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

[FWIW]

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Is VeeFource driving the van? Perhaps worried that you were getting ahead of him?

[iwantagta]

Vipers said:

carinaman said:

Captain Obvious said:

FreeLitres said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAh2x2I_fVQ

Brakechecks the Audi, gets upset when he gets brakechecked back. Dashcam driver needs a hard slap.

Agreed. More dashcam induced stupidity.

Like the comment "Dropping a gear to slow down, how does that work then, your poor clutch"

& if anything its more dangerous to brake check using your gears as there are no lights pointing out the car is slowing.

[poing]

saaby93 said:

train barrier didnt come down at 1min?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVscBPVmzY

Looked like it was out of order as there is a cover over the lights.

[diddles]

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Tailgating like a hero.

[The Moose]

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

*cough* 2 second gap *cough*

[blueg33]

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Hard to see on a phone the vid is small and dark.

As others say, you do seem a bit close to the car in front. Think you were in the vans blind spot, when he pulled out, seems he hadn’t used his mirrors when you were further behind and perfectly visible, but yes it was a close call.

[mikal83]

diddles said:

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Tailgating like a hero.

What a st comment attacking the OP, plain dumb

[Cliftonite]

mikal83 said:

What a st comment attacking the OP, plain dumb

Is this not a fine, long-standing PH tradition, though?

[saaby93]

blueg33 said:

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Hard to see on a phone the vid is small and dark.

As others say, you do seem a bit close to the car in front. Think you were in the vans blind spot, when he pulled out, seems he hadn’t used his mirrors when you were further behind and perfectly visible, but yes it was a close call.

Did he indicate or just drift = dozing

[zedx19]

Citroen van was indicating before pulling across, obviously hadn't seen you and you obviously hadn't spotted him, poor observation on both drivers part.

[mikal83]

zedx19 said:

Citroen van was indicating before pulling across, obviously hadn't seen you and you obviously hadn't spotted him, poor observation on both drivers part.

Indicated just as the van was coming alongside FFS. Poor observation my arse.

[Starfighter]

saaby93 said:

train barrier didnt come down at 1min?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVscBPVmzY

4:30 - raising the alarm through the medium of interpretive dance.

[kev1974]

Starfighter said:

saaby93 said:

train barrier didnt come down at 1min?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVscBPVmzY

4:30 - raising the alarm through the medium of interpretive dance.

Some of the later clips in that video, while not all driving clips, are brilliant! Love the one with the bulldozers or loaders or whatever you call them scooping up the person, starting at 3:30.

[zedx19]

mikal83 said:

Indicated just as the van was coming alongside FFS. Poor observation my arse.

Van indicates before the car is along, car clearly doesn't notice as he carries on, van starts to pull across and only when it crosses the lines does the car notice. Easy to comment when looking at a video, but from what I can see there's opportunity for the car to spot the van being a dick. Personally I'd had left a bigger gap and been on the look out for pleps not checking blind spots. Your arse probably has something different to say though.

[blueg33]

kev1974 said:

Some of the later clips in that video, while not all driving clips, are brilliant! Love the one with the bulldozers or loaders or whatever you call them scooping up the person, starting at 3:30.

I did wonder whether the person was killed though.

I liked the cyclist in the first clip - no doubt on cam he has blamed the driver

[lyonspride]

blueg33 said:

ericmcn said:

This citroen Van idiot almost too the wife and myself out of it on the M4 yesterday, was lucky I did not smash into the central barrier. I got my car checked over and it looks ok, which is good news for that driver.

https://youtu.be/6gzp83NSmqc

Hard to see on a phone the vid is small and dark.

As others say, you do seem a bit close to the car in front. Think you were in the vans blind spot, when he pulled out, seems he hadn’t used his mirrors when you were further behind and perfectly visible, but yes it was a close call.

I'm not going to be one of those people who outright attack the dashcammer, but I think if we're being honest with eachother you knew he was going to have to change lanes and you tried to fill the gap in front of you, what you did not estimate is that you were largely in his blind spot.

It's one of the reasons why people hog lanes, I don't but I very often find people accelerating up when they can see I need to move out of lane one to pass another vehicle, I even get people who accelerate up next to me and then speed match. Best of all I know i'm not imagining it, because I always use CC on motorways/etc.

[FWIW]

zedx19 said:

Van indicates before the car is along, car clearly doesn't notice as he carries on, van starts to pull across and only when it crosses the lines does the car notice. Easy to comment when looking at a video, but from what I can see there's opportunity for the car to spot the van being a dick. Personally I'd had left a bigger gap and been on the look out for pleps not checking blind spots. Your arse probably has something different to say though.

Definitely a manoeuvre, signal, mirror moment from BVM who had been hogging the middle lane and had no need to pull out. Brain dead moron.

[mikal83]

FWIW said:

zedx19 said:

Van indicates before the car is along, car clearly doesn't notice as he carries on, van starts to pull across and only when it crosses the lines does the car notice. Easy to comment when looking at a video, but from what I can see there's opportunity for the car to spot the van being a dick. Personally I'd had left a bigger gap and been on the look out for pleps not checking blind spots. Your arse probably has something different to say though.

Definitely a manoeuvre, signal, mirror moment from BVM who had been hogging the middle lane and had no need to pull out. Brain dead moron.

Agree. My arse has more common sense than zed it would appear.

[ericmcn]

zedx19 said:

Van indicates before the car is along, car clearly doesn't notice as he carries on, van starts to pull across and only when it crosses the lines does the car notice. Easy to comment when looking at a video, but from what I can see there's opportunity for the car to spot the van being a dick. Personally I'd had left a bigger gap and been on the look out for pleps not checking blind spots. Your arse probably has something different to say though.

Loads of people are in each others blind spots across the country and the globe each day, which is why it's important for anyone performing such a move (buy a blind spot mirror maybe?) to do some due diligence and see if it's ok to cross over, particularly when it's entirely possible the lane in question may be occupied by someone driving 80+ mph.

I had some gestures to that driver to let him know what I thought and he acknowledged with his hand his fault, which was lucky for him as it could easily have resulted in a serious collision. Thankfully I kept control of the car while it was in the gravel and stopped it smashing the barrier.

Arse

Edited by ericmcn on Tuesday 23 July 14:13

[saaby93]

blueg33 said:

kev1974 said:

Some of the later clips in that video, while not all driving clips, are brilliant! Love the one with the bulldozers or loaders or whatever you call them scooping up the person, starting at 3:30.

I did wonder whether the person was killed though.

I liked the cyclist in the first clip - no doubt on cam he has blamed the driver

He wasnt even cycling in the cycle lane