerate briskly, not 3 seconds later dawdling straight into the path of a car. Nips my tits when people do this.
ferrariF50lover said:
I suspect the answer here is that the driver of the camcar doesn't look far enough down the road to adequately anticipate developing hazards. Perhaps that's a trait you'd recognise in your wife, Ashleyman?
I agree the reaction was a bit late. I watched the braking time and it made me cringe a little. I saw the car creep and knew exactly what would happen next. Not sure I understand the part of your comment I quoted? If you're referring to the video I posted the other night about the Mercedes guy. I totally noticed him but chose to be a pain instead of slowing down because I was being a prick.
It looks like the Toyota's view was blocked by the M&S lorry until 0:07 and they simply didn't allow enough time to correctly process the speed of approaching traffic as Wife appears to be still accelerating. It's a busy road, relatively low speeds, general expectation is that cars will be joining without first submitting a written invitation.
Something I noticed the other day when reviewing my own dashcam footage of a similar incident though, I think a weird quirk of the wide angle lens and video compression "appears" to speed up the final moments of approach.
In my case I was accelerating off a roundabout in lane 2 (empty) and about to pass a car and a lorry established in lane 1. The car made a sudden decision to pull out to overtake the lorry in front of me which I was prepared for, so I backed off to put some distance between us and wait for them to overtake first. Which they didn't complete for nearly a mile of elephant racing the lorry, but that was also not unexpected...
Reviewing the footage however, it looks like I had plenty of time to see the car pull out and literally accelerated at them.
So 2 reasons. Either my sub-conscious was peeved that someone had the cheek to interrupt my overtake on a clear road and kept my foot down - then failed to tell my rational brain what it was up to. Or for technical reasons the lens/video compression gives a slightly false account of the situation.
And in case anyone asks, other than mild curiosity based on analysis in this thread the clip was so uninteresting it wasn't worth saving.
Something I noticed the other day when reviewing my own dashcam footage of a similar incident though, I think a weird quirk of the wide angle lens and video compression "appears" to speed up the final moments of approach.
In my case I was accelerating off a roundabout in lane 2 (empty) and about to pass a car and a lorry established in lane 1. The car made a sudden decision to pull out to overtake the lorry in front of me which I was prepared for, so I backed off to put some distance between us and wait for them to overtake first. Which they didn't complete for nearly a mile of elephant racing the lorry, but that was also not unexpected...
Reviewing the footage however, it looks like I had plenty of time to see the car pull out and literally accelerated at them.
So 2 reasons. Either my sub-conscious was peeved that someone had the cheek to interrupt my overtake on a clear road and kept my foot down - then failed to tell my rational brain what it was up to. Or for technical reasons the lens/video compression gives a slightly false account of the situation.
And in case anyone asks, other than mild curiosity based on analysis in this thread the clip was so uninteresting it wasn't worth saving.
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