AUDI SQ5 Dash cam footage Dangerous overtake Somerset

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AUDI SQ5 Dash cam footage Dangerous overtake (reg number removed) Somerset

Had a dash cam in one of my cars for a while but put one in my other car transcend 200.

This is what I caught today.

https://youtu.be/g_C35Mr6N0A

Edited by JD PH on Wednesday 11th November 12:39

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I pulled away from the lights with brisk acceleration moved across and was slowing down due to slower moving van when the Audi decided to go on the overtake. He could of tucked in behind me or the slow moving van rather than do that

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anonymous said:

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I pulled away from lights in lane 2 briskly.

when I saw I was closing on the slow moving fiesta I started slowing down. If I didn't want the audi to overtake i could of stayed over and controlled the road space. I can see the are some judge, jurors and executioners on this site who have decided and dapped the throttle to close the gap but I was acceralting from the lights all the time. The audi decided last minute to boot it probably due to superior car, hair style who knows what else.

I got it though no more overtakes for me will just poodle and if I see an audi 's' car closing on me i will slam the brakes as if its an ambulance and need to make room for the to pass safely otherwise they may pass like this. He/she carried on driving like and did an overtake approaching a roundabout when he was 9 cars ahead.

If i upload the full clip it may help to show my pace and I was slowing down when they decided to pass>

https://youtu.be/LEZfjgDS01M

Edited by jbsportstech on Saturday 3rd October 20:45

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the full clip it may help to show my pace and I was slowing down when they decided to pass>

https://youtu.be/LEZfjgDS01M

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Greendubber said:

Sorry, are we all watching a different video?

You clearly booted it!

No your opinion is i booted it i was closing on the fiesta prior to the audi coming on scene.

Edited by jbsportstech on Saturday 3rd October 20:52

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GrumpyTwig said:

Still just looks like the Audi guy was a bell-end to me but I'm sure the resident driving experts will still criticise you.

Could of assumed it was a higher powered audi and driver probably had tiny penis, but >\

He carried on like that into the distance going offside approaching a roundabout

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Vaud said:

Riiiiggghtt.. and the closing speed on that Fiesta was what?

Admittedly I was carrying to much speed on the approach to the fiesta but I didn't make the audi do what he did and I DIDNTtamp on the throttle to stop the audi I was accelerating from the lights consistently.

The audi overtook another 5 car like that

Edited by jbsportstech on Saturday 3rd October 21:25

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anonymous said:

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I used firm acceleration from the lights audi came at me whilst closing on the fiesta at which point I broke to try and avoid an accident.

He carried on flat out overtaking into the distance

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Vaud said:

Glass houses, stones, etc. You need to look at your own driving as well.

His was shocking.
Yours was very poor.

HTH.

What was very poor.

at no point did a straddle the middle of the road with oncomings forcing them to take evasive action, I didn't keep my foot down when the audi came along side i braked to try and stop him having a head on. i am only guilty of trying to making progress.

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anonymous said:

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Whether I was driving slowly or as quick as the clip the audi was on a mission carried on doing that.

He kept on overtaking like that just look at him pull away.

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Vaud said:

Accelerating hard in a built up (ish) area, with nothing to gain. You admitted to trying to close the Audi out - "I did stamp on the throttle to stop the audi"

I'm not defending his driving. I'm saying you might have chosen a moment much earlier to be defensive rather than aggressive.

Should read DIDNT i was accelerating consistently, no stamping,

Point taken I wasn't text book but i was trying to kill anyone. I didn't try to stop him soon as he came offside I broke.

I don't normally but had been held up for some time when I had some open road decided to make progress the audi came into the scene like his pants were on fire.

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Vaud said:

The dash cam implies that you were booting it pretty hard in the second phase and you admit to trying to block the Audi. As I said, I agree that his driving was appalling.

You need to look at yours. We all perceive our driving to be different than it is, that's life. Take a pause, sleep on it and watch it back in a few days.

You will probably think "I could have done that differently".

the fiesta slowed down as it was turning off thats why there appears to be a sudden gain.

i wouldn't of bothered accelerating like that if i was to do it again but the audi wasn't behind me at the lights, so didn't form part of my plan.

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BrownBottle said:

The video quite clearly shows you easing off then accelerating hard when the Audi goes to overtake.

No it shows me suddenly gain on the fiesta as he had slowed ready to turn off.

My mio cam would prove this as it has speed were as the transcend doesn't.

When the audi pokes his nose past me i BRAKE

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Driver101 said:

The Audi went to pass you and you booted it leaving him on the outside when the lane ended.

Maybe you didn't set out to kill someone, but you left the Audi in a situation where he could.

If you had driven at your own speed, he would have been an idiot for pushing a pass for nothing.

You joined in and made the incident greater than it was.

If that Audi did end up hitting something and causing an accident, I'd bet you'd get charged too.

I will hand the footage to local plod and awaits my fate then rather than being judged on here.

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Vaud said:

No, there WAS A SUDDEN GAIN. he slowed down.

OK, so a valuable lesson in why defensive driving can be very important in built up areas?

You seem to be trying to absolve yourself from any errors of judgement.

No speeding up that much was an error in my judgement accepted butI never did it to stop the audi he decided late to go on overtake,

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poo at Paul's said:

No!
Psst, it shows the OP sitting in the outside lane blocking the safe and legal overtake, and causing the eventual outcome! But you never heard it from me, right?


Having said all that, Audi should have stuck behind the Fester.

Came along that section traffic was not flowing well due no one using lane 2. As i come onto two lane section I am the only person in lane 2 and get to the front of the que next to lead car in lane 1. Don't the see the problem, at this point except many people can't use two lane merge as designers intended. No one behind me when the lights change. After I return to lane 1 audi appears speed and does what he does. I never hold others progress.

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Red Devil said:

Yes, he was. Those who make unsubstantiated claims such as that above really need to get a grip.
When the longer clip started I had no idea where the location was. From that point it took less than 90 seconds to find it.
Here is the proof - https://goo.gl/maps/wRvDz4qxLWA2
Satellite view - https://goo.gl/maps/yZz6JJvugK72

Never let inconvenient facts get in the way of ones's prejudices eh?

Thank you

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johnfm said:

fk me there are some total fking lunatics on this forum - basically every poster suggesting the OP was in any way whatsoever to blame for the dangerous driving of the utter khunt in the white Audi.

OP pulls away from lights, pulls over into the left lane before the merge arrow appears, with plenty of space for a psycopath to pull into.

Hopefully all you guys live down south and so aren't a danger to me or my family.

What a distasteful thread. A real eye opener.

I think it become the norm to attack the poster on here seems to make some regulars happy.

It's not my proudest driving moment and maybe I should of braked earlier however there was a large gap for the Audi to occupy his very last minute overtake considering he clearly has the power if I wanted to block him I would of struggled when he has 300bhp on kick down and I have half that and manual and I didn't shift down or boot it.

i think some people give slack on here if you have a car that's a bit quick or special. If that had been Ronnie Pickering in his Citroen I doubt so many would of accused me of shutting him down.

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WatchfulEye said:

For what it's worth, I was bored and did a frame-by-frame analysis of the video.

There is a period of acceleration away from the lights, then a let up, then a brief burst of acceleration. The speed is constant at approx 46 mph for 1.5 seconds before the Audi becomes visible, which suggests that the OP let up on the throttle once he saw the audi beginning the overtake manoeuvre.

I'd argue that the acceleration and speed were a bit aggressive for the road, however.

Agreed I did bash it like a 'gibbon' whilst the road was clear from the lights and if your 46mph is correct I was speeding. But I didn't try and block the audi and indeed I broke and left him as much room as possible to merge once his nose passed my window which makes his overtake of the fiesta van all the more stupid so basically he was racing me.

Also if I am doing 46 in 30 what the hell is he doing 50 plus approaching a merge lane were the road narrows trying to complete an overtake! What went through his mind. As stated he carries on overtaking and as I come off the next roundabout he is about 10 cars ahead and full offside approaching a roundabout on a hill with poor view. Its luck that stopped him from killing someone.

My driving was not the best agreed, but I wasn't driving like a nut case like the audi.

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Prizam said:

Unless, as I mentioned, the Audi was in L1 and the OP accelerating was "keeping him behind him". Then pulling in and slowing for the fiesta allowed the Audi to "slingshot" round him.

Even with the best will in the world, you must admit that OP's acceleration was hard. And that given some level of observation would have seen these events unfolding and backed off.

Not saying that what the OP inherently did was wrong, but seems to me he continued driving in to a situation rather than actively avoiding it. Regardless of who is right and who is wrong.

road works and slow movers coupled with the fact that on that stretch no-one was using the l2 and merge as road designers intended i decided to and the blue suzuki next to me at the lights l1 had been holding things up, decided some firm acceleration was needed to get away as i decided transition back audi comes in the toyko bullit train think he's seen the road layout and is tucking behind and then no he stays out and not very quickly tries to come around.

Could of backed off earlier granted and planned better for the fiesta van who seemed to slow somewhat at the end of the merge lanes.