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

mrsoundie

jimmynokia wrote: »

Picking lanes is difficult sometimes
https://youtu.be/5Q1PVQuG-Xc

At least he tried to use an indicator!

salonfire

yannakis wrote: »

Very kind Swords Express bus driver cuts me off, and gives me the FINGER. Such a luvely c*nt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvUgsP5exCU

Do people not give any lee-way at all to coaches and HGVs at roundabouts?

It must be absolutely impossible for them to get on to some busy roundabouts considering their size and how slow they are to accelerate as compared to a car.

jimmynokia

mrsoundie wrote:

At least he tried to use an indicator!

Half tried you mean

AndrewJRenko

n1ck wrote: »

So i'm free to drive down the middle of the road with no hesitation while staring at my phone? Oh right.

Is this the company?
https://www.executivetravelsolutions.ie/contact-us/

n1ck

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Is this the company?
https://www.executivetravelsolutions.ie/contact-us/

Don't believe so. The reg is a northern or UK reg (not sure which), but it's hardly worth complaining about :P

Although literally took me a second to find them by Googling. http://www.tmcoachhire.com/

inforfun

DrZeuss wrote: »

A 2 for 1 video - a TT racer and an overtaking lane hogger

https://streamable.com/ko4vc

Slightly disappointed he or she didnt move back in to the overtaking lane.
Or the fast lane as, without doubt, the white car driver would call it

neris

salonfire wrote: »

Do people not give any lee-way at all to coaches and HGVs at roundabouts?

It must be absolutely impossible for them to get on to some busy roundabouts considering their size and how slow they are to accelerate as compared to a car.

Very rarely in my limited experience of driving coaches and trucks. The other thing people try and do at a roundabout is cut up either side of your bus/truck when you take up the middle of a roundabout due to your size

R.O.R

Swords Express drivers are just A holes.

Every evening on the Swords by pass, they plough down to the bottom of the hard shoulder at the Estuary roundabout. Bus Eireann drivers are aware that it's illegal to drive in the hard shoulder and merge back in to traffic when pulling out from the bus stop, but Swords Express drivers must be above traffic laws and the laws of common decency.

punisher5112

R.O.R wrote: »

Swords Express drivers are just A holes.

Every evening on the Swords by pass, they plough down to the bottom of the hard shoulder at the Estuary roundabout. Bus Eireann drivers are aware that it's illegal to drive in the hard shoulder and merge back in to traffic when pulling out from the bus stop, but Swords Express drivers must be above traffic laws and the laws of common decency.

They seem to be some of the worst.

I had one close the door into me as I was on footpath and then drove off instead with the door open nearly taking me with him.

Dangerous backstards

Hurrache

R.O.R wrote: »

Swords Express drivers are just A holes.

Every evening on the Swords by pass, they plough down to the bottom of the hard shoulder at the Estuary roundabout. Bus Eireann drivers are aware that it's illegal to drive in the hard shoulder and merge back in to traffic when pulling out from the bus stop, but Swords Express drivers must be above traffic laws and the laws of common decency.

They do the same (well at least one does) at the Santry/Coolock slip off the M50 before the Port Tunnel. Drive as if heading towards the tunnel or the city centre but then cuts in to the queue by crossing the hatched markings instead of simply queuing like everyone else.

fancy pigeon

From this morning

Damn Avensis drivers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iunc1JbpTM

Kamili

Did you get a reg number off that? I'd submit that to traffic watch!

tc20

^ looks like a Suzuki Swift got sandwiched by an artic on the other side of the roundabout (doesn't excuse the Avensis tho')

site_owner

i mean, someone should be on scene shortly to direct traffic as a temporary T-junction.
but that is a gutsy move...

site_owner

tc20 wrote: »

^ looks like a Suzuki Swift got sandwiched by an artic on the other side of the roundabout (doesn't excuse the Avensis tho')

i cant even figure out how the purple truck got onto verge.
red truck overtook swift on the roundabout and forced purple off?

fancy pigeon

Kamili wrote: »

Did you get a reg number off that? I'd submit that to traffic watch!

I didn't, they were fairly quick on the roundabout. Was more concerned if any lemming behind was going to try the same stunt or if the other Avensis was going to ram into my path without looking!

tc20 wrote: »

^ looks like a Suzuki Swift got sandwiched by an artic on the other side of the roundabout (doesn't excuse the Avensis tho')

It looks like a club sandwich with the 3!

yannakis

salonfire wrote: »

Do people not give any lee-way at all to coaches and HGVs at roundabouts?

It must be absolutely impossible for them to get on to some busy roundabouts considering their size and how slow they are to accelerate as compared to a car.

Of course, if I was going straight I'd have given any vehicles coming that direction lee-way. Not only busses.

But I was indicating right since 200m before the roundabout, and this poor, hard working bus driver didn't give a sh*te.

fritzelly

salonfire wrote: »

Do people not give any lee-way at all to coaches and HGVs at roundabouts?

It must be absolutely impossible for them to get on to some busy roundabouts considering their size and how slow they are to accelerate as compared to a car.

Why?
They should be planning to come to a complete stop before entering the roundabout - no two ways about it. If they are not then that is dangerous driving.
Roundabouts work in a weird way that everyone should be able to get onto them without waiting too long.

That said if I see them flying thru with no intention of stopping I'm not gonna argue with them but doesn't make it right

tedpan

A few clips from the past month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtRyuAdx9xQ

Chippy01

Tedpan, it seems like your cam is focusing on your bonnet edge rather than the road ……… or is it jus my gammy eyes?

tedpan

Chippy01 wrote:

Tedpan, it seems like your cam is focusing on your bonnet edge rather than the road ……… or is it jus my gammy eyes?

Yeah unfortunately there's no way to fix it. The rear cam is far better. It's a few years old, no firmware updates or warranty so will have to live with it for now..

jaxxx

No audio but I think her body language speaks volumes

Assuming the van driver had actually indicated left..... Apparently a Ford van towing a long trailer.

fritzelly

jaxxx wrote: »

No audio but I think her body language speaks volumes

Got in such a huff about not having her god given priority she forgot which way she was going lmao

jaxxx

Another arrogant BMW driver thinking she owns the road. Love one of the comments, "What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside!". On a semi-serious/joke note, trucks should just be allowed to plow through people like this It would make the world a better place!

Doesn't get much closer than this!

soups05

that BMW driver looks very like my sister-in-law, who also happens to live in scunthorpe. (see road sign)
Gonna have a word later and if that her there will be fun had.

jaxxx

Special shoutouts for my "special kind of special" (SKOP) and "wtf" awards:
0:30 - SKOP and WTF - seriously, the cyclist overtaking in a roundabout?? Am I seeing this right or do I need glasses (I do actually have glasses but maybe I need new ones)? Now I don't cycle (cos I can't actually) but I'm pretty sure cyclists cannot do that at roundabouts..... Please correct me if I'm wrong.
1:10 - WTF - old car + old-ish man = recipe for disaster!
4:16 - SKOP cyclist - that is a mini roundabout isn't it??
7:28 - SKOP winner!!
10:05 - Pure WTF moment.

Not the 'worst' offences in the video, just my favourite clips of the ones I thought deserved special mention.

The cam driver seems to have my own kinda luck in being a magnet for idiots. Though one or two clips I think he was going a bit quick.

ConnyMcDavid

Speaking as a cyclist myself, at 0:35 there was no need for the cyclist to overtake at the roundabout like that. But the driver must almost expect the oncoming car to get into the ditch for them.

jaxxx

ConnyMcDavid wrote: »

Speaking as a cyclist myself, at 0:35 there was no need for the cyclist to overtake at the roundabout like that. But the driver must almost expect the oncoming car to get into the ditch for them.

Yeah a classic case of 'two wrongs don't make a right' wasn't it? Idiots the pair of them.

Pretzill

jaxxx wrote: »

The cam driver seems to have my own kinda luck in being a magnet for idiots. Though one or two clips I think he was going a bit quick.

I wonder about that - I am a newbie to driving and admit fully I have loads to learn - hence two nicely positioned L plates - and I try when it is safe to do so, to pull in and let other faster drivers pass me by - actually I encourage it because they don't mind riding right up behind me and I'd rather they didn't - but I've seen a good few cam videos lately where the cam driver just doesn't seem to drive at the appropriate speed or allow for the fact that other drivers do silly things - something we all should be prepared for.

This is a pre-requisite to finding myself featured on one of these Dash Cams BTW

Damien360

From the UK dashcams it appears there are a few types of cammer. One has subscribers to his own footage and actively goes about searching for trouble like the one above and the other is just blind to the fact that they are the main cause of issues and posts to a site.

An awful lot of the uk, Polish and Russian stuff is very avoidable accidents but for some reason they choose to hit. Average UK driver seems an angry git if you were going on footage.

Polish lad here (Clino I think....must check spelling) mentioned the driving is taught not as defensive in Poland but when you are right then you are in the right. That's my space kind of attitude and there is no changing this mindset.

Still plenty of idiots here but we seem to manage to avoid many of them.