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

[KAgantua]

Strudul said:

kev1974 said:

Strudul said:

https://youtu.be/mt6omMtRwgY

Admittedly a non-event and nothing technically wrong, just bemusing.

What's with the massive unnecessary swerve over to the oncoming lane?

Always been taught to utilise all the road (if appropriate).

That corner is tight, blind and unlit, but by moving over you improve visibility and can carry more speed safely*. No cars behind or oncoming so no issues with safety.The middle of the road would suffice, but speed bumps...


.*Not flying round at 50mph, but a speed where the corner tightness governs the appropriate speed, not the visibility (or lack thereof).

towing a trailer/ caravan?

[HTP99]

Wiccan of Darkness said:

Exposed: UK Dash Cams - Poor Drivers, Road Rage + Crash Compilation #82 (20/10/17)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aykT5yXVkU

Clip 4 (?) where the guy drops his bike in the Morrisons car park, what was all that about, to me it looked as though he mis-judged the red Megane and then dropped his bike, but he seems to be blaming the red Megane, even though it had right of way?

[TheGreatSoprendo]

HTP99 said:

Clip 4 (?) where the guy drops his bike in the Morrisons car park, what was all that about, to me it looked as though he mis-judged the red Megane and then dropped his bike, but he seems to be blaming the red Megane, even though it had right of way?

Indeed. "It came out of nowhere", he said. It really didn't though.

[problemchild1976]

exactly - was a very quiet and empty car park really and being on a bike gives a slightly elevated view of things as well

but maybe it came out of sports direct

JJ

[4x4Tyke]

jamei303 said:

At 5:10 the yellow Ford crash - another reason to only use the outside lane for overtaking. She had no hard shoulder to escape to and couldn't even move left because she wasn't doing any overtaking and so probably wasn't aware of the speed differential with vehicles in lane 1.

The Ford's brake lights come on at 5:17, but DC driver doesn't start braking until around 5:22, so inattentiveness eats the entire gap. Braking hard and early, gets the driver behind braking as well, we can let up a little on braking and sacrifice some gap in front to stop the driver behind hitting us.

Edited by 4x4Tyke on Sunday 22 October 14:58

[Zoobeef]

4x4Tyke said:

The Ford's brake lights come on at 5:17, but DC driver doesn't start braking until around 5:22, so inattentiveness eats the entire gap. Braking hard and early, gets the driver behind braking as well, we can let up a little on braking and sacrifice some gap in front to stop the driver behind hitting us.

Edited by 4x4Tyke on Sunday 22 October 14:58

It's what I'll tend to do in the wet on motorways. If you can see the traffic slowing ahead, but far enough that you can coast for a bit without using the brakes, then I'll lightly hold the pedal to get my lights on and give cars behind as long as possible to notice thst the traffics actually slowing.

[Strudul]

KAgantua said:

Strudul said:

kev1974 said:

Strudul said:

https://youtu.be/mt6omMtRwgY

Admittedly a non-event and nothing technically wrong, just bemusing.

What's with the massive unnecessary swerve over to the oncoming lane?

Always been taught to utilise all the road (if appropriate).

That corner is tight, blind and unlit, but by moving over you improve visibility and can carry more speed safely*. No cars behind or oncoming so no issues with safety.The middle of the road would suffice, but speed bumps...


.*Not flying round at 50mph, but a speed where the corner tightness governs the appropriate speed, not the visibility (or lack thereof).

towing a trailer/ caravan?

If you stay in lane and want to be safe, you should really drop to 15mph at most. In daylight it's bad enough because you can only see a few metres ahead with how tight it is, but in the dark there is a large spot with no lighting whatsoever that could easily conceal someone crossing the road. As such, even at low speed your available stopping distance is substantially limited and you run the risk of having to slam on.

By utilising the road and maximising visibility you can swing round with a clear view of the road further ahead and is much safer.

[Alucidnation]

Righto.

[dxg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmC_mc2NGI

[hyphen]

Alucidnation said:

Righto.

+1

You slow right down, you don't take a swerve like that. The car in front may have seen you swerve and imagined you had gone around leading to his silly stop.

[BrassMan]

Lance Catamaran said:

graham22 said:

Cliftonite said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXPXt6D6X44&t=...

When are 'drivers' going to learn to not cruise alongside other vehicles, particularly HGVs (and LHD ones at that!!!) on motorways?

I got flamed for saying the same a few pages back. With my Dad being a HGV driver, we were always told not to hang around beside lorries, not just to avoid a blind spot swipe but also incase a tyre blows, which the first clip illustrates well.


Also the Audi/CRV & whatever hit the Micra could both have been avoided if each DCW was paying attention or not looking for video coverage, yes other drivers in the wrong but both avoidable by a competent driver.

Considering the elephant racing going on in lane 2 and several cars passing in lane 3, what would the Mercedes realistically be expected to do?

Plan ahead?

[Strudul]

hyphen said:

+1

You slow right down, you don't take a swerve like that. The car in front may have seen you swerve and imagined you had gone around leading to his silly stop.

• Why?
• It was hardly a big swerve, and in fact required less steering input than taking the corner normally
• N/S indicator was on
• They stopped before I even started turning into the street

At least you agree the stop was silly...

[ashleyman]

This guy can’t have not seen the 5x Red X over the hard shoulder whilst he was in L1 but still decided to move onto the HS and drive through 3x red X. When will they start sending NIPS for this.

https://youtu.be/upP6D5Xj8BY

[StuTheGrouch]

Strudul said:

hyphen said:

+1

You slow right down, you don't take a swerve like that. The car in front may have seen you swerve and imagined you had gone around leading to his silly stop.

• Why?
• It was hardly a big swerve, and in fact required less steering input than taking the corner normally
• N/S indicator was on
• They stopped before I even started turning into the street

At least you agree the stop was silly...

Yes, the stop was silly. Thanks for uploading the video.

Now, let's stop discussing this st.

[StuTheGrouch]

ashleyman said:

This guy can’t have not seen the 5x Red X over the hard shoulder whilst he was in L1 but still decided to move onto the HS and drive through 3x red X. When will they start sending NIPS for this.

https://youtu.be/upP6D5Xj8BY

A few thoughts on this one. I'm assuming this is your video here?

1. From the start to around 35 seconds in, you are in lane 2 yet are not overtaking.
2. At around 1:15 you move back out to lane 2, despite not overtaking anything for a while after. Why?
3. The limit is 60 mph, the road is mostly clear. Why are you dawdling along at 50 or below?
4. Is that you singing along with some weird high-pitched voice?

So, taking into account all of the above (except 4- we don't judge you on your sexuality), especially your lane discipline, why do you feel it's appropriate to judge someone else's driving?

[jamei303]

ashleyman said:

This guy can’t have not seen the 5x Red X over the hard shoulder whilst he was in L1 but still decided to move onto the HS and drive through 3x red X. When will they start sending NIPS for this.

https://youtu.be/upP6D5Xj8BY

According to this government report on all-lane running, there is an 8% non-compliance rate for red Xs:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cms...

[Krikkit]

Zoobeef said:

4x4Tyke said:

jamei303 said:

At 5:10 the yellow Ford crash - another reason to only use the outside lane for overtaking. She had no hard shoulder to escape to and couldn't even move left because she wasn't doing any overtaking and so probably wasn't aware of the speed differential with vehicles in lane 1.

The Ford's brake lights come on at 5:17, but DC driver doesn't start braking until around 5:22, so inattentiveness eats the entire gap. Braking hard and early, gets the driver behind braking as well, we can let up a little on braking and sacrifice some gap in front to stop the driver behind hitting us.

It's what I'll tend to do in the wet on motorways. If you can see the traffic slowing ahead, but far enough that you can coast for a bit without using the brakes, then I'll lightly hold the pedal to get my lights on and give cars behind as long as possible to notice thst the traffics actually slowing.

I don't think the cammer did that much wrong in terms of braking - she managed to stop in the distance (even if it was a bit close), ultimately it was the car behind who failed.

Totally agree about having lane discipline though - jump off into the hard shoulder and give yourself and the car behind more room.

[Your Dad]

StuTheGrouch said:

ashleyman said:

This guy can’t have not seen the 5x Red X over the hard shoulder whilst he was in L1 but still decided to move onto the HS and drive through 3x red X. When will they start sending NIPS for this.

https://youtu.be/upP6D5Xj8BY

A few thoughts on this one. I'm assuming this is your video here?

1. From the start to around 35 seconds in, you are in lane 2 yet are not overtaking.
2. At around 1:15 you move back out to lane 2, despite not overtaking anything for a while after. Why?
3. The limit is 60 mph, the road is mostly clear. Why are you dawdling along at 50 or below?
4. Is that you singing along with some weird high-pitched voice?

So, taking into account all of the above (except 4- we don't judge you on your sexuality), especially your lane discipline, why do you feel it's appropriate to judge someone else's driving?

Video no longer available. YouTube fault or another flounce?

[AB]

dxg said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmC_mc2NGI

10:34 - DCW caused that problem to happen.

[anonymous-user]

StuTheGrouch said:

ashleyman said:

This guy can’t have not seen the 5x Red X over the hard shoulder whilst he was in L1 but still decided to move onto the HS and drive through 3x red X. When will they start sending NIPS for this.

https://youtu.be/upP6D5Xj8BY

A few thoughts on this one. I'm assuming this is your video here?

1. From the start to around 35 seconds in, you are in lane 2 yet are not overtaking.
2. At around 1:15 you move back out to lane 2, despite not overtaking anything for a while after. Why?
3. The limit is 60 mph, the road is mostly clear. Why are you dawdling along at 50 or below?
4. Is that you singing along with some weird high-pitched voice?

So, taking into account all of the above (except 4- we don't judge you on your sexuality), especially your lane discipline, why do you feel it's appropriate to judge someone else's driving?

I know its fashionable amongst certain types on PH nowadays to go over every video posted by a member and disscect it frame by frame to point out where they are wrong and how bad they are and how much better you would be, but having watched the vid the poster's driving looks fine to me, so lets disscect your pointless and patronising answer....
1. When the vid starts he might have just passed something, and the car ahead in the left lane indicates at 8 seconds, so its quite sensible to remain in lane 2 as he will obviously be passing the car ahead of that one in a few seconds.
2. the speed indicated starts to climb as he moves out, and in about 15 seconds he would have been alongside the car that then moves onto the hard shoulder. If the road behind was clear, as the driver can see and you can't, that is a perfectly sensible move.
3. its not a crime to drive below the limit. His spacing and awareness of the speed of the vehicle in front looks spot on, he matches speed without getting close, holds distance well and drives smoothly. At a couple of points his speed drops to 50 to match the car in front, then climbs back to 56. Seems very sensible all round.
4. point taken on this one

If most people could manage to drive as smoothly and space as well as this driver, the roads would be a much better place.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 23 October 08:12