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

[hyphen]

Dumbass Argos driver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwkDqBD4kg

DCW takes his eyes off the road whilst adjusting radio... And lyrics of the song relate to events too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22CVLGABlT8

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 9th August 19:11

[anonymous-user]

HTP99 said:

Aren't you supposed to just lift off as opposed to braking, if that starts to happen?

Haven't got a clue not done my towing/trailer licence but doesn't seem to do either.

[carreauchompeur]

Mrs. Toad in London

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_3lrkjSr4

[SmoothCriminal]

carreauchompeur said:

Mrs. Toad in London

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_3lrkjSr4

Don't know why they need to cycle across the whole road what was the moron on the borris bike doing on the offside, I swear they're out to antagonise vehicle drivers just for the fun of it.

And then why the need for them to all gang up like a pack of vultures to each have a pop.

[hyphen]

Cross posted link to the London cyclists thread. They will feast on it for weeks

[Stickyfinger]

SmoothCriminal said:

Don't know why they need to cycle across the whole road what was the moron on the borris bike doing on the offside, I swear they're out to antagonise vehicle drivers just for the fun of it.

And then why the need for them to all gang up like a pack of vultures to each have a pop.

Hey, it is their road as well, they can do what they like......fk everybody else

Mrs Toad should however tax her car.

[WilliamWoollard]

HTP99 said:

Aren't you supposed to just lift off as opposed to braking, if that starts to happen?

braking is probably the worst thing you can do.

[anonymous-user]

SmoothCriminal said:

Don't know why they need to cycle across the whole road what was the moron on the borris bike doing on the offside, I swear they're out to antagonise vehicle drivers just for the fun of it.

And then why the need for them to all gang up like a pack of vultures to each have a pop.

This is the sort of thing the cycling fraternity get up to all the time, well certainly in London, and then they swarm around any driver to dares to criticise them. She's in the wrong with her argument, but their cycling is anti-social and deliberately antagonistic! Have to say I let them get on with their games when i encounter them as they're so pathetic as to not be worth the effort, but others are less tolerant of their nonsense and I don't blame them. Now cue the usual suspects to defend the cretins!!

[BrassMan]

Engineer792 said:

Mental case with a sense of entitlement or not, it would have cost him absolutely nothing to let her in.

Exactly as much as t would have cost her to merge in behind him?

[Engineer792]

BrassMan said:

Engineer792 said:

Mental case with a sense of entitlement or not, it would have cost him absolutely nothing to let her in.

Exactly as much as t would have cost her to merge in behind him?

Rightly or wrongly, she had the advantage, so why not just slack off slightly and turn it into a complete non-event?
Just to feed his sense of outrage?

If you're walking towards a narrow doorway and someone in a hurry comes past you, what do you do?
Quicken your pace so you end up both trying to squeeze through the doorway at the same time?
Or do you just let them get on with it and get on with your life?

[Escort3500]

WilliamWoollard said:

HTP99 said:

Aren't you supposed to just lift off as opposed to braking, if that starts to happen?

braking is probably the worst thing you can do.

I think you're supposed to lift off gradually. Not sure though......anyone trailer/caravan users care to elaborate?

[Frimley111R]

Escort3500 said:

WilliamWoollard said:

HTP99 said:

Aren't you supposed to just lift off as opposed to braking, if that starts to happen?

braking is probably the worst thing you can do.

I think you're supposed to lift off gradually. Not sure though......anyone trailer/caravan users care to elaborate?

This happened to my dad when were kids. The weight of the caravan as we went downhill on a dual carriageway caused our speed to increase and it started snaking. IIRC my dad hit the brakes, not hard, but firmly, and countered the weave with his steering. Luckily he got it under control and I remember other cars coming past asking if we were ok. Scary with a loaded car (Austin Princess 2.0HL), caravan and 4 people. At the time I was about 10 so thought it was all very exciting but no-one else seemed to

[anonymous-user]

Escort3500 said:

I think you're supposed to lift off gradually. Not sure though......anyone trailer/caravan users care to elaborate?

The only chance you have assuming you don't have caravan/trailer independent braking to 'stretch the snake out' is to lift off both brake and throttle and try and slow down gradually while feeding the wheel carefully through your hands. Braking is fatal and trying to accelerate out of it rarely works. You need a very gentle speed reduction (not always easy when heading downhill). I had one on the M62 once caused by crosswinds and HGV proximity... I was doing about 45mph, even then it took an age to come under control and I was very lucky as we were headed downhill at the time. Really thought it was going to go at one point, but luckily got it back under control and all was well.... got some worried looks from other vehicles and was quite worried myself putting it mildly.

[Lance Catamaran]

pits said:

Stickyfinger said:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/crash-on-a2...

Be surprised if he doesn't get in trouble for that, has to be on the weight limit for a Freelander, they're only rated to 1700kg braked, trailer and van combined, would put him borderline, if not over.

I have to drive that bit of road to work - seems like almost every day there's an accident of some sort.

[wack]

Lance Catamaran said:

pits said:

Stickyfinger said:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/crash-on-a2...

Be surprised if he doesn't get in trouble for that, has to be on the weight limit for a Freelander, they're only rated to 1700kg braked, trailer and van combined, would put him borderline, if not over.

I have to drive that bit of road to work - seems like almost every day there's an accident of some sort.

Mercedes Vito Kerb Weight (Kg) 1818

trailer will be about 500kg so around 600kg over

[WilliamWoollard]

Escort3500 said:

WilliamWoollard said:

HTP99 said:

Aren't you supposed to just lift off as opposed to braking, if that starts to happen?

braking is probably the worst thing you can do.

I think you're supposed to lift off gradually. Not sure though......anyone trailer/caravan users care to elaborate?

Well I'm a trailer training instructor, the best thing to do is lift off gently. Ignore people that tell you to power out of it, it might work, but you're more likely to finish up going much faster with a trailer that's massively out of control. Load the trailer correctly, within the weight limits and drive sensibly and it will probably never happen. In 7 years of trailer training every day, it's happened to me once. I eased off as soon as I felt it and it corrected itself instantly.

[308mate]

wack said:

Lance Catamaran said:

pits said:

Stickyfinger said:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/crash-on-a2...

Be surprised if he doesn't get in trouble for that, has to be on the weight limit for a Freelander, they're only rated to 1700kg braked, trailer and van combined, would put him borderline, if not over.

I have to drive that bit of road to work - seems like almost every day there's an accident of some sort.

Mercedes Vito Kerb Weight (Kg) 1818

trailer will be about 500kg so around 600kg over

Which is only part of the problem. His biggest issue was that the trailer had too much weight, too far back. That means the car isn't always dragging the trailer in any direction as at times, the trailer is free to find its own way (because there isn't enough weight on the tow ball). This is made worse by it being a dual axle, which sits higher at the front anyway. As said above, there is no reliable way out of this situation other than to not tow that way in the first place. The decelerating force from a braked trailer *might* overcome the oscillation left and right and pull everything back into line but it would need to have really really good brakes (unlikely). Were you to attempt speeding up you'd need a lot of acceleration to achieve the same thing and then you'd need to slow again anyway, which starts the problem again.

[graham22]

308mate said:

wack said:

Lance Catamaran said:

pits said:

Stickyfinger said:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/crash-on-a2...

Be surprised if he doesn't get in trouble for that, has to be on the weight limit for a Freelander, they're only rated to 1700kg braked, trailer and van combined, would put him borderline, if not over.

I have to drive that bit of road to work - seems like almost every day there's an accident of some sort.

Mercedes Vito Kerb Weight (Kg) 1818

trailer will be about 500kg so around 600kg over

Which is only part of the problem. His biggest issue was that the trailer had too much weight, too far back. That means the car isn't always dragging the trailer in any direction as at times, the trailer is free to find its own way (because there isn't enough weight on the tow ball). This is made worse by it being a dual axle, which sits higher at the front anyway. As said above, there is no reliable way out of this situation other than to not tow that way in the first place. The decelerating force from a braked trailer *might* overcome the oscillation left and right and pull everything back into line but it would need to have really really good brakes (unlikely). Were you to attempt speeding up you'd need a lot of acceleration to achieve the same thing and then you'd need to slow again anyway, which starts the problem again.

I was just impressed how well the loading straps held out.

[Blakewater]

Scraping the barrel slightly as it's not st driving but the aftermath of it. It caught my eye as it's local to me and a junction I take everyday, but not in an Eddie Stobart lorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hybvf044_Nw

[parabolica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epkfnhJ65oI

Latest exposed. I counted 7 clips from "Richard" who likes nothing more than accelerating into situations then shouting his gob off.