Dangerous driving by dashcam warrior

Or just have a dashcam to have footage in the event of an accident?

Like Whocare!

I got hit by a bus, was wearing casual shorts at the time, not a hint of Chinese tat or lycra about me. Luckily my camera caught it from front and back and he was brought to court on a charge of careless driving (was initially a charge of dangerous driving but the lesser charge was easier to get a conviction).

Thankfully I've such a mastery of video editing I manged to make it look like I wasn't just standing on the side of a road awaiting a large vehicle to come by me so I could step out in front of it and see what happens.

could see he had dashcam screen Illuminated so I said I better only pass him out on Broken white line

If he hadn't had the dashcam you would have overtaken on a continuous line then?

Your posts are very difficult to follow Without the footage it's your version of events only.

Every motorist should be concerned about their own driving. So what if you are experienced or drive a truck? Overtaking is not a right.

The easiest and safest thing here was to abort overtake and avoid possible impact with car coming head on.

You have admitted to considering overtaking him on a solid line and to overtaking on an "extremely dangerous road", despite whatever revisionism you've done afterwards. I wouldn't be bringing your dashcam footage to AGS if I were you, as I suspect you might have done something you don't want them to see in the first place.

Fast accelerating small cars exist, particularly electric models.

I find that offensive and ageist. I’m nearly 60 and I still desperately look for things to be outraged by.

In fairness some drivers consider any overtaking of themselves, or when they are on opposite irrespective how much time/distance from overtaking car, a dangerous manoeuvre with flashing lights and shaking fist the std response.

II'm Impressed that you can assert what is a dangerous manoeuvre from that post.

This site is getting worse. Whocare clearly explains he got to a part of the road where it was safe and legal to overtake, he started overtaking, and the other driver took umbrage at Whocare's "temerity" to overtake his royal highness and tried everything he could to prevent that. A strange attitude is being adopted by a lot of posters in this thread towards Whocare.

OP, a bit of punctuation would help to make your posts a bit readable. You're really in no position to insult people in respect of their reading abilities.

Your experience is not unique, it's happened to me (and people I know) more than once. Usually the slower driver doesn't know there's a car behind them until it draws level when overtaking and only then they start accelerating hard.

I look forward to seeing your dashcam footage when you post it. Hard to make a judgement one way or the other based on the written account presented

happens me about twice a month - it’s not a unique experience at all - the key to dealing with such idiots OP is not look as though you’re trying to overtake - assume they’ll increase speed when the road ahead is clear so be ready to overtake fast as soon as it’s safe to do so - they’ll likely not accelerate as quickly if you look like you’re happy doing 60kmph

This topic badly needs the OP to post the dashcam footage.

OP, not sure you said but what was the speed limit on the road?

No offence to OP, but the way the initial account was written clearly gives rise to some confusion. So in an attempt to help him by clarifying things, here's what I think he means:

• OP drove behind a car travelling at 55 to 60 km/h for about 3km, waiting for the opportunity to overtake.
• When they came to a straight stretch of road, driver in front at first continued to drive at 55 to 60 km/h, so OP began an overtaking manoeuvre.
• Driver in front then also sped up in a direct reaction to OP beginning to overtake, delaying the overtaking manoeuvre from being completed safely. This, rather than the road itself, is the thing that OP considers was "extremely dangerous".

@Whocare - is this a fair enough summary, from your point of view?

I do agree with other posters here that seeing your own footage would be useful, but I understand if you're reluctant to post it before first showing to Gardaí, if indeed you intend to do so.