The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 6)

[ro250]

I think the caravan driver (arrogantly) assumed the truck driver was going to yield and was then taken by surprise as his car was dragged sideways.

I've yielded to many people before when technically I shouldn't. I've seen so many dashcam videos of idiots jostling at merges where it seems nothing else matters apart from being first. Maybe I've just mellowed with age, but I'd rather keep my car dent-free.

[InitialDave]

ro250 said:

I've yielded to many people before when technically I shouldn't. I've seen so many dashcam videos of idiots jostling at merges where it seems nothing else matters apart from being first. Maybe I've just mellowed with age, but I'd rather keep my car dent-free.

Yep.

I really don't care that much anymore. It's one car length.

[ro250]

InitialDave said:

ro250 said:

I've yielded to many people before when technically I shouldn't. I've seen so many dashcam videos of idiots jostling at merges where it seems nothing else matters apart from being first. Maybe I've just mellowed with age, but I'd rather keep my car dent-free.

Yep.

I really don't care that much anymore. It's one car length.

Unless they overtake me and then I'll obviously ram them off the road

[Ron240]

budgie smuggler said:

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

Quite right...its better to be an enabler to this type of selfish and arrogant driver.

[Bonefish Blues]

Ron240 said:

budgie smuggler said:

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

Quite right...its better to be an enabler to this type of selfish and arrogant driver.

On balance, yes

[saaby93]

trackdemon said:

If you've missed your turn off, or are just trying to jump the queue and barge in you don't just move into a lane that already has traffic there - especially so if it's a HGV. The truck could have conceded the space, but why should he? It wasn't him making the mistake.

Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it.
Highway code states the obvious when it says everyone has a duty to avoid an incident if they can.
It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane- the truck could easily have slowed up with losing more than a second or so.
Instead what - how many people held up for how many hours in total - how much in insurance

Just ease up, make way if necessary, dont make a situation worse and try some ogmios
And yes we've done it to dust a number of years ago and there are still people preferring to take the collision as a solution

[ro250]

saaby93 said:

trackdemon said:

If you've missed your turn off, or are just trying to jump the queue and barge in you don't just move into a lane that already has traffic there - especially so if it's a HGV. The truck could have conceded the space, but why should he? It wasn't him making the mistake.

Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it.
Highway code states the obvious when it says everyone has a duty to avoid an incident if they can.
It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane- the truck could easily have slowed up with losing more than a second or so.
Instead what - how many people held up for how many hours in total - how much in insurance

Just ease up, make way if necessary, dont make a situation worse and try some ogmios
And yes we've done it to dust a number of years ago and there are still people preferring to take the collision as a solution

Just last weekend I was driving through a high street and a truck which was parked facing the way I was coming pulled out. He slammed on, as did I (all low speed, I was doing 30). Now I could have sounded my horn, stuck my fingers up and gone round him, but he put his hand up to apologise and I waved him out.

It wasn't hard to not be a knob.

I often see people persist in their righteousness in these situations such as still going for the roundabout exit which someone is cutting them up from. Just abort the move!

[Mammasaid]

Latest 'To you' - 1st clip, James is a grade A knobber

[ScotHill]

Mammasaid said:

Latest 'To you' - 1st clip, James is a grade A knobber

What the hell is that road layout at 2m10?

[5s Alive]

Bonefish Blues said:

Ron240 said:

budgie smuggler said:

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

Quite right...its better to be an enabler to this type of selfish and arrogant driver.

On balance, yes

No doubt but no less annoying if it's clear the offender has opted to skip the queue.

[Bonefish Blues]

5s Alive said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Ron240 said:

budgie smuggler said:

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

Quite right...its better to be an enabler to this type of selfish and arrogant driver.

On balance, yes

No doubt but no less annoying if it's clear the offender has opted to skip the queue.

Sure, it's a bit frustrating.

But I can deal with that

[5s Alive]

Bonefish Blues said:

5s Alive said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Ron240 said:

budgie smuggler said:

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

Quite right...its better to be an enabler to this type of selfish and arrogant driver.

On balance, yes

No doubt but no less annoying if it's clear the offender has opted to skip the queue.

Sure, it's a bit frustrating.

But I can deal with that

However a driver [E39 (sorry!) 5 series] who was doing 90 in the outside lane presumably steering with his knees while shaving and on his mobile and then braked hard across all three lanes onto the exit slip forcing traffic to take evasive action stretched my patience somewhat.

[Blakewater]

Dodgy Drivers.



Gadget Meister

[Mammasaid]

Blakewater said:

Dodgy Drivers.

That's 2 weeks in a row!!!

[saaby93]

Blakewater said:

Gadget Meister

DCWs driving into all sorts of dodgy situations for footage?
just ease back and lay off the horn

[Blakewater]

K9 Dashcam

[trackdemon]

budgie smuggler said:

trackdemon said:

The truck could have conceded the space, but why should he?

To avoid a crash inconveniencing thousands of people just so that he doesn't lose one place in a queue of traffic?

To help somebody out so they don't have to sit stationary in a live motorway lane?

Even in purely selfish terms, he's delayed his own journey by probably at least 20 mins sorting it out, maybe an hour+ depending on how that caravan and vehicle are now wedged against the barrier.

I dare say he (quite reasonably) assumed someone wouldn't be stupid enough to just go ahead and drive straight into his truck, so no he didn't knowingly delay his journey, he clearly expected them to yield as it was their mistake / arrogant queue jumping that caused the whole situation. Ergo the onus is on them to rectify it, and if you don't want to sit in a live L1 hoping to get let in then cruise to the next junction and turn back.

[trackdemon]

saaby93 said:

trackdemon said:

If you've missed your turn off, or are just trying to jump the queue and barge in you don't just move into a lane that already has traffic there - especially so if it's a HGV. The truck could have conceded the space, but why should he? It wasn't him making the mistake.

Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it.
Highway code states the obvious when it says everyone has a duty to avoid an incident if they can.
It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane- the truck could easily have slowed up with losing more than a second or so.
Instead what - how many people held up for how many hours in total - how much in insurance

Just ease up, make way if necessary, dont make a situation worse and try some ogmios
And yes we've done it to dust a number of years ago and there are still people preferring to take the collision as a solution

Victim blaming at its best. Just to be clear, as it seems you may have missed it: the caravaner drove into the truck. Your points are correct but aimed at the wrong person:

"It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane"

Indeed it was. Just as it was equally clear they were taking the piss, or could have taken the extraordinarily easy option of rectifying their own mistake by carrying on to the next junction

"Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it."

Caravaner made a mistake (or, more likely, was taking the piss and queue jumping). They could have resolved the whole thing by not driving directly into the vehicle which was quite legally and correctly proceeding next to them

[saaby93]

trackdemon said:

saaby93 said:

trackdemon said:

If you've missed your turn off, or are just trying to jump the queue and barge in you don't just move into a lane that already has traffic there - especially so if it's a HGV. The truck could have conceded the space, but why should he? It wasn't him making the mistake.

Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it.
Highway code states the obvious when it says everyone has a duty to avoid an incident if they can.
It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane- the truck could easily have slowed up with losing more than a second or so.
Instead what - how many people held up for how many hours in total - how much in insurance

Just ease up, make way if necessary, dont make a situation worse and try some ogmios
And yes we've done it to dust a number of years ago and there are still people preferring to take the collision as a solution

Victim blaming at its best. Just to be clear, as it seems you may have missed it: the caravaner drove into the truck. Your points are correct but aimed at the wrong person:

"It was as clear as night follows day that the caravan needed to move into lane"

Indeed it was. Just as it was equally clear they were taking the piss, or could have taken the extraordinarily easy option of rectifying their own mistake by carrying on to the next junction

"Just because someone makes a mistake, doesnt mean someone else should make it worse if they can do something about it."

Caravaner made a mistake (or, more likely, was taking the piss and queue jumping). They could have resolved the whole thing by not driving directly into the vehicle which was quite legally and correctly proceeding next to them

Thanks for proving my point
The Highway Code says nothing about trying to teach someone a lesson, otherwise we'd all be driving about in dented jalopies

HC does say Duty to avoid
How many parties there failed to use their duty to avoid

[Gareth79]

trackdemon said:

Caravaner made a mistake (or, more likely, was taking the piss and queue jumping). They could have resolved the whole thing by not driving directly into the vehicle which was quite legally and correctly proceeding next to them

Also after the 0:20 mark the line goes solid, so from that point it was simply outright illegal for them to move across, no matter what anybody else was doing.