Dash cam thread 2 (car videos only, no commenting on videos)

Alanstrainor · 13-03-2018 3:09pm

Spook, point your cam towards the road more. It's underexposing due to being pointed at the bright sky.

Spook_ie · 13-03-2018 3:16pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Spook, point your cam towards the road more. It's underexposing due to being pointed at the bright sky.

I'll try it but it'll show more dashboard then, and it's the outside including overhead light gantries I want for insurance purposes not my dash

endacl · 13-03-2018 3:18pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

I'll try it but it'll show more dashboard then, and it's the outside including overhead light gantries I want for insurance purposes not my dash

Reposition it.

Spook_ie · 13-03-2018 3:35pm

endacl wrote: »

Reposition it.

Not really a goer as it then puts the camera lower than the mirror and hence into the "visible" area of windscreen masking out possible road hazards, you know the kind of thing where people have a sat nav sat in the middle of the screen instead of a corner!

Alanstrainor · 13-03-2018 3:46pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Not really a goer as it then puts the camera lower than the mirror and hence into the "visible" area of windscreen masking out possible road hazards, you know the kind of thing where people have a sat nav sat in the middle of the screen instead of a corner!

Is the camera not on a mount that allows you to pivot it? Both cameras at home are on mounts that allow you to adjust. Surely pointing it down by a few degrees will fix it. The mount doesn't have to move lower you just need to point it slightly more downwards! The mount should be able to remain behind the mirror.

The idea is to have the sky take up less than half of what the camera sees. This way the camera will meter for the road and lighting ahead, rather than the sky. As it stands, on a bright day it is possible you wouldn't be able to see anything when reviewing footage.

Spook_ie · 13-03-2018 3:52pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Is the camera not on a mount that allows you to pivot it? Both cameras at home are on mounts that allow you to adjust. Surely pointing it down by a few degrees will fix it. The mount doesn't have to move lower you just need to point it slightly more downwards! The mount should be able to remain behind the mirror.

The idea is to have the sky take up less than half of what the camera sees. This way the camera will meter for the road and lighting ahead, rather than the sky. As it stands, on a bright day it is possible you wouldn't be able to see anything when reviewing footage.

Most of my driving is of night, too far down and I'll get the opposite problem, I dunno I look at the vids and TBH I don't see that much of a problem

Alanstrainor · 13-03-2018 4:05pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Most of my driving is of night, too far down and I'll get the opposite problem, I dunno I look at the vids and TBH I don't see that much of a problem

You won't have the opposite problem at night. It'll expose things correctly both night and day when lowered. Worth a look anyway, wasn't having a go, just thought I'd give you a pointer.

inforfun · 13-03-2018 4:22pm

Joujoujou's clip is in lighter conditions than your first one but still not in clear, bright sun but still easy to watch in the embedded mode.
Your vids i always have to go for full computer screen to see detail. If i were watching those clips on anything else, i would not see the last minute exit escape i think

And

Mr Snow · 13-03-2018 4:36pm

good way to closed the van door

Mr Snow · 13-03-2018 4:42pm

car passing out double white line need full screen

DaveyDave · 13-03-2018 5:17pm

You should have 1/3 of your dash/bonnet in view. Most dashcams adjust exposure at the centre point, with the bonnet in view this means the road ahead is in view. Point it up and it will adjust exposure to the sky and the road will be dark.

Here's a small one I posted in the bus lane thread. Chap drove like an absolute knob. He was tailgating from Palmerstown towards the M50, up ahead from the video he was speeding up the left lane, cut someone off in the middle lane as someone was merging in the left, drove down the bus lane past the Foxhunter, tailgating someone again who was turning into the Texaco.

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

RobertFoster · 13-03-2018 5:43pm

inforfun wrote: »

Cant wait for the first idiot who is having his dashcam in portrait mode.
This one is halfway there.

Perhaps he was going for a Dutch angle?

13-03-2018 6:39pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6stKFeLVMc

People really should queue in both lanes and merge in turn at the end, then you have two short queues with fair merging at the end, as opposed to one long queue and "queue jumpers" causing RR in the other.

Benzino · 13-03-2018 8:03pm

This isn't your typical dashcam. It's also on Facebook, so can't embed.

fritzelly · 13-03-2018 8:08pm

Benzino wrote: »

This isn't your typical dashcam. It's also on Facebook, so can't embed.

Woulda stayed there and kept edging in, obviously try to keep a space with lots of room to park in coz they're such a bad driver

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-03-2018 8:12pm

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the_syco · 13-03-2018 8:34pm

Benzino wrote: »

This isn't your typical dashcam. It's also on Facebook, so can't embed.

I can embed it, though :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ3JnxkZxJg

endacl · 13-03-2018 8:41pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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Nah. Just inch forward till you're in the space. With a big smile on your face. Dashcam would show the reality if they claimed they were 'knocked down'.

Onymlifestyle · 13-03-2018 10:00pm

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fritzelly · 13-03-2018 10:07pm

Onymlifestyle wrote: »

NEW DASHCAM VIDEO FROM DUBLIN Please click and sub if you like it! THANK YOU

2:30 mins in and nothing has happened, not wasting another 6 mins

fritzelly · 13-03-2018 10:22pm

Since your other thread was closed you probably shouldn't have posted it again.

Onymlifestyle · 13-03-2018 10:37pm

LIGHTNING wrote: »

You have been warned already about shilling your dashcam channel. Consider this a final warning.

Hi Lightining, thanks for you final warning! I will move myself from this thread and you can please delete all my comments no problem at all! All the best to you guys and stay cool as I am not promoting my channel just videos that I am recording even they are boring to you and I feel sorry about that!

Thanks and all the best to you all!

jaxxx · 13-03-2018 10:39pm

Umm... back on topic then?

This kid's equally lucky and unlucky: lucky he/she wasn't sent crashing through the windscreen yet unlucky to have a parent with no brains to have the kid not even belted let alone in the front seat for such a young age... Jesus.

fritzelly · 13-03-2018 10:46pm

jaxxx wrote: »

Umm... back on topic then?

This kid's equally lucky and unlucky: lucky he/she wasn't sent crashing through the windscreen yet unlucky to have a parent with no brains to have the kid not even belted let alone in the front seat for such a young age... Jesus.

Looks like he was doing something with the kid as well, not real clear but looks like his arm is out towards her and he's facing her

edit: Seems other people saying the same in the comments
Double edit: it's a doll

Isambard · 14-03-2018 5:31am

not sure how you would sit in the back seat in a Ute

SuperS54 · 14-03-2018 6:51am

Benzino wrote: »

This isn't your typical dashcam. It's also on Facebook, so can't embed.

They sound Taiwanese and that is very typical behaviour here, particularly in Costco car parks where that vid appears to be! Space is pretty much at a premium here but most also locals object to that type of behaviour, many cases end up on the news as they either end up in fisty cuffs or the "loser" coming back a few minutes later and keying the "winners" car.

Think I posted on here before but in case not, I had a similar incident in a Costco car park where some lady jumped in front of a space when I was about to turn into it, didn't bother to argue but did notice it was a single row space so whipped up the car park, pulled a u turn and came back down the back of the row and pulled in behind her before whoever she was holding it for arrived! She gave up and walked off, presume whoever she was holding it for had already found a space elsewhere.

inforfun · 14-03-2018 9:27am

^^^^

Another reason why i do most of my shopping on line....

Anyway...

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7387105/e08ffa5a/tik_em_aan_ouwe.html

Looks familiar as in... might have posted this one before but the date it was posted on dumpert is rather recent and re-posters are usually slaughtered there and i see no comments that it is a repost.

whiskeyman · 14-03-2018 9:45am

I had to double take when I saw this.
Mayor Street in Dublin has luas tracks running through it - just 1 lane for cars exiting out towards the convention centre.
Bit of a queue and short time on traffic lights made this taxi driver very impatient! Nearly caused an accident at the end due to the confusion caused.
I'm sure the taxi regulatory / local cop shop would love to see this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AsAgC9z80Q

inforfun · 14-03-2018 10:35am

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7382671/81092ebf/chauffeur_heeft_hekel_aan_trekker.html

This one got a follow up on Dumpert.

Police district Noord-Nederland saw the clip, managed to find the driver and confiscated his driver's license. Transport company had been very cooperative to get the right guy and fired the guy as well

Translation of the screenshot in the spoiler, watch clip first.

Quazzie · 14-03-2018 6:01pm

inforfun wrote: »

^^^^

Another reason why i do most of my shopping on line....

Anyway...

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7387105/e08ffa5a/tik_em_aan_ouwe.html

Looks familiar as in... might have posted this one before but the date it was posted on dumpert is rather recent and re-posters are usually slaughtered there and i see no comments that it is a repost.

Must've been a heart attack of a stroke or something.

Dash cam thread 2 (car videos only, no commenting on videos)

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