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

[Lemming Train]

mac96 said:

Still no excuse for driving on the pavement to get past though- could have been a kid coming out of a gateway, not a binman.

I do agree, but everyone has their limit when being deliberately fked about (if indeed that was the case here, which remains unknown).

[G13NVL]

Lemming Train said:

funkyrobot said:

Impatient idiot mounts pavement and nearly runs over binman. One from a local newspaper:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/video-car-mou...

Playing devil's advocate here but a lot of bin lorry drivers deliberately go out of their way to ps off other motorists and get a kick out of blocking the road when they could stop close to the kerb rather than in the middle of the road. The footage shown above looks like the bin lorry driver deliberately tries to block the Astra from getting past on 2 occasions and unsurprisingly there's no prior footage which may show an earlier altercation or some deliberate blocking.

A long time ago now but I used to drive bin lorries for the LA on agency and even back then the attitude from many of the full-time drivers was "fk 'em" and to basically cause as much aggro as possible. These days with all the trucks now covered in cameras I imagine it's even worse as they drive deliberately in such a manner to cause confrontations knowing that the recording will show them to be 'in the right'.

I thought they deliberately stopped in the middle of the road to purposely stop people going past as there’s several men walking across the back to and from houses so makes sense to not have people zipping up the sides.

[OtherBusiness]

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

[WinstonWolf]

G13NVL said:

Lemming Train said:

funkyrobot said:

Impatient idiot mounts pavement and nearly runs over binman. One from a local newspaper:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/video-car-mou...

Playing devil's advocate here but a lot of bin lorry drivers deliberately go out of their way to ps off other motorists and get a kick out of blocking the road when they could stop close to the kerb rather than in the middle of the road. The footage shown above looks like the bin lorry driver deliberately tries to block the Astra from getting past on 2 occasions and unsurprisingly there's no prior footage which may show an earlier altercation or some deliberate blocking.

A long time ago now but I used to drive bin lorries for the LA on agency and even back then the attitude from many of the full-time drivers was "fk 'em" and to basically cause as much aggro as possible. These days with all the trucks now covered in cameras I imagine it's even worse as they drive deliberately in such a manner to cause confrontations knowing that the recording will show them to be 'in the right'.

I thought they deliberately stopped in the middle of the road to purposely stop people going past as there’s several men walking across the back to and from houses so makes sense to not have people zipping up the sides.

I thought that too, they stop the traffic to create a safer working space for the bin men. It's a minor annoyance but I just wait, they normally make a gap for you round here when it's safe.

[WinstonWolf]

OtherBusiness said:

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

Either of the drivers could have prevented that.

[trackdemon]

WinstonWolf said:

OtherBusiness said:

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

Either of the drivers could have prevented that.

I think it's fair to put the majority of the blame on the absolute tt in the Golf

[mac96]

WinstonWolf said:

G13NVL said:

Lemming Train said:

funkyrobot said:

Impatient idiot mounts pavement and nearly runs over binman. One from a local newspaper:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/video-car-mou...

Playing devil's advocate here but a lot of bin lorry drivers deliberately go out of their way to ps off other motorists and get a kick out of blocking the road when they could stop close to the kerb rather than in the middle of the road. The footage shown above looks like the bin lorry driver deliberately tries to block the Astra from getting past on 2 occasions and unsurprisingly there's no prior footage which may show an earlier altercation or some deliberate blocking.

A long time ago now but I used to drive bin lorries for the LA on agency and even back then the attitude from many of the full-time drivers was "fk 'em" and to basically cause as much aggro as possible. These days with all the trucks now covered in cameras I imagine it's even worse as they drive deliberately in such a manner to cause confrontations knowing that the recording will show them to be 'in the right'.

I thought they deliberately stopped in the middle of the road to purposely stop people going past as there’s several men walking across the back to and from houses so makes sense to not have people zipping up the sides.

I thought that too, they stop the traffic to create a safer working space for the bin men. It's a minor annoyance but I just wait, they normally make a gap for you round here when it's safe.

That makes sense, and you'd hope that was the reason, but Lemming Train seems to have first hand knowledge that, in some places at least, it is deliberate obstruction for the sake of it.

[anonymous-user]

trackdemon said:

WinstonWolf said:

OtherBusiness said:

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

Either of the drivers could have prevented that.

I think it's fair to put the majority of the blame on the absolute tt in the Golf

Obviously the other car was racing the golf to prevent the overtake , so they're not really helping themselves with that dashcam footage either.

[Lemming Train]

mac96 said:

WinstonWolf said:

G13NVL said:

Lemming Train said:

funkyrobot said:

Impatient idiot mounts pavement and nearly runs over binman. One from a local newspaper:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/video-car-mou...

Playing devil's advocate here but a lot of bin lorry drivers deliberately go out of their way to ps off other motorists and get a kick out of blocking the road when they could stop close to the kerb rather than in the middle of the road. The footage shown above looks like the bin lorry driver deliberately tries to block the Astra from getting past on 2 occasions and unsurprisingly there's no prior footage which may show an earlier altercation or some deliberate blocking.

A long time ago now but I used to drive bin lorries for the LA on agency and even back then the attitude from many of the full-time drivers was "fk 'em" and to basically cause as much aggro as possible. These days with all the trucks now covered in cameras I imagine it's even worse as they drive deliberately in such a manner to cause confrontations knowing that the recording will show them to be 'in the right'.

I thought they deliberately stopped in the middle of the road to purposely stop people going past as there’s several men walking across the back to and from houses so makes sense to not have people zipping up the sides.

I thought that too, they stop the traffic to create a safer working space for the bin men. It's a minor annoyance but I just wait, they normally make a gap for you round here when it's safe.

That makes sense, and you'd hope that was the reason, but Lemming Train seems to have first hand knowledge that, in some places at least, it is deliberate obstruction for the sake of it.

In fairness it's been 15+ years since I drove them and worked with the guys but with H&S the way it is these days it's quite possible that the 'deliberately block the road to create safe space' shizzle is a result of that. When I did it the guys managed just fine pulling bins from each side of normal residental roads and although there were plenty of times when I had to block the road because of double parked cars, I would always be mindful of the other roads users and make space for them to pass where practical to do so. Treat people as you'd like to be treated and all that! But nowadays it seems to be if the bin truck is already on a given road/street, it doesn't matter how long it is or how many options there are to allow other road users to pass, it ain't happening and they block the middle of the road to make sure of it. Maybe the bin men need to grow a pair and stop being such precious snowflakes?

[WCZ]

golfs fault, he presumed he was going much faster than the car on the inside line and didnt even bother to look when making the lane change

[carinaman]

JimSuperSix said:

trackdemon said:

WinstonWolf said:

OtherBusiness said:

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

Either of the drivers could have prevented that.

I think it's fair to put the majority of the blame on the absolute tt in the Golf

Obviously the other car was racing the golf to prevent the overtake , so they're not really helping themselves with that dashcam footage either.

Avoidable accident.

The accelerator pedal works both ways.

[trackdemon]

JimSuperSix said:

trackdemon said:

WinstonWolf said:

OtherBusiness said:

westtra said:

30mph limit. King Street aberdeen

One of the comments worked out they were both doing circa 49mph

Either of the drivers could have prevented that.

I think it's fair to put the majority of the blame on the absolute tt in the Golf

Obviously the other car was racing the golf to prevent the overtake , so they're not really helping themselves with that dashcam footage either.

An assumption, albeit a fair one. But the Golf was the one accelerating from behind to complete a pass on the wrong side of the road whilst approaching a hazard, therefore they deserve the majority of the blame.

[stackmonkey]

"Be careful driving on snow. This is why."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa_3vTgwTdg

Or, this is why, when driving on icy / snowy roads, you have decent tyres, be sober (this is a Russian vid..) and drive both carefully and slowly...(as I said, this is a Russian vid).

NSFW as some profanities.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

Another, more lunatic, example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_XCwopF5k

[diddles]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

Another, more lunatic, example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_XCwopF5k

Quattro power innit

[Dromedary66]

New Exposed.

Last clip is a bit... different.

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

[Usget]

Dromedary66 said:

New Exposed.

Last clip is a bit... different.

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

What the actual ?!

[Bonefish Blues]

Excellent.

[carinaman]

Isn't that Discovery going to stink of milk?

[The Dangerous Elk]

1:52.....DCW has infected his kid !....I worry for the future