The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)

The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)

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Ron240

2,745 posts

118 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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saaby93 said:
The DCW could have backed off to avoid a collision if he realised the caravan was drifting out
It takes 2 to tango
It looked clear enough to me...he did realise it was happening. laugh
Maybe the carvan was attempting to "merge in turn" wink

Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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jamieduff1981 said:
Caravan pillock was simply trying to prevent anyone from passing.
Or just paying no attention/fiddling with sat nav etc.

Pair of inattentive plonkers meet...

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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Bill said:
Or just paying no attention/fiddling with sat nav etc.

Pair of inattentive plonkers meet...
it is confusing he said he sped up, but not really sure why he drifted into his lane, would be interesting to see beforehand video.

Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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Just listened to the audio and I stand by my pair of idiots judgement. biggrin Sounds like there's some history before the clip starts.

tr7v8

7,185 posts

227 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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saaby93 said:
Ron240 said:
The Spruce Goose said:
Laurel Green said:
What is going on there, why would anyone purposely crash, to prove a point?
On the face of it I would agree it would have been easier and a whole lot less hassle to simply back off...but what the hell was the front vehicle doing??
There didnt appear to be any reason to change lanes and he wasnt indicating...and certainly wasnt looking in his mirrors either.
I agree with the DCW - he was a dhead and is now fked! laugh
The DCW could have backed off to avoid a collision if he realised the caravan was drifting out
It takes 2 to tango
Looking at the high viewpoint the DCW was an HGV so not as agile as a car or van.

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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tr7v8 said:
Looking at the high viewpoint the DCW was an HGV so not as agile as a car or van.
Yep, think it must be an HGV. The driver of such did say "you're on the overtaking lane and have to give way" whether that is an HGV thing or just being overtaken on such?

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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tr7v8 said:
Looking at the high viewpoint the DCW was an HGV so not as agile as a car or van.
Maybe not a full HGV but certainly a 7.5 ton size truck I'd say. As noted he definitely had time to avoid that one, but obviously thought the van would pull back over when he started on the horn.

Glenn63

2,732 posts

83 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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I don’t get why people try their luck with trucks, there’s probably minimal damage to that hgv who will carry on his journey and the driver will probably be in another truck the day after carrying on with life. The pickup will be fked, so will his caravan, his holiday or whatever trip he’s going on, and hel be car/caravan less until they are fixed and itl cost him in repairs/insurance.

FWIW

3,042 posts

96 months

Friday 18th June 2021
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saaby93 said:
It only doesnt make sense if once theyve merged , people jump ahead and slow down the merged into lane
Hold station - you're doing your bit about using road space by not merging in too early
If enough people held station, it helps everyone. Jumping ahead only makes it worse
You’re doing it on purpose, aren’t you? biglaugh

RipTrip1

2,013 posts

107 months

Saturday 19th June 2021
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Krikkit said:
Yep doesn't make sense to me either - drive up to the merge point and just do it.
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him

FWIW

3,042 posts

96 months

Saturday 19th June 2021
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RipTrip1 said:
Krikkit said:
Yep doesn't make sense to me either - drive up to the merge point and just do it.
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
Haha! FFS banghead

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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RipTrip1 said:
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.

juice

8,508 posts

281 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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blueg33 said:
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
The problem in the UK is that people treat driving as competitive, rather than collaborative.

RipTrip1

2,013 posts

107 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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blueg33 said:
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
Makes more sense to just block off one lane entirely it won't add much traffic biggrin

Spleen

5,453 posts

120 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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FWIW said:
RipTrip1 said:
Krikkit said:
Yep doesn't make sense to me either - drive up to the merge point and just do it.
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
Haha! FFS banghead
Remarkable, isn’t it?

w00tman

603 posts

144 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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RipTrip1 said:
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
You are joking, right?

RipTrip1

2,013 posts

107 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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w00tman said:
You are joking, right?
Yes of course lol. whenever there's a merge lane I always blast all the way down to the cones and merge there, other drivers know I have no choice but to merge or hit into cones so I rarely have issues doing so. If you try to merge before the cones you're more likely to be stopped by miserable drivers though.
As for the video without audio it's useless, far more likely the DC's car had some illegal mod on it.

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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RipTrip1 said:
blueg33 said:
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
Makes more sense to just block off one lane entirely it won't add much traffic biggrin
Indeed. Many truck drivers feel it’s their role to do just that.

saaby93

32,038 posts

177 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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blueg33 said:
RipTrip1 said:
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
Someone else said that the simple concept is that everyone merges in turn like a zip

For a simple concept there seems to be too many interpretations of it wink

If one tooth of one side of the zip is passing lots of teeth on the other side - does that work?

mcpoot

782 posts

106 months

Sunday 20th June 2021
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saaby93 said:
blueg33 said:
RipTrip1 said:
Its not fair that cars in the right hand lane get to make more progress than the decent drivers who selected the correct lane way before the merge point. So you end up with nobbers swooping into the right lane and blasting past all the decent drivers only to sneak in at the very end of the queue thus holding everyone else up.
Put it this way have you ever made MORE progress by just being in the left lane a mile before the merge point? No? Thats thanks to drivers like you cutting in at the end of the merge point. Copper was right to book him
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.

The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
Someone else said that the simple concept is that everyone merges in turn like a zip

For a simple concept there seems to be too many interpretations of it wink

If one tooth of one side of the zip is passing lots of teeth on the other side - does that work?
When I wear a jacket I like to have both sides the same length when I zip it up. Your suggestion is to zip one side into the other half way up. Now ask yourself which of us is wearing the jacket the way it was designed.
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