The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)
Discussion
OllieJolly said:
You make it sound like you're in the right in this post, but you're not, I'm afraid.
That's all.
How is not getting out the way of someone going the wrong way down a road wrong? They have no right to be there so they can pull over, reverse back or do a 3 point turn. How is that my problem when the problem is entirely of their making and the solution is entirely thiers to provide? That's all.
On grid lock motorways, show me anyone who is not emergency services who has a legal or otherwise reasonable right to go driving down the hard shoulder to bypass a que. You wont find anyone, so why is it wrong to block them from their selfish and dangerous behaviour?
I'm not sure why there's such a discrepancy with sentences handed down, he said himself that he worked in IT and he had no real reason for going fast in the daytime so assumed the book was going to be thrown at him especially as the police car had to do 159mph for quite a distance to match then catchup with him but he got a lesser sentence (plus trivial fine) than someone going 105mph on the motorway at night.
Psycho Warren said:
saaby93 said:
Not really.
Treat the traffic waiting for the tip as 'parked'.
The road was wide enough for the van driver to pass the parked traffic with care and numpty DCW had already done the same at the beginning of the clip.
They aren't parked though. They are in a que. Treat the traffic waiting for the tip as 'parked'.
The road was wide enough for the van driver to pass the parked traffic with care and numpty DCW had already done the same at the beginning of the clip.
Basically bad planning for the tip, but doesnt excuse the driver barreling down a turn right lane, or the other driver of course.
untakenname said:
I'm not sure why there's such a discrepancy with sentences handed down, he said himself that he worked in IT and he had no real reason for going fast in the daytime so assumed the book was going to be thrown at him especially as the police car had to do 159mph for quite a distance to match then catchup with him but he got a lesser sentence (plus trivial fine) than someone going 105mph on the motorway at night.
The speed the police car has to travel at to catch up is mostly irrelevant. You can do 159mph to catch up with a car doing 30mph, or you can do 31mph and you will still catch it. Unless the officer is measuring distance, time and rate of acceleration and deceleration and then running GCSE physics formulas in his head, it has no bearing.https://www.facebook.com/radiochelmsford/videos/38...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=101580...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14229387/shoppers-hu...
Proof that all the latest collision avoidance can be overridden!
And that Sun reporters are a bit rubbish - car looks to reverse in panic but clearly not trying to get away!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=101580...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14229387/shoppers-hu...
Proof that all the latest collision avoidance can be overridden!
And that Sun reporters are a bit rubbish - car looks to reverse in panic but clearly not trying to get away!
Psycho Warren said:
How is not getting out the way of someone going the wrong way down a road wrong? They have no right to be there so they can pull over, reverse back or do a 3 point turn. How is that my problem when the problem is entirely of their making and the solution is entirely thiers to provide?
On grid lock motorways, show me anyone who is not emergency services who has a legal or otherwise reasonable right to go driving down the hard shoulder to bypass a queue. You wont find anyone, so why is it wrong to block them from their selfish and dangerous behaviour?
You can't envisage a scenario which might cause someone to do that? Nothing at all comes to mind....? On grid lock motorways, show me anyone who is not emergency services who has a legal or otherwise reasonable right to go driving down the hard shoulder to bypass a queue. You wont find anyone, so why is it wrong to block them from their selfish and dangerous behaviour?
blueg33 said:
untakenname said:
I'm not sure why there's such a discrepancy with sentences handed down, he said himself that he worked in IT and he had no real reason for going fast in the daytime so assumed the book was going to be thrown at him especially as the police car had to do 159mph for quite a distance to match then catchup with him but he got a lesser sentence (plus trivial fine) than someone going 105mph on the motorway at night.
The speed the police car has to travel at to catch up is mostly irrelevant. You can do 159mph to catch up with a car doing 30mph, or you can do 31mph and you will still catch it. Unless the officer is measuring distance, time and rate of acceleration and deceleration and then running GCSE physics formulas in his head, it has no bearing.Centurion07 said:
Psycho Warren said:
How is not getting out the way of someone going the wrong way down a road wrong? They have no right to be there so they can pull over, reverse back or do a 3 point turn. How is that my problem when the problem is entirely of their making and the solution is entirely thiers to provide?
On grid lock motorways, show me anyone who is not emergency services who has a legal or otherwise reasonable right to go driving down the hard shoulder to bypass a queue. You wont find anyone, so why is it wrong to block them from their selfish and dangerous behaviour?
You can't envisage a scenario which might cause someone to do that? Nothing at all comes to mind....? On grid lock motorways, show me anyone who is not emergency services who has a legal or otherwise reasonable right to go driving down the hard shoulder to bypass a queue. You wont find anyone, so why is it wrong to block them from their selfish and dangerous behaviour?
shost said:
https://www.facebook.com/radiochelmsford/videos/38...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=101580...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14229387/shoppers-hu...
Proof that all the latest collision avoidance can be overridden!
And that Sun reporters are a bit rubbish - car looks to reverse in panic but clearly not trying to get away!
Lucky nobody was killed. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=101580...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14229387/shoppers-hu...
Proof that all the latest collision avoidance can be overridden!
And that Sun reporters are a bit rubbish - car looks to reverse in panic but clearly not trying to get away!
My car has automatic emergency braking and it can be switched off, I haven’t switched it off though.
It’s not a Volvo either, I don’t know if they can be deactivated in a Volvo, one would assume so but they might not make it easy, I’d be very surprised if any XC40 doesn’t have the safety kit.
I’ll Make a complete assumption that the driver is elderly person and did the old truck of hitting the accelerator instead of the brake
carlove said:
Lucky nobody was killed.
My car has automatic emergency braking and it can be switched off, I haven’t switched it off though.
It’s not a Volvo either, I don’t know if they can be deactivated in a Volvo, one would assume so but they might not make it easy, I’d be very surprised if any XC40 doesn’t have the safety kit.
I’ll Make a complete assumption that the driver is elderly person and did the old truck of hitting the accelerator instead of the brake
We have an XC40, the braking can't be turned off and I'm pretty sure the only way to override is to flatten the accelerator...My car has automatic emergency braking and it can be switched off, I haven’t switched it off though.
It’s not a Volvo either, I don’t know if they can be deactivated in a Volvo, one would assume so but they might not make it easy, I’d be very surprised if any XC40 doesn’t have the safety kit.
I’ll Make a complete assumption that the driver is elderly person and did the old truck of hitting the accelerator instead of the brake
SeeFive said:
I am sure that there is no possible newly arising medical emergency with a passenger that this self-appointed road captain could hinder by such an action. Nothing at all.
Except you arent allowed under the RTA to speed and drive dangerously for a medical emergency off your own back. You arent allowed to make that decision. That is what pulling over and using the SOS phone or a mobile to summon an ambulance is for. In real life a civilian has no need or benefit from doing a "hollywood" sprint and handbrake turning into the A+E entrance while screaming "medic" like in the films. In reality you will just crash making more casualties. Psycho Warren said:
Except you arent allowed under the RTA to speed and drive dangerously for a medical emergency off your own back. You arent allowed to make that decision. That is what pulling over and using the SOS phone or a mobile to summon an ambulance is for. In real life a civilian has no need or benefit from doing a "hollywood" sprint and handbrake turning into the A+E entrance while screaming "medic" like in the films. In reality you will just crash making more casualties.
What universe do you live in? 
Centurion07 said:
What universe do you live in?
Ok you try going through speed cameras and red lights at high speed and try and get off in court...... If a copper sees you and pulls you (and you stop), its pretty unlikely he would escort you as its high risk versus calling an ambulance. It happens sometimes but not that often.
Quite an old one that I just remembered about. Driving along the Princess Parkway in Manchester and through Hulme and Moss Side. Some crazed druggie decides to jump on my bonnet. Probably been refused drugs from the chemist which I presume the two staff have come from to drag him away.
My car had just come out of the body shop but I couldn't be arsed with any more hassle so just carried on with my journey. To be honest, the jump looked like it was straight out of WWE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opmtmo2AQuA
My car had just come out of the body shop but I couldn't be arsed with any more hassle so just carried on with my journey. To be honest, the jump looked like it was straight out of WWE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opmtmo2AQuA
My point was, people do stuff that is "wrong" all the time, especially when driving.
For the stuff that doesn't have any real effect on you, what's the point in making a fuss/big deal out of it?
You're never going to change someone's ways, and in the worst case you could get hurt yourself, you only have to stand your ground with the wrong person.
For the one-way street example, I'm not saying you shouldn't point out that it's one-way, many people simply don't realise, but what I am saying is if you do point it out and they choose to ignore it, you're not helping anyone by playing the road warrior. They don't give a toss what you think.
Blocking someone on the hard shoulder (whilst ignoring rule 270 of the highway code yourself) will just make someone more angry and their driving will be worse as a result. Let them get on with it.
That's what we have police, cameras, etc for.
For the stuff that doesn't have any real effect on you, what's the point in making a fuss/big deal out of it?
You're never going to change someone's ways, and in the worst case you could get hurt yourself, you only have to stand your ground with the wrong person.
For the one-way street example, I'm not saying you shouldn't point out that it's one-way, many people simply don't realise, but what I am saying is if you do point it out and they choose to ignore it, you're not helping anyone by playing the road warrior. They don't give a toss what you think.
Blocking someone on the hard shoulder (whilst ignoring rule 270 of the highway code yourself) will just make someone more angry and their driving will be worse as a result. Let them get on with it.
That's what we have police, cameras, etc for.
KungFuPanda said:
Quite an old one that I just remembered about. Driving along the Princess Parkway in Manchester and through Hulme and Moss Side. Some crazed druggie decides to jump on my bonnet. Probably been refused drugs from the chemist which I presume the two staff have come from to drag him away.
My car had just come out of the body shop but I couldn't be arsed with any more hassle so just carried on with my journey. To be honest, the jump looked like it was straight out of WWE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opmtmo2AQuA
Your description made it sound better than it was, go sit in the corner and think about what you have done.My car had just come out of the body shop but I couldn't be arsed with any more hassle so just carried on with my journey. To be honest, the jump looked like it was straight out of WWE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opmtmo2AQuA
Psycho Warren said:
How is not getting out the way of someone going the wrong way down a road wrong? They have no right to be there so they can pull over, reverse back or do a 3 point turn. How is that my problem when the problem is entirely of their making and the solution is entirely thiers to provide?
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