The Dash Camera Thread (Videos)

[sludgeguts]

if everyone who videoed a bad bit of driving sent it to the police it would take up way too much of their time. stick to putting them on youtube

I tend to agree, sadly.
However, when you have really good officers with shedloads of experience being retired through some reason other than age, I often wonder if, instead of wasting all that experience, those officers could be given the task of reviewing driving vids & actioning them - this work could be home-based (since the vids could all be submitted online, maybe a special police channel on youtube?).
The person submitting said vids could be sent an email "we appreciate the guy in front was a total *** however, on this occasion..." OR - "thanks for the vid, we will be taking action...". Even if the idiot gets a fine for their stupidity, we could maybe get a small reward based on a percentage of the fine & the rest of the money could go to funding this police unit's work - paying wages, sending out fines, even educational work.
Being rewarded for vids would encourage more widespread use of cameras & the word would go out that EVERYONE now potentially works for the police - so, in theory, driving standards might improve?

 

[sludgeguts]

So the answer is no then
Police won't be interested.

So, next time this happens & the muppet decides he isn't going to let me past, I will simply stay where I am doing 60 with him alongside me on the inside, also doing 60, and everyone else behind us who wants to get along can go to hell.

You'll not find it so funny if you're one of the drivers stuck in the tailback.

BTW, whilst parts of the HC ARE taken from motoring law, I suspect that the police WOULD take a very dim view if they were behind & in the distance & saw exactly what the idiot was doing.

 

[dombooth]

Posted by a friend of a friend on another forum:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v2b67gz6jqbuc8/Video 24-02-2013 14 59 57.mov

Dom

 

[james44422]

Posted by a friend of a friend on another forum:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v2b67gz6jqbuc8/Video 24-02-2013 14 59 57.mov

Dom

That was terrifying! I was thinking 'thank god there is no one on the hard shoulder,' then, too late

 

[Ziggy122]

You would think lorry drivers been professionals and massive amounts of experience they would be better drivers

Tbh i say they dont, most show all there bad habbits way to often
tailgating, barging, lack of signals.

Okay they are soo many bad vs the few good

Ziggy

 

[sludgeguts]

You would think lorry drivers been professionals and massive amounts of experience they would be better drivers

Tbh i say they dont, most show all there bad habbits way to often
tailgating, barging, lack of signals.

Okay they are soo many bad vs the few good

Ziggy

Most are - but sadly, there are way too many foreign lorry drivers on our roads (as exhibited in that video) and they have no regards for our rules - seen umpteen motorway cop progs where the foreign lorry driver is pulled for bad driving & they find he's drunk.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Omg! I'd have been straight on the blower to the old bill insisting they send out a unit to pull him, and then I'd have shown them the footage.

 

[dave]

You would think lorry drivers been professionals and massive amounts of experience they would be better drivers


Ziggy

bad crash on M25 today some one killed. Two lorry drivers have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. i dont know more that this yet

 

[panda panda]

Posted by a friend of a friend on another forum:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v2b67gz6jqbuc8/Video 24-02-2013 14 59 57.mov

Dom

What's gonna happen when the hard shoulders aren't there anymore 'cos they've made it into a 4 lane Mway - like the M62 is meant to be?

Death and chaos just so people can shave a few minutes off a journey.

s'funny but M62 with average speed cameras set at 50 is a much better place to be IMO.

 

[dave]

Omg! I'd have been straight on the blower to the old bill insisting they send out a unit to pull him, and then I'd have shown them the footage.

yes that one needs reporting, could have killed them broken down people

(link didnt work for me earlier)

 

[sludgeguts]

(don't know why but the date's out on the cam ??? this happened today & not on 2nd)
I've got a feeling of deja-vu on this one...


It would seem that I'm not to blame for the problems with the last couple of files I put on YT, YT have messed around with their settings & loads of users have complained. There is a work around OR I can simply render the files in mpeg-4 and upload via YT video manager.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

It would seem that I'm not to blame for the problems with the last couple of files I put on YT, YT have messed around with their settings & loads of users have complained. There is a work around OR I can simply render the files in mpeg-4 and upload via YT video manager.

I noticed that when your videos came up on my subs feed, not sure of a work around

 

[sludgeguts]

From some of the comments I have seen on the web, one way is to edit & add the tag yt:stretch=16:9.
However, seeing as I use power director to edit vids, PD not only uploads a vid to YT but it also creates a file in mydocs called "producexxx" so I found it easier to render an mpeg-4 file and then use YT's video manager to upload the file.

Seemingly, YT have known about this issue for a week or more & say they are working on it!

 

[jatkinson]

What program do you all use to put the Videos up ad subtitles , or do you put it on you tube right away

 

[sludgeguts]

CyberLink's Power director v8.0 - it came pre-installed on the 'puter and I'm too tight to buy anything else

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Best personal entry to date. Camera upgrade has now paid for itself.



Discuss.

 

[udtrev]

How much damage have you suffered Jon ?

Or is this a case of the towbar bites back ?

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Discuss.

Looks like she really wasn't paying attention till the last few seconds when you see her brace for impact.

is that the A47 near Halvergate?

On a different note it could have been avoided had you not given way to the ambulance, I appreciate the 'live saving' nature of what they are doing and it does look like a CATS Wagon, but they are very skilled at finding their way through the traffic and by stopping you can create a road block when someone going the other way also stops, as long as the traffic is moving they will find a way through

 

[sludgeguts]

I can't figure out why you stopped?

 

[ThisBitterPill]

On a different note it could have been avoided had you not given way to the ambulance, I appreciate the 'live saving' nature of what they are doing and it does look like a CATS Wagon, but they are very skilled at finding their way through the traffic and by stopping you can create a road block when someone going the other way also stops, as long as its moving they will find a way through

I almost had a head-on with a Fire Engine a while back because the old bloke they were approaching from behind decided to stop dead in the road about 30 yards from me, rather than wait until we had crossed paths and the road was clear. This forced them to swerve around him straight into my path.... Pretty scary seeing several tons of red metal lurching towards me!... I was already in the kerb and as I stood on the brakes they missed me by a few feet....

The SMART driver was clearly in the wrong, but I think stopping dead on a 'clear' road (she probably didn't see the ambulance) maybe wasn't the best decision in terms of your own safety...