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Bit of a guilty pleasure of mine watching these dashcam videos on Youtube. However, I've spotted quite a few common trends:
1) Any form of overtaking is seen as wreckless even though I've seen numerous examples of the camera car being overtaken in a safe manor and then hammering the overtaker with abuse. I guess looking at the 'why does nobody overtake' thread explains a lot of this.
2) About 80% of the accidents / incidents shown could have been avoided by taking evasive action. I understand that it can be annoying if someone is trying to force into your space but my primary focus when driving is making sure I get wherever I'm going safely and without incident. It seems a lot of people are that struck on 'being right' they're prepared to put themselves in a dangerous position to prove a point. Odd!
3) People stopping for ages after a near miss. So a car pulls across your path causing you to stop, said car moves away but the camera car sits there whinging and moaning for 30 seconds in a vulnerable position irritating everyone around them until they pluck up the courage to move away. Again, very odd.
I find myself quite often thinking "that could have easily been avoided". I'm by no means a perfect driver and therefore make mistakes now and then but a lot of these cammers seem to drive around seeking out trouble. Seems a bit strange to say the least.
1) Any form of overtaking is seen as wreckless even though I've seen numerous examples of the camera car being overtaken in a safe manor and then hammering the overtaker with abuse. I guess looking at the 'why does nobody overtake' thread explains a lot of this.
2) About 80% of the accidents / incidents shown could have been avoided by taking evasive action. I understand that it can be annoying if someone is trying to force into your space but my primary focus when driving is making sure I get wherever I'm going safely and without incident. It seems a lot of people are that struck on 'being right' they're prepared to put themselves in a dangerous position to prove a point. Odd!
3) People stopping for ages after a near miss. So a car pulls across your path causing you to stop, said car moves away but the camera car sits there whinging and moaning for 30 seconds in a vulnerable position irritating everyone around them until they pluck up the courage to move away. Again, very odd.
I find myself quite often thinking "that could have easily been avoided". I'm by no means a perfect driver and therefore make mistakes now and then but a lot of these cammers seem to drive around seeking out trouble. Seems a bit strange to say the least.
Long running thread discussing this and sharing examples is here:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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