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

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

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Abbott

2,413 posts

204 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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CharlieH89 said:
140mph on the motorway. A few minutes away from where I live

https://youtu.be/OzOUYdsjJDk
It does not look like a very safe strategy from the police to Tee Bone a car across 3 lanes of motorway traffic.
Although the alternative of letting him blast along in wrong direction not much safer

Krikkit

26,535 posts

182 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Abbott said:
CharlieH89 said:
140mph on the motorway. A few minutes away from where I live

https://youtu.be/OzOUYdsjJDk
It does not look like a very safe strategy from the police to Tee Bone a car across 3 lanes of motorway traffic.
Although the alternative of letting him blast along in wrong direction not much safer
I'm glad it wasn't just me that thought the same - surely the safest thing at that point is letting them go and another unit trying to pick them up?


The Vambo

6,643 posts

142 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Krikkit said:
Abbott said:
CharlieH89 said:
140mph on the motorway. A few minutes away from where I live

https://youtu.be/OzOUYdsjJDk
It does not look like a very safe strategy from the police to Tee Bone a car across 3 lanes of motorway traffic.
Although the alternative of letting him blast along in wrong direction not much safer
I'm glad it wasn't just me that thought the same - surely the safest thing at that point is letting them go and another unit trying to pick them up?
Not much safer?!?!

You have to be bloody kidding me.

Driver101

14,376 posts

122 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Krikkit said:
Abbott said:
CharlieH89 said:
140mph on the motorway. A few minutes away from where I live

https://youtu.be/OzOUYdsjJDk
It does not look like a very safe strategy from the police to Tee Bone a car across 3 lanes of motorway traffic.
Although the alternative of letting him blast along in wrong direction not much safer
I'm glad it wasn't just me that thought the same - surely the safest thing at that point is letting them go and another unit trying to pick them up?
Driving with that level of recklessness I think stopping him was the right thing to do.

I'd assume the police car driver would have looked before putting himself in potential danger.

Driver101

14,376 posts

122 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Ron99 said:
But some sh*t driving here.
A1075 Northbound, a couple of miles from Watton.
BMW 320i dawdling well below the speed limit. Then jumps a red light for roadworks as if in a hurry, but is met by oncoming traffic and has to move into the roadworks cones to let them through.
Skip to 60s into the video for the roadworks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ONxFJ0AasI
Hire car.

Graveworm

8,496 posts

72 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Driver101 said:
Krikkit said:
Abbott said:
CharlieH89 said:
140mph on the motorway. A few minutes away from where I live

https://youtu.be/OzOUYdsjJDk
It does not look like a very safe strategy from the police to Tee Bone a car across 3 lanes of motorway traffic.
Although the alternative of letting him blast along in wrong direction not much safer
I'm glad it wasn't just me that thought the same - surely the safest thing at that point is letting them go and another unit trying to pick them up?
Driving with that level of recklessness I think stopping him was the right thing to do.

I'd assume the police car driver would have looked before putting himself in potential danger.
They would be following a working strategy. Almost certainly having minimise risk to members of the public at the top, followed by maximise safety of the occupants of the following vehicles then minimise risk to the occupants of the followed car. A stung car driving against members of the public on a motorway becomes a high risk for priority 1 and 3. Possibly together with 2, if to meet that strategy they need to follow, that's something you pretty much have to do something to manage. Stopping them, whilst speeds were low and where there was an opportunity - looks like it was the least bad option.

Byker28i

60,033 posts

218 months

Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Abbott said:
carinaman said:
kev1974 said:
"dashcam" from a motorbike through 1980s London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znJFVTFd2Y
Who does he think he is? Damon Hill?
I would be surprised if he is still alive today
Camera was a Sony ccd bullet camera feeding into a Sony Video walkman EV (Video 8 tapes) mounted in a tank bag, power supply from the bike battery and onboard battery. Worked brilliantly, unlike the early hard drive recorders which used to fail regularly with the vibration.
Later on the cameras were mounted in the helmets so looked where the rider looked

Early recorder was a GV-9E with flip up screen, later ones were GV-S50

We used to do stuff for the early tttish driver programs. Crimestoppers used to pay £50 for some footage.


Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 29th January 11:27

JaredVannett

1,562 posts

144 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Skippy and his friends enjoying a bit of Bathurst:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rb2SOLHg9M

anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Mark P, I've never seen driving like this before, shocking.


Laurel Green

30,780 posts

233 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Mark P is a grade A plonker - how to hold one's self up just to prove a point (a point that is questionable at best).

Krikkit

26,535 posts

182 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Laurel Green said:
Mark P is a grade A plonker - how to hold one's self up just to prove a point (a point that is questionable at best).
I think that's very gentle, what an absolute tosspot of the highest order...

Drive Blind

5,097 posts

178 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Mark P - absolute see you next tuesday

scary thing is he probably thinks he was in the right and you'll find him doing the same thing again.

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

13,001 posts

101 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Agreed RE Mark P. Bed wetting throbber.

InitialDave

11,922 posts

120 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Can someone explain to me what on earth they were attempting to do in the clip at 4:18? Surely the middle lane would've got them past the camera car just fine?

carinaman

21,310 posts

173 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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JaredVannett said:
Skippy and his friends enjoying a bit of Bathurst:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rb2SOLHg9M
Skippy doesn't have Quattro:


Bonefish Blues

26,781 posts

224 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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carinaman said:
Skippy doesn't have Quattro:

That's his brother Slippy.

carinaman

21,310 posts

173 months

Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Bonefish Blues said:
That's his brother Slippy.
biggrin

Muddle238

3,904 posts

114 months

Monday 3rd February 2020
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Krikkit said:
Laurel Green said:
Mark P is a grade A plonker - how to hold one's self up just to prove a point (a point that is questionable at best).
I think that's very gentle, what an absolute tosspot of the highest order...
He's not even "in the right", he's assumed priority before even reaching the obstruction, despite the fact another vehicle is already in the process of clearing said obstacle. In that scenario, upon arriving at the obstacle he must first allow oncoming vehicles that have already pulled out to clear the chicane to clear it, any further oncoming vehicles mustn't follow through like sheep. Once the chicane is clear, only then does the self entitled tt that is Mark P have priority. The fact he pulls out early and drives along the wrong side of the road to cause issues with traffic that A) he can clearly see and B) actually have priority at that point as they're in the chicane and he isn't, clearly shows just trying to make a point that is null and void. Given he appears to be in a 107/C1/Aygo, it appears to be a size compensation thing.

Graveworm

8,496 posts

72 months

Monday 3rd February 2020
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Muddle238 said:
He's not even "in the right", he's assumed priority before even reaching the obstruction, despite the fact another vehicle is already in the process of clearing said obstacle. In that scenario, upon arriving at the obstacle he must first allow oncoming vehicles that have already pulled out to clear the chicane to clear it, any further oncoming vehicles mustn't follow through like sheep. Once the chicane is clear, only then does the self entitled tt that is Mark P have priority. The fact he pulls out early and drives along the wrong side of the road to cause issues with traffic that A) he can clearly see and B) actually have priority at that point as they're in the chicane and he isn't, clearly shows just trying to make a point that is null and void. Given he appears to be in a 107/C1/Aygo, it appears to be a size compensation thing.
He's a prize one and in the wrong here. But what you have posted is not strictly true. The vehicle should give way to oncoming vehicles not solely vehicles already in the hazard. They should not cause oncoming vehicles to need to slow down. Same as any other give way. In this case, because he's special, Mark went offside; whereas if he stayed nearside the cars would have passed without incident.
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