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

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

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Driver101

14,376 posts

120 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Ninja59 said:
To be fair they passed a bit close anyway, irrespective of whether he was a driving instructor or not. Clearly it would have never have been possible to do it properly as there was an oncoming car.

Idiot.

Flipside I cannot *exactly* approve of leaving the reviews like has been done and forcing his page offline.
It was too close. The issue is the instructor has passed the tuition on to his student. She was aggressive in defence of the move too. That would likely be his tuition between the incident and the cyclist catching up.

Starfighter

4,908 posts

177 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Also the incorrect use of the horn AFTER the car had passed the bike.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Driver101 said:
It was too close. The issue is the instructor has passed the tuition on to his student. She was aggressive in defence of the move too. That would likely be his tuition between the incident and the cyclist catching up.
More bks lol, “too close” my arse. If you don’t catch ‘em with the nearside mirror it’s not too close.

hornmeister

809 posts

90 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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There was no reason for cycling as wide as the cyclist was at the point of overtake.
The "cycle lane" was plenty wide enough looks like a metre or more.
If the cyclist buys a racing bike with narrow tyres which can't cope with a drain cover, then he is in the same situation as someone who lowers their car and can't get over speed bumps. The vehicle isn't fit for the road and should give way when conditions dictate.
Any one that tries to dominate the road by using the "primary position" is likely to be the sort of person that causes issues.

That being said the instructor should understand the rules of the road and should have told his pupil to stay back until it was safe to do so, no matter how much of a bell the cyclist is being.
Tooting after the event is surely a driving test failure?
Feel sorry for the learner the instructor should know better.

Both bell ends as is the case with a lot of the dashcam examples.




StuTheGrouch

5,714 posts

161 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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fakenews said:
Driver101 said:
Driving instructor v Aberdeen's DCW.

Not a big incident, but what chance have cyclists got when their instructor is feeding them with this type of instruction?

He's had to take his Facebook page down due to the attention and he's been reported to anyone that would listen.

https://youtu.be/1q5pWfhk_L4
Has nothing to do with cyclists or car drivers - it's the dheads who can't/won't look out for others who ruin it for everyone. Instructor is one of these people, a complete selfish prick. Cyclist blameless. The council planners need culling.
The driving school has taken a beating on Google and Yell reviews!

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Ron99 said:
Moonhawk said:
...."Speed is a contributing factor in around half of fatal road collisions, according to the Metropolitan Police"....
Speed probably wasn't the cause of the accident - the cause was probably someone not paying attention or not driving within their ability - but the speed at which the vehicles collide increases the damage and injuries.
Hence being described as a contributing factor.
But that's my point, the DFT report I linked to doesn't cite 'causes' either it also cites 'contributory factors'.

Fermit and Sarah

12,787 posts

99 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Mafffew said:
A couple of interesting ones this week. Then the usual DCW bullst rolleyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8zmucUBFU8
8.25. Nice of him to laugh to himself, rather than actually check if the guy was OK.

80sMatchbox

3,891 posts

175 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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hornmeister said:
There was no reason for cycling as wide as the cyclist was at the point of overtake.
The "cycle lane" was plenty wide enough looks like a metre or more.
If the cyclist buys a racing bike with.....
You might call it that, but it is most commonly called a road bike. Guess where it's designed to be used?

carinaman

21,224 posts

171 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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How different is 'racing bicycle' from 'sports car'?

untakenname

4,953 posts

191 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Imo a 'racing' bicycle is something like a TT bike which would be the car equivalent to a stripped out trackday car, a road bike is something similar to a Porsche boxster in my mind.


budgie smuggler

5,359 posts

158 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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hornmeister said:
There was no reason for cycling as wide as the cyclist was at the point of overtake.
The "cycle lane" was plenty wide enough looks like a metre or more.
There was a good reason, 1 as already mentioned the drain covers and poor road surface, 2 if you ride in that cycle lane people will buzz past you with no gap and without slowing down.


hornmeister said:
If the cyclist buys a racing bike with narrow tyres which can't cope with a drain cover, then he is in the same situation as someone who lowers their car and can't get over speed bumps. The vehicle isn't fit for the road and should give way when conditions dictate.
Any one that tries to dominate the road by using the "primary position" is likely to be the sort of person that causes issues.
That's nonsense, by your reckoning every single car HGV and motorcycle on my commute is also unsuitable since they all change road positioning to avoid the drain covers.

captain_cynic

11,876 posts

94 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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carinaman said:
How different is 'racing bicycle' from 'sports car'?
Usually about 170 MPH.

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

131 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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An old one, but don't think I've seen it posted before

US Drunk driver boxed in and forced to stop by public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQbhV1ZNjDw

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

131 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Drunk driver crashes while being chased

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bgH6mZhDE

echazfraz

772 posts

146 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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hornmeister said:
There was no reason for cycling as wide as the cyclist was at the point of overtake.
The "cycle lane" was plenty wide enough looks like a metre or more.
If the cyclist buys a racing bike with narrow tyres which can't cope with a drain cover, then he is in the same situation as someone who lowers their car and can't get over speed bumps. The vehicle isn't fit for the road and should give way when conditions dictate.
Any one that tries to dominate the road by using the "primary position" is likely to be the sort of person that causes issues.

That being said the instructor should understand the rules of the road and should have told his pupil to stay back until it was safe to do so, no matter how much of a bell the cyclist is being.
Tooting after the event is surely a driving test failure?
Feel sorry for the learner the instructor should know better.

Both bell ends as is the case with a lot of the dashcam examples
Guess how many motorcyclists on any sort of bike would want to ride over any sort of drain cover if they could help it? Should they all be off the road too?

The only two things that the cyclist does wrong here are:

a) move from the cycle lane to the main lane without a lifesaver. This could get you collected by a Prius or something else sneaky!
b) interact with the goateed numpty in the queue - although I must admit I'd probably do the same.

Driving instructor is a doric donkey who needs to gang awa an bile his heid.

Dromedary66

1,924 posts

137 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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There was a cyclist going the other way who was well within the bike lane. There was no need to hang so far out, he does it only to collect altercation on his helmet cam.

Biker's Nemesis

38,536 posts

207 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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phil4

1,203 posts

237 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Dromedary66 said:
There was a cyclist going the other way who was well within the bike lane. There was no need to hang so far out, he does it only to collect altercation on his helmet cam.
He's got a Youtube channel he needs to keep going, of course he's going to have a word. Perhaps he'll also behave in a way he knows to be legal, but which he's well aware will wind up others. Or I could just be too cynical.

G13NVL

2,732 posts

83 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Some crap driving USA style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxUx3oVJCO0
What is that guy thinking just mooching about in what’s left of that white car while people are skidding past and still crashing!

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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fakenews said:
Driver101 said:
Driving instructor v Aberdeen's DCW.

Not a big incident, but what chance have cyclists got when their instructor is feeding them with this type of instruction?

He's had to take his Facebook page down due to the attention and he's been reported to anyone that would listen.

https://youtu.be/1q5pWfhk_L4
Has nothing to do with cyclists or car drivers - it's the dheads who can't/won't look out for others who ruin it for everyone. Instructor is one of these people, a complete selfish prick. Cyclist blameless. The council planners need culling.
Yes, yes, and yes again. Not in a Meg Ryan way you understand, but agreement with all three of your points.
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