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

[Cneci]

Wiccan of Darkness said:

On a lighter note, welshdrive has finally posted another compilation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XmB38ZD0SA

Enjoy the new vid.

Good compilation.

I'm in one of his videos, for "speeding" in my mx5 on the A4069:

(4:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnzwyXQl7Q&t=...

He was very pedantic back in those days.

[Strudul]

Cneci said:

Good compilation.

I'm in one of his videos, for "speeding" in my mx5 on the A4069:

(4:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnzwyXQl7Q&t=...

He was very pedantic back in those days.

Wtf did I just watch. That's got to be the most anti-climactic video of speeding I've ever seen.

[Wiccan of Darkness]

Cneci said:

Good compilation.

I'm in one of his videos, for "speeding" in my mx5 on the A4069:

(4:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnzwyXQl7Q&t=...

He was very pedantic back in those days.

Not much to go on, but it takes you roughly just under 1 second to cover 2 hazard line markings, at a stretch, using the 1 second on utube and the distance covered, you were doing 30m/s TOPS. More like 25m/s

Which by my calculations, is the speed limit on a NSL road. If the road was a 50 limit, you were still going within the margin of error. There's pedantry and there's shouting at clouds and punching fog level of mentality.

What was it about your MX5 that caused him to lather in to a fury???

[Cneci]

Strudul said:

Wtf did I just watch. That's got to be the most anti-climactic video of speeding I've ever seen.

I know, hardly the fast and furious is it

Wiccan of Darkness said:

What was it about your MX5 that caused him to lather in to a fury???

Not sure really, he did say in the comments that I was going "substantially faster than others."

To be fair though that road's normal traffic consists of tractors and 90 year olds piloting Honda Jazz/Nissan Micras, so he's probably not far from the truth!

[frankenstein12]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

[pti]

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

Exactly. Why the fk would you get out and run away!?

[divetheworld]

_dobbo_ said:

Scary stuff. That Aston Martin on the other carriageway has a very very lucky escape.

It was a Jag.... Hand in your PH badge on your way out...

[problemchild1976]

Vipers said:

And someone suggested we retest "Older drivers", with loons like this loose on our roads.

did you watch 100 year old driving school tonight - scary st

JJ

[Vipers]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

I don't think there's any doubting that the woman in question is a massive, massive 'tard.

Thought the woman's response was correct, get out. Easy to call her a tard sitting here, but in that few seconds to make a decision, it saved her life. Bit of a cock up the lights changing that fast.

[Stickyfinger]

problemchild1976 said:

did you watch 100 year old driving school tonight - scary st

JJ

Nope, I watch a Cam Crash programme with younger people flying all over the roads and smashing the world up at 100mph !

Edited by Stickyfinger on Tuesday 19th September 23:02

[Wiccan of Darkness]

Vipers said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

I don't think there's any doubting that the woman in question is a massive, massive 'tard.

Thought the woman's response was correct, get out. Easy to call her a tard sitting here, but in that few seconds to make a decision, it saved her life. Bit of a cock up the lights changing that fast.

Regarding the lights and barriers, I have to agree that it was a monumental cock up. Furthermore, barriers went down on both sides, effectively the cam car had to drive through a barrier, be it forwards or reverse. It looks like the maroon car makes it through, leaving the doomed car stranded.

Not everyone has the ability to think clearly in a crisis. Go forwards? Go back? Stall the car and then what? Restart it and hope it starts first time, or run now?

FWIW I think level crossings here in the UK have gone beyond the joke. There's one near me where the barriers drop 3 minutes before the train passes, and remains down for a further minute. 4 minutes is 4 minutes, hardly crazy time thinking about it. But when you're sat in a car, waiting, fingers tapping on the steering wheel.... it's a bloody long time. People are impatient. On the whole, the general public are morons with the collective instinct of lemmings. Every time those barriers drop, people jump them, drive round, whatever. Network rails' answer was to increase the time the barriers are down, in the name of public safety. It had the exact effect one would expect who spends time watching the way idiots behave, and unsurprisingly incidents of gate-jumping increased.

Perhaps level crossings should have a matrix sign giving a countdown to when the train passes through, and barriers should drop 30 seconds prior; any obstruction on the crossing activates red lights down the track. Or just accept the principles of Darwinism.

[ReineKurokawa]

AllyBassman said:

I am indeed a good driver. :-)

I thought my joke was bad
for the safety of other road users, google and book an Advance driving course

[mickmcpaddy]

Vipers said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

I don't think there's any doubting that the woman in question is a massive, massive 'tard.

Thought the woman's response was correct, get out. Easy to call her a tard sitting here, but in that few seconds to make a decision, it saved her life. Bit of a cock up the lights changing that fast.

Yea right, I might scratch the car if I decide to drive through the barrier so I'll let a train hit it instead, a much better outcome. Although it came as no surprise to me when she got out.

[Vipers]

mickmcpaddy said:

Vipers said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

I don't think there's any doubting that the woman in question is a massive, massive 'tard.

Thought the woman's response was correct, get out. Easy to call her a tard sitting here, but in that few seconds to make a decision, it saved her life. Bit of a cock up the lights changing that fast.

Yea right, I might scratch the car if I decide to drive through the barrier so I'll let a train hit it instead, a much better outcome. Although it came as no surprise to me when she got out.

For all we know she may have stalled the car in the panic of seeing a train coming, assuming she did, we don't know, in a panic situation you don't have long to weigh up the choice of scratching the car or running for your life.

[Redgate]

Vipers said:

mickmcpaddy said:

Vipers said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

I don't think there's any doubting that the woman in question is a massive, massive 'tard.

Thought the woman's response was correct, get out. Easy to call her a tard sitting here, but in that few seconds to make a decision, it saved her life. Bit of a cock up the lights changing that fast.

Yea right, I might scratch the car if I decide to drive through the barrier so I'll let a train hit it instead, a much better outcome. Although it came as no surprise to me when she got out.

For all we know she may have stalled the car in the panic of seeing a train coming, assuming she did, we don't know, in a panic situation you don't have long to weigh up the choice of scratching the car or running for your life.

Personally I think it’s borderline criminal to have such a ridiculously short time to cross the tracks. The barriers shouldn't have opened in the first place.

[matchmaker]

Wiccan of Darkness said:

Regarding the lights and barriers, I have to agree that it was a monumental cock up. Furthermore, barriers went down on both sides, effectively the cam car had to drive through a barrier, be it forwards or reverse. It looks like the maroon car makes it through, leaving the doomed car stranded.

Not everyone has the ability to think clearly in a crisis. Go forwards? Go back? Stall the car and then what? Restart it and hope it starts first time, or run now?

FWIW I think level crossings here in the UK have gone beyond the joke. There's one near me where the barriers drop 3 minutes before the train passes, and remains down for a further minute. 4 minutes is 4 minutes, hardly crazy time thinking about it. But when you're sat in a car, waiting, fingers tapping on the steering wheel.... it's a bloody long time. People are impatient. On the whole, the general public are morons with the collective instinct of lemmings. Every time those barriers drop, people jump them, drive round, whatever. Network rails' answer was to increase the time the barriers are down, in the name of public safety. It had the exact effect one would expect who spends time watching the way idiots behave, and unsurprisingly incidents of gate-jumping increased.

Perhaps level crossings should have a matrix sign giving a countdown to when the train passes through, and barriers should drop 30 seconds prior; any obstruction on the crossing activates red lights down the track. Or just accept the principles of Darwinism.

It's not that simple. For crossings with full barriers (as opposed to automatic half barrier crossings), the crossing has to be proved clear of road traffic before the rail signals protecting the crossing can be cleared. Trains could be travelling at up to 125mph so may be several miles away.

[Alucidnation]

mickmcpaddy said:

Although it came as no surprise to me when she got out.

No surprise about what?

[Mr2Mike]

Alucidnation said:

No surprise about what?

About someone making a stupid choice under the circumstances. Was that not completely obvious?

[4x4Tyke]

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

Barriers are obviously faulty to lift and drop suddenly like that, however we can see the lights turn red and the barrier is dropping again well before the cam car actually gets on to the cross, even through with the reduced width of field of a dashcam.

[frankenstein12]

pti said:

frankenstein12 said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Feel some sympathy for the drivers here, but proof of why you should always wait until the lights stop flashing.....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7245383/821c8040/v...

Cam cars response was the right response. Reverse and break the barrier. Other cars response was the wrong response as it risked derailment of the train.

Exactly. Why the fk would you get out and run away!?

Panic. As repeatedly proven throughout time people can behave incredibly stupid when panicked.