The Dash Camera Thread (Videos)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IDwK52YOl5o
Copy and paste that - it should work now
Or try the previous one.... i didnt change the viewing settings
I'm currently processing a serious one again today!
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Copy and paste that - it should work now
Or try the previous one.... i didnt change the viewing settings
I'm currently processing a serious one again today!
Ziggy
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I was really glad i missed this one by millimeters, it was sooo close!
Who would be at fault? me or her?
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insurance wise i think it'd go knock for knock
She was almost over and then swerved back over.....
Its one of those thing tho - mirrors obviously to her weren't important
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Possibly but as I saw it you seems to want to rush past as quick as possible which I'm not sure the instance co would like.
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You'd have been at fault as you'd have gone into the back of her. She was in front and still had right of way over you, had she not have swerved and just competed an emergency stop the outcome would have been the same.
Seem to be driving a bit erratically on you half.
Seem to be driving a bit erratically on you half.
Because cyclists don't pay road tax (for their bike) :devil:, there was a double dotted line on their side of the gap (you can see it at 1 min 30 sec, but more importantly they are soft and squidgy and tend to come off worse in a collision with a car
Try telling my wallet that
As an (very) occasional road cyclist (I prefer off road tracks like the Ridgeway), I work on the principal that all motorists want to kill/maim me and ride accordingly.
Hence i ride like an accident waiting to happen :devil:
had a BMW bottom out his suspension of his precious 1 series
:tosser: this week as he tried to overtake me and my mate in a 20 limit (both of us can ride a bike ) we was touching 20 yet he "had" to get past.. by the 3rd set of humps we overtook him with wheels off the ground :slayer:and i have metal bar end caps :devil:
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The number of times I've been in that situation & thought 'if only I were driving an old shed...'
THEN, when i was driving an old shed, something inside me seemed to kick in & I would still hit the brakes - self preservation?
And I believe these nobs know it & rely on us all not wanting insurance aggro, not wanting to take a chance that they are uninsured itinerants etc.
It's about time that plod got with the times & setup a website like youtube whereby we could upload this sort of thing & they sent out big fines to the morons. Maybe then they'd be a bit more considerate?
Please, nobody take this the wrong way as it is not intended to offend anybody (I am being ultra-cautious nowadays), but is there a subtle change in psyche once you have a dash cam?
Some of the dash cam shots I have seen (and I don't mean this one particularly) seem to suggest that the driver is almost hoping something WILL happen to in the knowledge that they have the evidence to prove they are in the right, rather making very sure that nothing does happen. Do you know what I mean, or am I talking Ed Balls?
Some of the dash cam shots I have seen (and I don't mean this one particularly) seem to suggest that the driver is almost hoping something WILL happen to in the knowledge that they have the evidence to prove they are in the right, rather making very sure that nothing does happen. Do you know what I mean, or am I talking Ed Balls?
I feel naked, vulnerable, without my dashcam.
Joking aside though, the odd occasion I have forgot to put my cam in the bus, I do feel I have to be extra careful somehow. For me, the cam is like having an independant witness with me at all times (even though it cannot see everything).
The last prang I had, the other guy was in there first with his insurance company, he was screaming the loudest, telling all sorts of lies. Had it not been for my dashcam, it would've gone 50/50 - which is completely unfair seeing as how he was 100% at fault.
Having witnessed a few prangs, I have to say, that without the independant witness, the innocent parties would've been scroodly doodly since, in almost each case, the guilty were very forceful in their telling of events. In one case, my dashcam evidence proved invaluable since the independant witness had obviously been swayed by the guilty person's persuasions.
Having been to many training sessions over the years (fire, H&S, manual handling etc), I have been amazed at how so-called intelligent people can be in the same room, seeing/hearing the same things and yet seconds later can retell a completely different story. Up the game slightly to an incident at speed, maybe not quite in front of you & maybe while your mind was elsewhere & you can see why the human witness is often not the most reliable.
"seem to suggest that the driver is almost hoping something WILL happen"
The conversation we had was "stick to your own side of the road (OK, I should've said lane..)" "I was actually following..." (I presumed he was going to say he was staying in his own lane).
Without the dashcam, had he sideswiped me, who would be believed? The driver of the big, fancy jag with his thousand pound suit & rolex watch or the scruffy tyke in shorts & tee shirt driving a doblo.
(Let's face it, no-one would ever believe that these uber celebs would ever prey on little kids - "what? XXX no, he raises millions for charity & all the other good works he does").
Whilst people should listen to just the facts, prejudices do come into play - at least the dashcam tells it like it is.
Meanwhile, got my video software working again...
So had a purge on video clips
SG why are you posting half the stuff you do? We want stuff we don see ourselves on a daily basis
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i feel naked too SG without my camera running.....
The thought off - camera proves im in the right, i'll drive like a douche i disagree slightly
The camera is just an impartial witness to situations, showing how the situation actually plays out
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The thought off - camera proves im in the right, i'll drive like a douche i disagree slightly
The camera is just an impartial witness to situations, showing how the situation actually plays out
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I'm really starting to be able to convince myself of getting a dash cam now. Especially since I got the Panda, people see small cars and try to bully me off the road
Shame stupid big 4x4's have no hope keeping up when it gets twisty
Shame stupid big 4x4's have no hope keeping up when it gets twisty
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I'm really starting to be able to convince myself of getting a dash cam now. Especially since I got the Panda, people see small cars and try to bully me off the road
Shame stupid big 4x4's have no hope keeping up when it gets twisty
Thats the thing - i dont let them bully me
They try to push past - i dont let them
They sit on my backside, i let off the throttle to prevent a nice rear shunt
They drive like a dick - they can be gone from my sight as they go for the next person
Dash camera's in my eyes are totally worth it!
Wouldnt hesitate to get another - dual one would be nice
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Shame stupid big 4x4's have no hope keeping up when it gets twisty
When I had a big stupid 4x4 I would always have rep-mobiles trying to impale them self on the front bumper at every round about and junction, the assumption being big 4x4 = slow
boy racers also seemed to feel the need to race you away at every set of lights
big BHP + Big torque = good speed and good acceleration
plus tyres the size of a cinquecento a suspension and body lift that puts most car drivers in line with the prop shafts and torque twist with the blip of the throttle.... i miss my mini monster truck :devil:
in any case it doesn't matter what you drive there will always be someone else who drives like a cock
I have to agree with the comments above it dose seem a lot of dash cam drivers do push the boundary to create a situation when it truth all of us make mistakes from time to time no matter how long on the road
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Okay I'll bite.
I cycle the same route and when I approach the same junction at the bottom of the hill I to as close to 30mph but; I move over to the right so I can see ahead, slow down and prepare to stop at the junction. Most important if I need to I STOP and give way. Exactly the same way I do if I'm in my car. As I said in the clip we are all traffic and have to stick to the Road Traffic Act.
From what I could tell the cyclist failed to observe my car properly so he either failed to look or failed to see it was a small car and not one further away. As for the difference in braking distances between my car and my bike I can stop from 30 on my bike in about twenty five feet. Admittedly he was on a road bike and those things have crap brakes and worse tyres so I guess it would take him over thirty. Still less than my Panda.
