The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 4)
Discussion
Loach said:
Watched a few of the links posted. Entertaining, but... wow. The UK never ceases to amaze me in this regard. Just my tuppence, but having driven all over Europe for decades, the Brits are far from the worst drivers; they're not the fastest or most aggressive either. But they flat out win every prize going for being the most ready to shout/swear/gesticulate/behave like utter *insert word here* to other road users. A lot of the vids above showed dopey idiots trying to join lanes, overtake, filter or cross a junction. No big deal to most of us, but in the UK such manoeuvres are all too often turned into 5 alarm emergencies of swearing, screeching, beeping, flashing and gesticulating because what the rest of us don't know, is that it's not routine traffic - evidently it's a f***ing race. And I say this as someone who doesn't hang around when driving.
I would say the USA is worse and it escalates a lot more quickly over there!ashleyman said:
Pretty much every single video on this Instagram account features dangerous of reckless driving.
Just one example: https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmQ5usBFgf/?utm_sourc...
https://www.instagram.com/relentlesscars/
What really annoys me is in many of these there is no skill involved. Just someone being a massive bellend.Just one example: https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmQ5usBFgf/?utm_sourc...
https://www.instagram.com/relentlesscars/
E.g.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtyktWlBjRE/?utm_sourc...
WarrenB said:
Coin Slot. said:
I felt sorry for this poor old bugger, nobody was letting him cross the road so I stopped and gestured him across -
https://youtu.be/0dIyHQ1dExg
The situational awareness of that Proton was shocking. Can't have been any further than a few feet away from the old chap until they realised he was there.https://youtu.be/0dIyHQ1dExg
Bonefish Blues said:
Because you stopped to let the Proton out, obvs., therefore safe to go in their tiny version of the universe, perhaps?
Got my flameproof suit so do your worst...You shouldn't have stopped for him.
He's trying to cross the road INTO the junction opposite, with a junction immediately to his left and a parked bus on a curve obscuring the vision of any oncoming cars once he makes it onto the other side of the road.
Camcar stopped too far away from him leaving a gap more than big enough that the Proton thought it was for them.
What people don't realise is that whilst it might be obvious to THEM that they're letting a pedestrian cross, not all other road users are observant enough to notice. Once that pedestrian gets in front of your car they're pretty well hidden from oncoming traffic.
Don't get me started on drivers that stop to let pedestrians cross when there's no marked crossing and they're the only car for miles around!
Courtesy causes confusion. There's a time and place for it but this possibly wasn't it.
Flame away...
Centurion07 said:
Got my flameproof suit so do your worst...
You shouldn't have stopped for him.
He's trying to cross the road INTO the junction opposite, with a junction immediately to his left and a parked bus on a curve obscuring the vision of any oncoming cars once he makes it onto the other side of the road.
Camcar stopped too far away from him leaving a gap more than big enough that the Proton thought it was for them.
What people don't realise is that whilst it might be obvious to THEM that they're letting a pedestrian cross, not all other road users are observant enough to notice. Once that pedestrian gets in front of your car they're pretty well hidden from oncoming traffic.
Don't get me started on drivers that stop to let pedestrians cross when there's no marked crossing and they're the only car for miles around!
Courtesy causes confusion. There's a time and place for it but this possibly wasn't it.
Flame away...
This 100%You shouldn't have stopped for him.
He's trying to cross the road INTO the junction opposite, with a junction immediately to his left and a parked bus on a curve obscuring the vision of any oncoming cars once he makes it onto the other side of the road.
Camcar stopped too far away from him leaving a gap more than big enough that the Proton thought it was for them.
What people don't realise is that whilst it might be obvious to THEM that they're letting a pedestrian cross, not all other road users are observant enough to notice. Once that pedestrian gets in front of your car they're pretty well hidden from oncoming traffic.
Don't get me started on drivers that stop to let pedestrians cross when there's no marked crossing and they're the only car for miles around!
Courtesy causes confusion. There's a time and place for it but this possibly wasn't it.
Flame away...
rambo19 said:
Centurion07 said:
Got my flameproof suit so do your worst...
You shouldn't have stopped for him.
He's trying to cross the road INTO the junction opposite, with a junction immediately to his left and a parked bus on a curve obscuring the vision of any oncoming cars once he makes it onto the other side of the road.
Camcar stopped too far away from him leaving a gap more than big enough that the Proton thought it was for them.
What people don't realise is that whilst it might be obvious to THEM that they're letting a pedestrian cross, not all other road users are observant enough to notice. Once that pedestrian gets in front of your car they're pretty well hidden from oncoming traffic.
Don't get me started on drivers that stop to let pedestrians cross when there's no marked crossing and they're the only car for miles around!
Courtesy causes confusion. There's a time and place for it but this possibly wasn't it.
Flame away...
This 100%You shouldn't have stopped for him.
He's trying to cross the road INTO the junction opposite, with a junction immediately to his left and a parked bus on a curve obscuring the vision of any oncoming cars once he makes it onto the other side of the road.
Camcar stopped too far away from him leaving a gap more than big enough that the Proton thought it was for them.
What people don't realise is that whilst it might be obvious to THEM that they're letting a pedestrian cross, not all other road users are observant enough to notice. Once that pedestrian gets in front of your car they're pretty well hidden from oncoming traffic.
Don't get me started on drivers that stop to let pedestrians cross when there's no marked crossing and they're the only car for miles around!
Courtesy causes confusion. There's a time and place for it but this possibly wasn't it.
Flame away...
cb1965 said:
And the Proton driver couldn't see the old chap crossing the road? FFS this place is weird!
I never said they weren't at fault. The Proton driver was obviously focused on finding a gap in the traffic, which they found thanks to cam-car leaving a huge gap for them.As I pointed out, in a situation like that, other road users aren't looking out for pedestrians or other hazards. If they see a gap presented to them they become focused on that rather than all the other variables that need accounting for as well.
I bet you've seen more than one near miss where a driver turning into a junction has flashed another driver waiting behind the give way line to move out first and then promptly almost been collected by another vehicle expecting everyone to be playing by the rules?
cb1965 said:
Centurion07 said:
Thesprucegoose said:
i think i would have done same as camcar, maybe got out and helped, camcar did nothing wrong.
Morally, no. Legally? Probably no as well. But was that situation created by the cam-car? Yes.If the cam-car hadn't 1) stopped at all, and 2) stopped so far away from the pedestrian AND the junction to the left, there would've been no gap for the Proton to pull into.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9QZaINIBE&t=...
Latest WelshDrive upload. A lot of useless DCWs who'd rather get footage than use common sense as usual.
Latest WelshDrive upload. A lot of useless DCWs who'd rather get footage than use common sense as usual.
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