Dashcam Footage Used By Police

It’s probably modified my riding slightly.

I never was one for the mental riding but now even nipping past on double yellows I think twice about.

So I suppose it’s doing its job but I don’t have to like it.

If you don’t drive/ride like a xxxx you don’t have anything to worry about.

I have a dash cam and in 8 years have submitted one clip. I could submit clips every time I went out - handheld mobile phone use, ignoring Red traffic lights …

So if use the right turn only lane to jump to the front overtaking say 10 cars in one go just as the light goes green I could be prosecuted for reckless?


Oh my.

Its 10k since 2019. I would expect the take action would mean a letter in the post for lots of them.

I have double whites like that near me, it would be 100% safe for a car overtake never mind a bike. I don't overtake on them because of cams but I will do, lets say, speeds in overtakes.

Trouble with double whites is that even if they aren't correctly placed its still clear cut if you cross them in an overtake. It also opens up a DD charge if the cops fancy it and it will be lot more trouble for you to defend it than for them to prosecute it.

My "upset" is that they appear to only look at the person complained about.

In the undertake - which had the largest fine/points - they concern themselves with the undertaking offence but there is clearly someone sitting in the overtaking lane unnecessarily. Generally where there's room to undertake, there's room for the car in the overtaking lane to move out of the way. Why is there no mention of the prosecution of the obstruction?

Every day I commute I use a NSL dual carriageway where a minority (but one large enough that you see it nearly every day) sit in the overtaking lane after exiting a roundabout at the start, because they're turning right at the next roundabout (approx. 3 miles) or the one after (approx. a further 2 miles). Sadly the drivers that do this are also the ones that generally sit on a dual carriageway at 50mph. I've tried sitting behind, flashing, beeping, returning to the inside without undertaking, etc. all without effect as these people know they're immune as there's no Police and only speeding is caught on camera. People have jobs to go to so these people are routinely undertaken. Who is the problem, but who gets prosecuted?

The prosecution of the symptom before the cause is pure laziness and causes driving standards to further decline. It your family get meningitis do you expect rash creme?

We talk about this now in our group and are more conscious. We all use coms and will give a heads up if we see a car with one

Typically its the lycra cyclists that we are most concerned with

This is brilliant! Guy tries to grass and gets it back on him. I hope they fined him

You can't overtake on a hatched area I think.

You can if it’s surrounded by broken lines.

But that hatched area was for a junction, so I expect it was driving without due care and attention.