The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 4)

[WarrenB]

meatballs said:

Centurion07 said:

meatballs said:

There's an underpass in Basingstoke that frequently catches large vans...

Is there? Whereabouts?

Basingstoke, England
https://maps.app.goo.gl/L65DswvkYjUYHrdM7

Looks like the street view car didn't go under! The ceiling has a lot of scratches if you go through.

The height restriction sign before the junction on Churchill Way says the clearance is 2.2m. Yet on the slip road, once you're at the point of no return after the escape lane it suddenly becomes 1.9m. Bit dodgy that!

[schmalex]

WarrenB said:

meatballs said:

Centurion07 said:

meatballs said:

There's an underpass in Basingstoke that frequently catches large vans...

Is there? Whereabouts?

Basingstoke, England
https://maps.app.goo.gl/L65DswvkYjUYHrdM7

Looks like the street view car didn't go under! The ceiling has a lot of scratches if you go through.

The height restriction sign before the junction on Churchill Way says the clearance is 2.2m. Yet on the slip road, once you're at the point of no return after the escape lane it suddenly becomes 1.9m. Bit dodgy that!

That’s the one in the way out from Festival Place, isn’t it? It always looks a bit tight

[Pica-Pica]

djc206 said:

Dromedary66 said:

No wonder Anne Sacoolas legged it from the UK sharpish

What a despicable woman

I imagine she was marched out by her own US authorities.

[agent ecks]

djc206 said:

I’m not. I said nothing about the force involved beyond two cars hitting each other being worse for the car than a bike hitting the same car, which is true. I said the closing speed of two vehicles travelling towards each other at 60mph is 120mph, which is true. I think you’re failing to comprehend the difference between closing speed/relative speed and force or have misunderstood what I’ve written which may well be my fault.

It's the law! Specifically Newton's Third Law!

[Vipers]

agent ecks said:

djc206 said:

I’m not. I said nothing about the force involved beyond two cars hitting each other being worse for the car than a bike hitting the same car, which is true. I said the closing speed of two vehicles travelling towards each other at 60mph is 120mph, which is true. I think you’re failing to comprehend the difference between closing speed/relative speed and force or have misunderstood what I’ve written which may well be my fault.

It's the law! Specifically Newton's Third Law!

Either way it bloody hurts.

[M4CK 1]

It's extraordinary bad bit of driving. He should have never ended up going on to the wrong side of the road. I'm not so sure 70 was excessive.
Anybody going towards a blind bend on a hill at 70 has to be fully aware, unless you know the road well, that you are entering an unknown risk. Road positioning and gears is king here. In this instance I would've brought the car towards the middle of the road here as quite clear, to see which way the road went adjusting your speed if it tightened allowing the car to make the apex.
Good to hear the biker was not killed he had no chance of missing the Subaru!!!!

[Vipers]

M4CK 1 said:

It's extraordinary bad bit of driving. He should have never ended up going on to the wrong side of the road. I'm not so sure 70 was excessive.
Anybody going towards a blind bend on a hill at 70 has to be fully aware, unless you know the road well, that you are entering an unknown risk. Road positioning and gears is king here. In this instance I would've brought the car towards the middle of the road here as quite clear, to see which way the road went adjusting your speed if it tightened allowing the car to make the apex.
Good to hear the biker was not killed he had no chance of missing the Subaru!!!!

Don't matter how well you know the roads, you can't see around the corner.

Edited by Vipers on Saturday 11th January 21:57

[M4CK 1]

Vipers said:

M4CK 1 said:

It's extraordinary bad bit of driving. He should have never ended up going on to the wrong side of the road. I'm not so sure 70 was excessive.
Anybody going towards a blind bend on a hill at 70 has to be fully aware, unless you know the road well, that you are entering an unknown risk. Road positioning and gears is king here. In this instance I would've brought the car towards the middle of the road here as quite clear, to see which way the road went adjusting your speed if it tightened allowing the car to make the apex.
Good to hear the biker was not killed he had no chance of missing the Subaru!!!!

Don't matter how well you know the roads, you can't see around the corner and have no idea what's there, cyclists, broken down vehicle, animals, or some idiot coming as fast as you your way.

That goes for any corner, the car behind managed to stop, he was probably going similar speeds but had probably entered the bend correctly and had given himself options. Enter a bend correctly, you then given yourself time to react to what's in front of you.

[InitialDave]

Vipers said:

Don't matter how well you know the roads, you can't see around the corner.

Then drive as such.

[anonymous-user]

M4CK 1 said:

Vipers said:

M4CK 1 said:

It's extraordinary bad bit of driving. He should have never ended up going on to the wrong side of the road. I'm not so sure 70 was excessive.
Anybody going towards a blind bend on a hill at 70 has to be fully aware, unless you know the road well, that you are entering an unknown risk. Road positioning and gears is king here. In this instance I would've brought the car towards the middle of the road here as quite clear, to see which way the road went adjusting your speed if it tightened allowing the car to make the apex.
Good to hear the biker was not killed he had no chance of missing the Subaru!!!!

Don't matter how well you know the roads, you can't see around the corner and have no idea what's there, cyclists, broken down vehicle, animals, or some idiot coming as fast as you your way.

That goes for any corner, the car behind managed to stop, he was probably going similar speeds but had probably entered the bend correctly and had given himself options. Enter a bend correctly, you then given yourself time to react to what's in front of you.

Re the car behind, not sure that's accurate - both have almost identical entry lines and if you look at 0:25 the second car also looks like it's on the verge of bouncing onto the other side of the road, it certainly doesn't look planted and stable at that point.

If they both drive that road regularly I wonder if they both usually go wide exiting that corner for a good run onto the long straight, and usually they get away with it, but not this time. It certainly looks more like the driver intended to take that wide line rather than the car having sudden understeer or whatever, and from the way the second car reacts it looks like they too intended to take that wider line but managed to slow down and keep it in the left lane.

[JaredVannett]

Some vids before we start vol 5 and to have a break from the bickering:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o04ReMCMD30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVV2YYG8WTU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7c2juIOvjQ


Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw_nKMmfmo
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Squq8Fu2fUA

[Fatball]

Not my video but made me chuckle....

https://www.facebook.com/1023100918/posts/10217449...

[Laurel Green]

JaredVannett said:

Some vids before we start vol 5 and to have a break from the bickering:


Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw_nKMmfmo
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Squq8Fu2fUA

We are certainly going out with a bang!

[matchmaker]

Fatball said:

Not my video but made me chuckle....

https://www.facebook.com/1023100918/posts/10217449...

[the tribester]

matchmaker said:

Fatball said:

Not my video but made me chuckle....

https://www.facebook.com/1023100918/posts/10217449...

Did you watch the next video with the super glue?

[Fatball]

the tribester said:

Did you watch the next video with the super glue?

It’s not showing up for me to see!

[poing]

Fatball said:

the tribester said:

Did you watch the next video with the super glue?

It’s not showing up for me to see!

We all get different content based on our viewing history.

[oceanview]

https://youtu.be/z65_6ozV08A

[Driver101]

oceanview said:

https://youtu.be/z65_6ozV08A

A bit rubbish again.

2.09. The car could clearly see the biker was nipping ahead and what he was going to do. He was desperate to get back ahead.

6.23 Why even take the risk of running the car off the road?

6.32 Could see that coming a mile off.

[Krikkit]

oceanview said:

https://youtu.be/z65_6ozV08A

It shouldn't matter, but it really winds me up that their videos are still dedicated "to granddad"... He died in 2018, did he really give a st about dash cam footage?