Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

ardle1

RLJred light jumper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5UrBfTuQDk

Sobanek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2uyIfswKmw

Poland's becoming the second Russia.

MarkAnthony

Sobanek wrote: »

Poland's becoming the second Russia.

I believe Putin is working on it :pac:

franksm

Not a lot to see here, but I was amused.

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

MarkAnthony

franksm wrote: »

Not a lot to see here, but I was amused.

Did you get a look at the driver? Drunk possibly? Old guy/gal and not really aware of what was going on?

Also does anyone know why my 0803 is saying MPH when it's clearing registering KPH?

dashcamdanny

bladespin wrote: »

Wonder did the Audi driver hit brake and accelerator at same time - panic reaction, saw something eerily similar while trying to teach someone to drive.

Edit - maybe not, sure looked like they gunned it.

He turned into the corsa as if he was aiming. Audi driver is a dick.

spurious

Sobanek wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2uyIfswKmw

Poland's becoming the second Russia.

What we call a Kontest measurowny mickey.

corktina

i wouldn't mess with a Polish guy in a Jagwhah

bear1

Where the fook is Cinio?!

Odyssey 2005

franksm wrote: »

Not a lot to see here, but I was amused.

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

He probably didn't like your taste in music either..:pac:

josip

bear1 wrote: »

Where the fook is Cinio?!

That's him in the red Peugot

ardle1

bear1 wrote: »

Where the fook is Cinio?!

I found him.


http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinio_Quaranta

CreepingDeath

I had right of way with green light filter.
The cars on the other side of the road have a yield right of way sign.

Ballyowen/Castle Road intersection in Lucan last night.

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

00sully

00sully wrote: »

cycling through the park the other day. posted in cycling forum but it's appropriate for here I reckon. woman goes straight through and over the roundabout! was icy too I was going slow enough but still went into a skid

seems I am now attracting this sort of behavior. I had to mute the audio this time :pac: she 100% saw me but decided to go, I hit the breaks early this time I could nearly see it in her eyes. no licence plate again :mad:

MarkAnthony

Annoying thing is if she wasn't dawdling around she'd have been out of your way.

I know you were probably hopping mad but have you thought about saying the plate number into your camera's audio?

00sully

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Annoying thing is if she wasn't dawdling around she'd have been out of your way.

I know you were probably hopping mad but have you thought about saying the plate number into your camera's audio?

true - she was mulling it over and by the time she decided it was too late but she went anyway. good idea about the plate audio next time (though hopefully not)

franksm

Ignorant wagon, that one !
"mustn't let the bike slow me down"

K.Flyer

00sully wrote: »

seems I am now attracting this sort of behavior. I had to mute the audio this time :pac: she 100% saw me but decided to go, I hit the breaks early this time I could nearly see it in her eyes. no licence plate again :mad:

Ah FFS, someone has it in for you. :pac:

Not that it makes a difference to some drivers, especially the ones that pull out in front of emergency vehicles that have all the lights flashing, but out of curiosity, is your front light static or flashing and bright enough to be seen clearly even in day light.

00sully

K.Flyer wrote: »

Ah FFS, someone has it in for you. :pac:

Not that it makes a difference to some drivers, especially the ones that pull out in front of emergency vehicles that have all the lights flashing, but out of curiosity, is your front light static or flashing and bright enough to be seen clearly even in day light.

the light is static (but has a flashing setting I will now use). But after the last time I've added 2 flashing arm lights that are very visible front on. she 100% saw me and deliberated whether to go or not and it was that indecision that caused the near miss.

The muted audio has me saying something along the lines of "Don't bleeping do it!" as I saw her deciding

Spook_ie

00sully wrote: »

the light is static (but has a flashing setting I will now use). But after the last time I've added 2 flashing arm lights that are very visible front on. she 100% saw me and deliberated whether to go or not and it was that indecision that caused the near miss.

The muted audio has me saying something along the lines of "Don't bleeping do it!" as I saw her deciding

Silly question, but you say you slowed down but the video still looks like you took the racing line through the RaB, would it not be an idea to cycle slower in hazardous locations such as the approach to RaBs.

josip

00sully wrote: »

seems I am now attracting this sort of behavior. I had to mute the audio this time :pac: she 100% saw me but decided to go, I hit the breaks early this time I could nearly see it in her eyes. no licence plate again :mad:

Did you check the Thread Title before posting?

It's all your own fault for going faster than a normal bike would.
Dozy driver, see's bike, subconciously thinks, ok <30kph, lot's of time.
It would seem that you enjoy your trip through the park, especially the entry, exits at the roundabouts.
What speed are you maintaining through the roundabouts?
Is it more than the average car would?
Although you're completely in the right, I doubt if these will be isolated incidents at that roundabout if you continue through at those speeds.

00sully

Spook_ie wrote: »

Silly question, but you say you slowed down but the video still looks like you took theracing line through the RaB, would it not be an idea to cycle slower in hazardous locations such as the approach to RaBs.

It does look fast on the video however I slowed down previously as I approached the entrance (estimate about 15kph maybe less at approach to roundabout down from 30kph) - right was clear so proceeded to pedal on at entrance.

where is the Racing line ? I took the same line as the car ahead. The "bike path" on that roundabout starts at an inaccessible part off the pedestrian footpath.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

josip wrote: »

Did you check the Thread Title before posting?

It's all your own fault for going faster than a normal bike would.
Dozy driver, see's bike, subconciously thinks, ok <30kph, lot's of time.
It would seem that you enjoy your trip through the park, especially the entry, exits at the roundabouts.
What speed are you maintaining through the roundabouts?
Is it more than the average car would?
Although you're completely in the right, I doubt if these will be isolated incidents at that roundabout if you continue through at those speeds.

Rediculous victim blaming... what's the "normal" bicycle speed so? :rolleyes:

Slicemeister

You'd have been far more visible in the cycle lane though. Doesn't excuse her not seeing you but when it's a game of percentages out there I'd be playing the better odds by cycling in it where possible.

josip

Will Eager Apprentice wrote: »

Rediculous victim blaming... what's the "normal" bicycle speed so? :rolleyes:

Apologies if it wasn't obvious that most of my post was tongue in cheek.

But it's also interesting that in the OPs first video of that roundabout he chooses to start the video 1 second after he goes through a stop line without stopping or even slowing down.

Alanstrainor

This thread is for DASHCAMS. Not helmet cams from cyclists. We have had this thread ruined by such posts in the past, and it was decided that they would not be allowed. Best post them in the cycling forum.

dickwod1

Me being an eejit ...

With so many red light runner's out there I was presuming he would go through the lights but instead the driver stand's on the brake.
That being said this is my mistake, I should have paid better attention,

It was a real close one, you can actually here me exhale when I stop (Then my headlight bulb blows)

MarkAnthony

To be fair there is a difference between going over on a late amber because it wasn't safe to stop and running a red light. While you might have been a tad close behind the driver in front should have been aware of that.

Debatable either way but I wouldn't be beating myself up on that one.

barney 20v

Alanstrainor wrote: »

This thread is for DASHCAMS. Not helmet cams from cyclists. We have had this thread ruined by such posts in the past, and it was decided that they would not be allowed. Best post them in the cycling forum.

Brilliant- I thought I was misreading the thread title, thanks for lau

gutteruu

Tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQZkmJI1CI

corktina

that was close....

bear1

Ass clenchingly close, especially with a wet road surface.

J Mysterio

gutteruu wrote: »

Tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQZkmJI1CI

Jesus christ, they should be shot!

ardle1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMjXfdSs-s

Caliden

ardle1 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMjXfdSs-s

That last clip was scary. What's the normal speed on that road 80kmh? You'd probably be able touch both those cars with outstretched arms. :eek:


As for the 'not so amber gambler' above. Personally I think it might have been a bit dangerous for them to drop the anchor once the light went amber. From the video it looked like they were less than a few metres from the line when it amber. There's a reason why it says 'if safe to do so' and I wouldn't have thought that almost emergency braking to stop in time would be safe.

MarkAnthony wrote: »

To be fair there is a difference between going over on a late amber because it wasn't safe to stop and running a red light. While you might have been a tad close behind the driver in front should have been aware of that.

Debatable either way but I wouldn't be beating myself up on that one.

Don't think I'd agree with the part I've bolded to be honest, unless the video is misleading. There's more than enough room between to the cars for the speed they're going.

CramCycle

Caliden wrote: »

Don't think I'd agree with the part I've bolded to be honest, unless the video is misleading. There's more than enough room between to the cars for the speed they're going.

Stopped in time, I don't think there is anything wrong with it either, plenty of space, maybe quicker reaction times

yop

Thats just crazy gutteruu, deserve to be reported, the speed they passed at on that narrow road, in them conditions if they had crashed there would be carnage, 5 or 6 cars involved.

MarkAnthony

Caliden wrote: »

Don't think I'd agree with the part I've bolded to be honest, unless the video is misleading. There's more than enough room between to the cars for the speed they're going.

The rule of thumb is the two second rule, if you look at the car in front of the passing the first tree, there isn't two seconds before the OP passes. The fact that the OP came so close to hitting the car infront show that he was a tiny bit too close. He should have been able to stop with the tyres and tarmac rule.

CramCycle wrote: »

Stopped in time, I don't think there is anything wrong with it either, plenty of space, maybe quicker reaction times

Perhaps but the space you leave should take into account your own reaction time. The OPs seemed reasonable to me but perhaps it could have been quicker.

People underestimate the distance that needs to be left between cars. The distance needs to be judge on the car infront coming to a dead stop instantly to be safe.

dashcamdanny

Remember the drunk I filmed driving all over the place up the Naas road in rush hour. Benny hill music. (Since removed incase it went to court)


I got a call back this from the Garda after a report to traffic watch , must have been a few weeks ago at least.
The car and driver are known to them for numerous other scumbag offences .
But after I explained that I did not get the image of the man driving on tape or really got a good look at him, they would not be able to do anything.
He would certainly deny being in the car at that time I was told.
If I really wanted I could go and make a statement that could end up in court, but judging from the tone of the Garda voice , i would be wasting everyones time.
I see there point of view . Pity though. Catch dangerous driver red handed and still have not enough to make it stick.

Gosub

This is why we need ANPR in every garda and GoSafe vehicle, also in fixed locations. The vehicle and driver are well known to the Gardai and he's still driving? Every time he ventures onto the road his reg should trigger an alert to local Garda cars. It wouldn't be long before he was grounded for a long time, I would guess. Obviously, not just that muppet's car but all such deviant drivers.

But this is the land of many laws, but little enforcement, so that will probably never happen.

Kenny Logins

gutteruu wrote: »

Tonight

Holy sh!t. I thought we were watching the first car! Then the second...!

gutteruu

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Holy sh!t. I thought we were watching the first car! Then the second...!

They both had passed at least 3 cars behind me aswell. Gauranteed they pooped a bit I'd say!

Heres another one from earlier today. More standard irish drivers gob$hites!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rhYWDVfgXo

Gosub

gutteruu wrote: »

They both had passed at least 3 cars behind me aswell. Gauranteed they pooped a bit I'd say!

Heres another one from earlier today. More standard irish drivers gob$hites!

Betcha they both think they were in the right

gutteruu

Gosub wrote: »

Betcha they both think they were in the right

I was thinking the same thing. Then again, find me an Irish driver who thinks they were ever in the wrong. Peugeot was up there hole, beeping, swerving and trying to pass for another 20 minutes after that. All very entertaining.

Seen 2 guys in similar situation last week where 1 swerved on front of other. They eventually got to a roundabout where they went around it twice trying to pass each other and cut the other one from taking an exit. Hilarious to watch!

bear1

could have been messy.

Kenny Logins

gutteruu wrote: »

They both had passed at least 3 cars behind me aswell. Gauranteed they pooped a bit I'd say!

Heres another one from earlier today. More standard irish drivers gob$hites!

Where is this that everybody is in such a hurry?

bear1

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Where is this that everybody is in such a hurry?

It looks a lot like the Nenagh to Portumna road.

ba_barabus

bear1 wrote: »

It looks a lot like the Nenagh to Portumna road.

I thought the very same. The stretch after Borrisokane.

gutteruu

Just outside ballacolla on way to durrow

rizzodun

gutteruu wrote: »

They both had passed at least 3 cars behind me aswell. Gauranteed they pooped a bit I'd say!

Heres another one from earlier today. More standard irish drivers gob$hites!

gutteruu wrote: »

I was thinking the same thing. Then again, find me an Irish driver who thinks they were ever in the wrong. Peugeot was up there hole, beeping, swerving and trying to pass for another 20 minutes after that. All very entertaining.

Seen 2 guys in similar situation last week where 1 swerved on front of other. They eventually got to a roundabout where they went around it twice trying to pass each other and cut the other one from taking an exit. Hilarious to watch!

Gob****es indeed, but that's a mighty big brush you have there gutteruu...