Dash cam thread (car videos only)

smoke_mirrors

Whats the big "beep" I always hear in some dash cam videos. Pre collision warning system?

Shannon757

smoke_mirrors wrote: »

Whats the big "beep" I always hear in some dash cam videos. Pre collision warning system?

Swear filter. Some posters here should have to rinse out their mouths with soap :rolleyes:

finnharpsboy

A few from the last week

ZENER

smoke_mirrors wrote: »

Whats the big "beep" I always hear in some dash cam videos. Pre collision warning system?

Some cams have a feature to save video before and after the beep by pressing a button on the camera (causing the beep), otherwise it will get over-written as the memory card gets filled.

Ken

shietpilot

finnharpsboy wrote: »

A few from the last week

Jaysus footage from Rathcoole! I better drive carefully now :P Last clip is just typical with the Nurburgring sticker. I hate that place altogether, nobody has a clue what lane to be in and the road markings are basically gone.

Mr Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOwxaRkCgQ&feature=em-upload_owner

I don't know how to upload on this site I find it hard.

2 cars block me in

should work now the link

Mr Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOwxaRkCgQ&feature=em-upload_owner

I don't know how to upload on this site I find it hard.

2 cars block me in. thanks for your patience

Rubber_Soul

Mr Snow wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOwxaRkCgQ&feature=em-upload_owner

I don't know how to upload on this site I find it hard.

2 cars block me in. thanks for your patience

You have the video set to private

DopeTech

Mr Snow wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOwxaRkCgQ&feature=em-upload_owner

I don't know how to upload on this site I find it hard.

2 cars block me in. thanks for your patience

Your video is set to private! when you fix that put QaOwxaRkCgQ in between the youtube brackets.

frozenfrozen

Your video is private, on the video page





when you're posting the link here, copy just the code which comes after watch?v= in the URL, for example your code from that video is

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

you take this code and write [youtube] [/youtube] around the code

like this
[youtube]QaOwxaRkCgQ[/youtube]

frozenfrozen

only the QaOwxaRkCgQ and no bold on the Y parts, I did that so it would show up as text

Lucas Hood

You can paste the whole youtube link into the youtube tags now it picks it up.

DopeTech

Mr Snow wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOwxaRkCgQ&feature=em-upload_owner

I don't know how to upload on this site I find it hard.

2 cars block me in. thanks for your patience

Video fixed :

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

To be totally honest I have no idea what I'm looking at in this video. Are you parked?

Dingatron

Nothing major but bizarrely neither car stopped to check for damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JYjOgdQ1B4

Mr Snow

FrostyJim wrote: »

Video fixed :

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

To be totally honest I have no idea what I'm looking at in this video. Are you parked?

yes I was parked

simdan

Dingatron wrote:

Nothing major but bizarrely neither car stopped to check for damage.

I don't think they actually hit. Extremely close though. The guy in the left lane swerved just in time

tk123

Go dash cam go!! My dad dropped some money (he keeps it in a bag) last night... My car in the drive and his out so I happened to capture the perp picking it up from beside the drivers door... They pleaded ignorance until he said it was on camera... BOOM.. He also lead them to believe he has 2 hidden CCTV cameras and a hoo-haa going on now because we've no signs up and haven't informed the neighbours of his "sinister" CCTV cameras. I was waiting for him to mention it was actually just my dash cam - NO...he came in laughing his head off! :rolleyes:

simdan

tk123 wrote: »

Go dash cam go!! My dad dropped some money (he keeps it in a bag) last night... My car in the drive and his out so I happened to capture the perp picking it up from beside the drivers door... They pleaded ignorance until he said it was on camera... BOOM.. He also lead them to believe he has 2 hidden CCTV cameras and a hoo-haa going on now because we've no signs up and haven't informed the neighbours of his "sinister" CCTV cameras. I was waiting for him to mention it was actually just my dash cam - NO...he came in laughing his head off! :rolleyes:

Nice one! Is there a video?

simdan

Sunday Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KKaOsw_gI

vectra

oops.
Another isiot not botherig to look if anything is coming.
He assumed the coast was clear becouse the other car moved away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mLCUI4Jf7Q

Mycroft H

simdan wrote: »

Sunday Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KKaOsw_gI

I think offical (like the NRA) motorway vehicles are exempt from toll charges, much like the local C.C

I've had a row with the operator on the M7 at Port when driving an exempt vehicle. She wouldn't lift the barrier. I got frustrated and rolled up the window and turned the engine off. After a few atric lorries started building up behind me she gave in and let me through.

AndyBoBandy

Mycroft H wrote: »

I think offical (like the NRA) motorway vehicles are exempt from toll charges, much like the local C.C

I've had a row with the operator on the M7 at Port when driving an exempt vehicle. She wouldn't lift the barrier. I got frustrated and rolled up the window and turned the engine off. After a few atric lorries started building up behind me she gave in and let me through.

Would it not be just easier (but I admit, more expensive) to issue electronic tags to all the NRA vehicles? and even to all exempt vehicles?

Mycroft H

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Would it not be just easier (but I admit, more expensive) to issue electronic tags to all the NRA vehicles? and even to all exempt vehicles?

A marked up ambulance should be pretty clear that it's exempt, more administration from our side to make their job easier.

Vic_08

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Would it not be just easier (but I admit, more expensive) to issue electronic tags to all the NRA vehicles? and even to all exempt vehicles?

It's done by reg plate at some tolls; port tunnel, east link and obviously M50.

tk123

simdan wrote: »

Nice one! Is there a video?

Ah better not! :P

RandomAccess

The Gardai seem to severely ration use of the siren to junctions.
I heard it a little earlier and then eventually saw the Garda car approach, as did the coach driver ahead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrzS6YjyEk

RandomAccess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1QnZtoc2Q

oleras

CreepingDeath

A**hole cuts me up on the Southbound J13 exit on the M50 only indicating at the last minute.

Normally when these feckers fly up the middle lane and cut in at the last minute,
I'd only need to hit the brakes. I needed to properly take evasive action and swerve to the last for this idiot.

NSFW volume/swearing warning: I leant on the car horn and say "F**k" in the audio, so audio isn't safe for workplace.

He didn't even need to cut in that aggressively as he was taking the right hand lane in the sliproad, probably towards Sandyford.
Seriously tempted to report....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcIl3awRu1I

OldMrBrennan83

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ofcork

Looked like he was going to pull in behind you at one stage there.

ZENER

ofcork wrote: »

Looked like he was going to pull in behind you at one stage there.

What annoys me about these situations is that there was probably nothing behind you for 50 yards but he just had to have THAT spot in front of you !

Ken

josip

CreepingDeath wrote: »

...Seriously tempted to report....

It wouldn't be unreasonable to report that guy for what seemed like a deliberately aggressive maneuver.
The gardai may ask you for undeited dashcam footage from the start to the end of your journey.

frozenfrozen

Garda my dashcam only keeps the segment if I mark it. I only marked one segment on this journey and here is that segment.

Or else, garda what is your email I will send the 5 64GB SD cards worth of footage to you as soon as my dial up connects. Do you want it in 4K or 3D?

The Muppet

Annoying, that roundabout is bad enough without this sort of nonsense and from someone that drives as part of their job,you have to expect better. Very late with the indicators too. Woeful driving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o01qLvGBA98

neris

just some random stuff and nonsense

Sgt. Bilko 09

h3000 wrote: »

It has alright. It's Mycroft H's video.


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99915512#post99915512

Sure it's there culture nothing anyone can do

finnharpsboy

Why would you do this?

simdan

Hmmm..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkTc72wJbY

Mycroft H

finnharpsboy wrote: »

Why would you do this?

Grade 3 fault there. He'd fail his EC there easily.

RandomAccess

Don't think I posted this before.

Skip toward the end,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLbQOgiYXI

simdan

RandomAccess wrote:

Skip toward the end,

Goes through a red light, but the kid hopped onto the road before it was green for him.. both eejits

simdan

simdan wrote: »

Goes through a red light, but the kid hopped onto the road before it was green for him.. both eejits

True, but only one of them was at real risk of death!
Unless another (very large) vehicle jumped the cross lights.

RandomAccess

I've posted quite a lot of clips now (40 Approx), nearly all of them are of extremely near misses with no actual vehicle collisions.
Thankfully I drive quite defensively so the vast majority of those near misses I capture are of other drivers in front of me!

I now think a Dashcam is absolutely invaluable, I couldn't imagine owning a car without one and if you're still on the fence I would say just do it and get a decent camera.

I do have two proper accident clips which I don't think I will post,
One is a lady commuter cyclist flying over the handlebars for some unknown reason, and the second is a pedestrian staring at his phone and walking out in front of a taxi and getting wiped out (not sure if he survived).

The latter was provided to the Garda investigating the incident - (I didn't ask the outcome), so it shows that they are valuable for keeping a guardians eye on other road users as well.

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To others with Dashcams, do you see a lot of near misses as well?
Or do I just attract lemmings.

RandomAccess

RandomAccess wrote: »

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To others with Dashcams, do you see a lot of near misses as well?
Or do I just attract lemmings.

Seen a few & posted a couple here, but as the dash cam is a fairly recent addition to my driving experience (nearly 40 years behind the wheel) most are distant memories.

Trebor176

RandomAccess wrote: »

I've posted quite a lot of clips now (40 Approx), nearly all of them are of extremely near misses with no actual vehicle collisions.
Thankfully I drive quite defensively so the vast majority of those near misses I capture are of other drivers in front of me!

I now think a Dashcam is absolutely invaluable, I couldn't imagine owning a car without one and if you're still on the fence I would say just do it and get a decent camera.

I do have two proper accident clips which I don't think I will post,
One is a lady commuter cyclist flying over the handlebars for some unknown reason, and the second is a pedestrian staring at his phone and walking out in front of a taxi and getting wiped out (not sure if he survived).

The latter was provided to the Garda investigating the incident - (I didn't ask the outcome), so it shows that they are valuable for keeping a guardians eye on other road users as well.

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To others with Dashcams, do you see a lot of near misses as well?
Or do I just attract lemmings.

Myself and a colleague of mine were just discussing these the other day. He was unfortunately rear ended, and the driver (possibly uninsured) left the scene. As a result, he would love a camera front and rear.. I've been looking into getting one myself, and possibly a rear one.

I don't tend to see anything too drastic, but mostly just things that irk me. These are mainly on my short commute to work on the M50. The usual occurrences are people crossing hatch markings and queue jumping at the J10 slip. The queue jumpers seem to include the same culprits most mornings. Also, I've seen people the last couple of days using the hard shoulder to cut in further up.

Just something I observed this morning. I was stopped in a line of traffic. A truck and a pickup in front of me gave up queuing and crossed the hatch markings to change lanes. Right behind a Garda car. The two lads never saw this, and didn't see a couple of drivers force their way into the queue further up either. Well, maybe they did, but turned a blind eye.

Dord

RandomAccess wrote: »

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To others with Dashcams, do you see a lot of near misses as well?
Or do I just attract lemmings.

I've seen a few and experienced a few myself since I got the camera. They seem more interesting IRL than watching back the video. Hence why I don't upload them. I prefer to just leave the camera do its thing and when I really need it, it's there.

Trebor176

Trebor176 wrote: »

Right behind a Garda car. The two lads never saw this, and didn't see a couple of drivers force their way into the queue further up either. Well, maybe they did, but turned a blind eye.

If they did their job, they'd spend the whole day writing tickets on that road!

Now this is a close one!
http://www.idiotukdriversexposed.com/brownhills-dog-walker-hgv-very-lucky/

josip

RandomAccess wrote: »

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To others with Dashcams, do you see a lot of near misses as well?
Or do I just attract lemmings.

I haven't recorded any coming together of any description since I got mine.
Maybe we should start calling you Cliff?