The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol 3

[carlove]

This happened today, wondered what people thoughts are. 30 Road, just about to enter a 20 in my direction, biker was going a lot faster than 30, I'm not great at estimating speed but I think 50+, the camera makes him look slower than he was.
The Picasso coming the other way as the video starts was probably 30 to give a comparison.

The camera picks him up between the trees, but this was my blindspot, so I saw him as I just as I had began passing the Astra, straight away could see he was flying, so decided it was safer to accelerate (I was in a Corsa, that was flooring it) than stop and reverse. Almost clipped the Peugeot coming back in, and he came very close to my car.

Proper shook me up, probably shook him up more. The rider looked like a little chav rather than proper biker. I've seen this bike speeding on this road a few weeks back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrax7B1sT3I

Edited by carlove on Sunday 6th August 17:37

[TheRainMaker]

You got a postcode of the location?

[carlove]

TheRainMaker said:

You got a postcode of the location?

Don't know the postcode, this is the location on Street View
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9518312,-1.10470...

[TheRainMaker]

carlove said:

I'm not great at estimating speed but I think 50+

Good guess

53 mph give or take, took him around 1 sec to cover 24 meters

Start Point by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

End Point by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

GOOGLE MAP by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

[Lance Catamaran]

You did nothing wrong there, he was going far too quickly so there was certainly no time for you to do anything but try and get past the Corsa and back over to your side.

[carlove]

TheRainMaker said:

Good guess

53 mph give or take, took him around 1 sec to cover 24 meters

I change my mind, I'm great at estimating speed.

Quite unpleasant watching it back, thinking that if I didn't accelerate as hard as I did or didn't cut back in as quickly, it probably would have been a (almost certainly fatal) head on collision. Hopefully this incident slows the biker down, I think anyone treating a road like this as a racetrack should get a long ban.
If there had been a collision, I think it would have been hard to prove innocence without the dashcam footage.

[Laurel Green]

#95: Bad Driving [Dashcam Europe]

[SonicShadow]

parabolica said:

Loving that Toyota Century; looks like it was designed in 1960 - most probably built in 2016.

You're not far off... The first generation was made from 1967 to 1997 (with some updates,) and the 2nd gen from 1997 to present. The 1997+ version has a V12.

They do come up for auction quite frequently if you ever fancy one - http://auctions.jdmauctionwatch.com/aj-A3aWUFf4zrv...

[parabolica]

SonicShadow said:

You're not far off...

Yea I know; I scoped out Wikipedia before I wrote my post I saw a few of these in the Toyota museum when I was in Japan last year; the velour seats were unbelievably plush!

[SonicShadow]

parabolica said:

SonicShadow said:

You're not far off...

Yea I know; I scoped out Wikipedia before I wrote my post I saw a few of these in the Toyota museum when I was in Japan last year; the velour seats were unbelievably plush!

The luxury that can be produced when you haven't got those pesky bean counters telling you to cut costs!

[FoxtrotOscar1]

hyphen said:

ambuletz said:

I think this one is kind of more interesting to see more then anything.

Japanese prime minister's convoy merging onto the motorway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIh15Ptymyg

Brilliant

I cant figure out if the red roof mount flashing beacon at 0.07 secs disappears automatically or if someone pulls it??

[hyphen]

Ambulance t-boned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuHPUYh2-fk

she is a mentalist. He should have let her in though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcBjm8pT2dY

It's ok, I indicated (traffic officer no less)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grdmPdN9Ce4

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 8th August 10:15

[Laurel Green]

Reminds me of the Top Gear patient delivery service.

[Terzo123]

hyphen said:

May be in the right, but she is a mentalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcBjm8pT2dY

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 8th August 10:11

May be in the right? Not from what I saw.

[kiethton]

Terzo123 said:

hyphen said:

May be in the right, but she is a mentalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcBjm8pT2dY

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 8th August 10:11

May be in the right? Not from what I saw.

Why would you even wait around, let alone for over an hour!

As soon as she moved out of the way I'd have just carried on tbh

[boyse7en]

Terzo123 said:

May be in the right? Not from what I saw.

Think its a situation of when two idiot drivers meet...

ot quite sure why he keeps putting caption saying about how he let a few cars in further back. What's that got to do with it? Or is he just pointing out that there is no way he is going to let anyone else merge into "his" lane?

[tog]

It's not just drivers and riders we have to watch out for:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/08/po...

[4x4Tyke]

tog said:

It's not just drivers and riders we have to watch out for:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/08/po...

'Appears' no doubt about it, look at the pavement, she is on the edge of the lighter section and he starts in the middle of the section in shadow.

[cmvtec]

kiethton said:

Terzo123 said:

hyphen said:

May be in the right, but she is a mentalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcBjm8pT2dY

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 8th August 10:11

May be in the right? Not from what I saw.

Why would you even wait around, let alone for over an hour!

As soon as she moved out of the way I'd have just carried on tbh

I lived in that area at that time, and this type of scene unravelled almost daily, I think it ceases to be merging when you're taking out cones.

[parabolica]

FoxtrotOscar1 said:

hyphen said:

ambuletz said:

I think this one is kind of more interesting to see more then anything.

Japanese prime minister's convoy merging onto the motorway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIh15Ptymyg

Brilliant

I cant figure out if the red roof mount flashing beacon at 0.07 secs disappears automatically or if someone pulls it??

It automatically retracts; I wondered the same thing and you can see in the subsequent clips (where they merge onto the motorway) the cars still have their red lights up and there is a tiny flap of metal against the lights which would be the cover piece! Very cool IMO.