The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)

[techguyone]

BigbadVXR said:

This roundabout is always a problem, the driver never even looked when I sounded my horn


This one is standard behaviour after dark! I was watching the oncoming blue lights and didn't notice the car behind until he was passing me!

Far as the second one went, were the repeater signs 40? you were doing 32, if they were, I can understand why someone would want to overtake, they left it a tad late, but nothing major.

[Krikkit]

techguyone said:

Far as the second one went, were the repeater signs 40? you were doing 32, if they were, I can understand why someone would want to overtake, they left it a tad late, but nothing major.

I think it's 30 throughout. Even so I'm not sure I'd hoof it in the face of oncoming blue lights if the limit changed anyway.

I suspect the overtaking car is just a knob who can't see past his own bonnet.

[Limpet]

BikeSausage said:

TinyMonster said:

Is it possible to watch one of those videos without thinking, at least 17 times; "What a f*ckwit."

That video had more t*ts than PornHub.

The funniest one wasn't even a crash. I loved the guy trying to skid the MR2 round the roundabout, and achieving nothing but almost peeling his front tyres off the rims.

Attempting to do something that's beyond the capabilities of you, the car, or both, in front of a big crowd is daft enough, but in the smartphone / social media age, it really is a special kind of stupid.

[saaby93]

Krikkit said:

techguyone said:

Far as the second one went, were the repeater signs 40? you were doing 32, if they were, I can understand why someone would want to overtake, they left it a tad late, but nothing major.

I think it's 30 throughout. Even so I'm not sure I'd hoof it in the face of oncoming blue lights if the limit changed anyway.

I suspect the overtaking car is just a knob who can't see past his own bonnet.

Don't most people slow up anyway on sight of approaching blue lights?
The guy behind thinking you're slowing up to let him pass = common mistake

[untakenname]

Just visitied the twitter feed of celebrity HCW Jeremy Vine, the vast majority of his clips are him deliberately antagonising drivers by riding like a bellend.

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/135951497...

[Every day a journey]

untakenname said:

Just visitied the twitter feed of celebrity HCW Jeremy Vine, the vast majority of his clips are him deliberately antagonising drivers by riding like a bellend.

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/135951497...

Probably because he IS a bellend!

[Krikkit]

untakenname said:

Just visitied the twitter feed of celebrity HCW Jeremy Vine, the vast majority of his clips are him deliberately antagonising drivers by riding like a bellend.

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/135951497...

I don't think JV really did anything wrong there - the camera gives a false impression of space when there isn't any.

Not saying he isn't an absolute trumpet half the time, but it seemed reasonable unless you want to stop cyclists filtering to the front of a queue.

[saaby93]

Krikkit said:

untakenname said:

Just visitied the twitter feed of celebrity HCW Jeremy Vine, the vast majority of his clips are him deliberately antagonising drivers by riding like a bellend.

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/135951497...

I don't think JV really did anything wrong there - the camera gives a false impression of space when there isn't any.

Not saying he isn't an absolute trumpet half the time, but it seemed reasonable unless you want to stop cyclists filtering to the front of a queue.

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,
Ognosis

titter said:

James Head 33
@jimmahead
·
10 Feb
Replying to
@theJeremyVine
From what we can see here Jeremy is you coming up the outside of the traffic when it’s a green light and then not moving out the way of the car to pass you when you have plenty of space and time to do so #windup

[loskie]

saaby93 said:

Change the Highway Code to suit?
Is the problem with zipper mode that mergers are moving into what was a safe 2 second gap so everyone has to drop back to compensate, or leave a 4/5 second gap prior to a merge?

But in most cases you should not be merging at speed should you?

[Dashnine]

saaby93 said:

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,

Does my head in this, (push) bikes maybe not so much unless it's then difficult to get past them again but motorbikes should wait, especially when they then pull in front of you, it's not like they can turn into a significantly smaller gap than a car.

[tigger1]

Krikkit said:

untakenname said:

Just visitied the twitter feed of celebrity HCW Jeremy Vine, the vast majority of his clips are him deliberately antagonising drivers by riding like a bellend.

https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/135951497...

I don't think JV really did anything wrong there - the camera gives a false impression of space when there isn't any.

Not saying he isn't an absolute trumpet half the time, but it seemed reasonable unless you want to stop cyclists filtering to the front of a queue.

This ^^^^.

The car beeping had nowhere to go anyway - as shown by JV catching it up shortly after car passed him. JV stays out in the middle of the lane as there's a parked car at one point, not unreasonable at all to do so rather than move in and out in the space of 30 yards.

"MGIF" (must get in front" - drivers see a bike and instantly go into some sort of primal rage, assuming that the bike is going to cause them a 7 hour delay to their 5 mile journey if they don't pass it now. Oddly though, in a big town/city, a bike can often be as quick or quicker over a 5 mile journey. If we could make it safer/ less intimidating for people to use bikes for very short journeys, we'd remove so many cars from the road making it quicker for people who do *need* to drive.

[Krikkit]

Dashnine said:

saaby93 said:

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,

Does my head in this, (push) bikes maybe not so much unless it's then difficult to get past them again but motorbikes should wait, especially when they then pull in front of you, it's not like they can turn into a significantly smaller gap than a car.

Why? I can filter to the front then bugger off out your way. Everything except a 125 will out-accelerate a car from the lights anyway. Then rinse and repeat - my journey is quicker, yours is quicker too.

[carlove]

I don’t think cyclists filtering is a problem.
There’s two things that annoy me, one when I’ve waited patiently and passed safely then get momentarily held up waiting at a parked car and they can’t be patient and have to squeeze back in front.
The other is a red light at a right turn on my commute home, the road we’re entering is right with queuing traffic on the other side, no chance of passing a cyclist, yet they’ll pop in front. I know I’m being inpatient there and they’re doing nothing wrong, I just think it’s a little selfish.

Funnily enough in both these places the Lycra’d up cyclists and delivery cyclists who actually go a decent pace and wouldn’t cause much issue going in front do wait behind, it’s the ditherers that squeeze past.

I think cyclists have an undeniable problem with drivers getting in front at all costs, I’ve seen some stupid overtakes despite an imminent red light, as inpatient as I may be I’ll always wait to pass safely.
I do think a lot of cyclists also have a MGIF attitude as well, there’s a car stopped for a give way ahead, going to move in seconds, is there any reason to go in front of it?

Really I think cyclists and drivers both need to do better at sharing the roads, it’s not a problem with one or the other.

[Bonefish Blues]

carlove said:

I think cyclists have an undeniable problem with drivers getting in front at all costs, I’ve seen some stupid overtakes despite an imminent red light, as inpatient as I may be I’ll always wait to pass safely.

I see what you did there

[Ron240]

Krikkit said:

Dashnine said:

saaby93 said:

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,

Does my head in this, (push) bikes maybe not so much unless it's then difficult to get past them again but motorbikes should wait, especially when they then pull in front of you, it's not like they can turn into a significantly smaller gap than a car.

Why? I can filter to the front then bugger off out your way. Everything except a 125 will out-accelerate a car from the lights anyway. Then rinse and repeat - my journey is quicker, yours is quicker too.

Exactly!
People who complain about motorbikes filtering are usually the ones who have/are the problem.
Its been many years since I had sportsbikes and most car drivers were great, but occasionally I came up against complete dheads who would go out of their way to make it difficult for me to pass.
The thing is once I am past then I am gone and chances are you are not going to see me again.

[carlove]

Bonefish Blues said:

carlove said:

I think cyclists have an undeniable problem with drivers getting in front at all costs, I’ve seen some stupid overtakes despite an imminent red light, as inpatient as I may be I’ll always wait to pass safely.

I see what you did there

Erm, I don’t.

I have just spotted I’ve put inpatient not impatient, I’m blaming autocorrect, it tried to do it then again.

Edited by carlove on Friday 26th February 15:03

[saaby93]

Ron240 said:

Krikkit said:

Dashnine said:

saaby93 said:

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,

Does my head in this, (push) bikes maybe not so much unless it's then difficult to get past them again but motorbikes should wait, especially when they then pull in front of you, it's not like they can turn into a significantly smaller gap than a car.

Why? I can filter to the front then bugger off out your way. Everything except a 125 will out-accelerate a car from the lights anyway. Then rinse and repeat - my journey is quicker, yours is quicker too.

Exactly!
People who complain about motorbikes filtering are usually the ones who have/are the problem.
Its been many years since I had sportsbikes and most car drivers were great, but occasionally I came up against complete dheads who would go out of their way to make it difficult for me to pass.
The thing is once I am past then I am gone and chances are you are not going to see me again.

Why not save any aggro, relax a bit and wait in turn?

[TinyMonster]

saaby93 said:

Why not save any aggro, relax a bit and wait in turn?

The agro comes from the people who don't want you to filter. It's very relaxing. Traffic is about flow, not turns and waiting for no reason, occupying a space a car or other larger vehicle could take seems a bit silly when you could be well on your way.

[westtra]

UK Road Rage 2020 | Bad Drivers, Car Crash, Brake Check, Driving Fails, Instant Karma HGV Lorry 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQT9RsJyqfU
Some of the dash cam owner comments and actions are a joke.

[Dashnine]

Krikkit said:

Dashnine said:

saaby93 said:

Why cant people just take their turn and wait behind stuff instead of overtaking, pushing in front,

Does my head in this, (push) bikes maybe not so much unless it's then difficult to get past them again but motorbikes should wait, especially when they then pull in front of you, it's not like they can turn into a significantly smaller gap than a car.

Why? I can filter to the front then bugger off out your way. Everything except a 125 will out-accelerate a car from the lights anyway. Then rinse and repeat - my journey is quicker, yours is quicker too.

How is my journey quicker when you’ve jumped the queue and taken my slot?