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Dash cam videos thread 3.4 (embedded car dash-cams only)

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    #2642
    inforfun
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    https://youtu.be/pevyn9Jb_4g


    Driver was unwell and was taken to hospital.



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    #2643
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,621 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118192084#Comment_118192084

    Very true. I travel on that particular stretch twice a day and I have to admit I saw plenty of much more dangerous maneuvres than aforemetioned one throughout the years.



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    #2644
    timple23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭timple23


    Who is at fault here? (Not my video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYDGdQEASfA&t=56s




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    #2645
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,957 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Tractor clearly drifted into the on coming lane of traffic. Clear as day really that he's at fault.



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    #2646
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭bladespin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118207095#Comment_118207095

    Kingscourt?


    Tractor Veers over the line, their fault.



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    #2647
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,468 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    The car was a bit all over the place, crossing the white line for no reason and about to again when he hit the tractor which looked like he had no choice but to be on the white line but quality isn't great



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    #2648
    sameoldname
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭sameoldname


    While I personally would have given the tractor more space, the edge of the car is 4 to 6 inches away from the white line while the tractor is a good 4 inches over the line and the trailer seems to be even wider. It's hard to see how much space the tractor had on his left but I note the second tractor is fully within their lane. Regardless of how much space he had, if the tractor is too wide for the road he's driving on it's still his responsibility to take account of that and not barge up the road thinking people will get out of his way.


    The driving over the white line seems to be endemic now regardless of what people are driving. If it were up to me anyone caught going around a bend on or over the white line would lose their license. There's no excuse for it.



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    #2649
    [Deleted User]
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    The car driver should have moved more to the left, there was at least 30cm to the kerb, as for the tractor, there seems to be no clearance the other side , so it couldn't move any further to its left.

    image.png


    It looks like the road narrows a bit at the crash site.



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    #2650
    Cass
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    Longer version. Shows both doors and rear O/S wing torn off. Hopefully everyone that may have been in the Toyota are ok.

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    #2651
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,884 ✭✭✭✭josip


    I've been told in the past that being a bit over the white line is less important than the fact that both vehicles were moving at the time.

    In which case each fixes their own.



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    #2652
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118208559#Comment_118208559

    I'm inclined to agree with this. Tractor driver seems to be as far to his left as possible. Car driver clearly wasn't.

    Also, car driver had this much clearance to the white line at 0:44 in the video, just before the crash occurred:

    image.png


    But by 0:47, he/she had drifted right out to the line:

    image.png


    So, just as I'd be thinking myself "wide load approaching, better slow down and keep in to the left", car driver here instead veers towards the wide object.

    Don't know what way liability would fall when insurance companies or a court come to decide things, but car driver could definitely have done more to avoid it.



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    #2653
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭Allinall


    I'd hazard a guess the car driver was on the phone, judging by the driving up to that point.



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    #2654
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118211034#Comment_118211034

    Good shout. You could be right.



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    #2655
    seagull
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    Car driver is an idiot, but I think liability would go against the tractor



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    #2656
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,884 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Without the dashcam footage, they've no way of knowing on what side of the road the collision took place.

    It's tractor's word against Avensis' word.

    Post edited by josip on


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    #2657
    salonfire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭salonfire


    Is that trees or something on the tractor's left? The owner of that property needs a stern talking to as well



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    #2658
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118212015#Comment_118212015

    Avensis?



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    #2659
    Zith
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭Zith


    One from last weekend. Slow pull out onto main road, it happens. What you should do then is get up to speed and not what this lad did. Very glad I had new tyres on the front! Some language 🤐

    https://youtu.be/OAdPATv9Cb8




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    #2660
    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    F'ing hell, I'd report that, crazy dangerous, either some sort of insurance scam or driver shouldn't be on the road.



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    #2661
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    Insurance scam. He braked as the dash cam car was close. Of course the dash cam footage would be his/her undoing.



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    #2662
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    I reckon I'd be reporting that one all right. Highly, highly dangerous, particularly with the oncoming car. If somebody's instinct had been to swerve around him instead of stopping so abruptly, could have been a head-on collision with serious or even fatal consequences.



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    #2663
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭Damien360


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118269167#Comment_118269167

    Although I agree with you, report what offence ? The Gardai hands are tied on this as there is no crime. Can you report to insurance ombudsman or is that possible ? If that registration pops up again soon and some other poor soul gets caught by these guys, maybe, although I doubt it, it could be used against them as premeditated.



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    #2664
    [Deleted User]
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    I believe that the insurance industry has a "report line" for people to call/email if they suspect insurance fraud, could be worth finding that and sending the video in.

    It could also simply be some old duffer who panicked and hit the brake instead of the accelerator when they realized what they had done.



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    #2665
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,468 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Dunno, looks like he started pulling out as soon as the car became visible to him



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    #2666
    BorneTobyWilde
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    I think he braked as a bad choice, thought the car he pulled out in front of would go around him, he clearly saw the car coming, and was like ****, and braked. Stupid thing to do.



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    #2667
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118269299#Comment_118269299

    What offence? Take your pick of any of Sections 51(a), 52 and 53 of Road Traffic Act (driving without reasonable consideration/careless driving/dangerous driving).

    At the very least, pulling out slowly in front of somebody and then stopping dead in front of them isn't exactly being very considerate.

    And there's surely enough there to warrant the Gardaí having a word with the driver anyway, even if he/she doesn't end up being charged.



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    #2668
    boardz
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭boardz


    She seemed totally bewildered


    https://youtu.be/KOlQHhgLZOI




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    #2669
    Zith
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭Zith



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118269722#Comment_118269722

    The driver was I'd guess in his late teens early twenties at most, N plate also displayed. My first thought afterwards was that there was someone else in the car (parent maybe?) who pulled the handbrake after he made the mistake. I could be very wrong on that. As I passed by I looked in and saw his face, seemed pretty shocked himself. Was only a fleeting look so I couldn't tell if there was anyone in the passenger seat.

    You can see the back tyres locked up when he was stopping, notably the back left you can see the tyre smoke and hear the screech before I slammed on myself fully. I was slowing already when I saw him coming out, definitely didn't expect him to throw out the anchor. Lesson learned for me there.



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    #2670
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah, young inexperienced driver, I missed the N plate.



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    #2671
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,978 ✭✭✭kirving


    I have the reg, strongly considering reporting this. This guy was on the phone or something.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPG6j3dMy4



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