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JohnnyC
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A few driving videos

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Here's a short selection I had at hand, as ripping them from my dvd was so easy on the Mac (unlike Windows Movie Maker which constantly crashes :roll: )

People often ask why I have a camera running, these clips should help answer that (in particular, the roundabout ones which could so easily go 50/50 without proof)...

Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV9g7gKKtNo

Junction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ytx1vd2s5A

Junction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvnk1r1OJMM

Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YIXLS_aFqw
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I'm not really an advocate of violence but some people really do need the crap kicking out of them.

I have an in car system for exactly the same reason.
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thanks for the vids...
shows what idiots are out there

but think we need a serious world about your music.... :thumleft:
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dazzz wrote:I'm not really an advocate of violence but some people really do need the crap kicking out of them.


I'm interested to know which of those video's contained a driver that you think needs the crap kicking out of them?
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Your horn is rubbish :P
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wow, does anyone look where there going where you live

also what kind of camera system is that?
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chorlton wrote:
I'm interested to know which of those video's contained a driver that you think needs the crap kicking out of them?


AOL.

It's the kind of thing that we all encounter. The white van man was neither here nor there. The others, well people make mistakes. Annoying? Yes, frustrating, yes. We all know that most people don't really give any consideration to how they drive.

But it's all a bit meh really.
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pistol pete wrote:
but think we need a serious world about your music.... :thumleft:


Take that... :whistle: :lol:

And as somone else said.. people round your way must be blind!
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Re: A few driving videos

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fizz wrote:
pistol pete wrote:
but think we need a serious world about your music.... :thumleft:


Take that... :whistle: :lol:

I have no control over what they play on the radio :-k :wink: :oops:

Race Idiot wrote:also what kind of camera system is that?

It's a small CCTV harddisk recorder. If I were to get one now I'd get a solid state one :thumleft:

ekona wrote:Your horn is rubbish :P

It actually was rubbish when I bought the car years ago, but it's actually pretty good now (very loud with windows open) - but it gets used almost daily :roll: :twisted:
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Those 4 vids are just ridiculous.

Pees me off just watching them.

I've been driving for 14 years and have only ever had 1 accident which was my fault (in my 2nd year of driving).

My MR2s have been hit 4 times, none of which were genuinely not my fault. Makes me think seriously about rigging up a camera in my 2 permanently!

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Looks like my home streets to be honest -see worse than this all day long when I'm home. It's pretty normal.

Saggering isn't in it. Just never thought of strapping a video camera to catch it before....?!!


...funny thing -it's an absolute JOY for me to drive down south (midlands or south) -the standard of driving is just SO much better albeit the congestion is worse than up here. Pretty much anything south of the M74 everything seems to get a tad more rationale on the roads.
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There first two were a little indifferent, the white van just changed his mind and didn't think, the people carrier was blindsighted by the flatbed van turning off the road.

The VW however, he/she must have been able to see you from 100 yards or so, that's just very poor judgement #-o
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Olly P wrote:My MR2s have been hit 4 times, none of which were genuinely not my fault. Makes me think seriously about rigging up a camera in my 2 permanently!

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I don't want a camera in mine, don't want any evidence of me beating to death with their own shoes the person who damaged my car
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perhaps listening to music like that served you right :mrgreen:



all very lucky escapes, especially the one on ice!
jeeez! some people!
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Really good videos there, certainly a useful tool to consider...

Non of that suprises me though should imagine people encounter that sort of stuff onquite often....
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Re: A few driving videos

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There are numpties everywhere. Experience can often give you a sixth sense when someone is going to do something daft.

I would always be wary of running alongside another vehicle round a roundabout and especially so with white van man!! No matter what indication they're giving.

Looking at the first junction vid, the people carrier is visible at 0:05 approaching the main road. So we know he's there.
The situation was not helped by the artic slowing to let him out. If he had gone for it as soon as the truck changed direction I suspect there would have been no close call.
Probably too busy looking at the artic thus left it too long before deciding to emerge.

The driver at the second junction needs to go to Specsavers. I see this a lot.
People driving up to the stop line and quite unable to judge the distance/speed of an approaching vehicle before pulling out.
If you're going to commit, hesitation will nearly always make things worse. Better not to do dumb stuff in the first place of course.
But we're human. And humans are fallible.

In-car video is a very good optional extra. Of course it will capture any indiscretion of yours as well..........! :lol:
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Lauren wrote:It's the kind of thing that we all encounter. The white van man was neither here nor there. The others, well people make mistakes.

But it's all a bit meh really.

Mistakes I can accept, but stupid avoidable mistakes... no.

Here's a few that I wouldn't class as 'mistakes', but deliberate...

Porsche Boxster overtaking me whilst I'm signalling to turn right, nearly has a head on smash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC6HpXz3JmA

Flying through the lights (late amber), clearly deliberate as they go into the lane I would have been in if I had their attitude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqlyzQ_HM0s

This one doesn't look too bad, but due to traffic up ahead I found out that this driver was texting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEEpQmjM99I

Off-road (on pavement) Land Rover :mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2afmoN_Xmk

Roundabout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn20ZVcyC_o

Cyclist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwA_9DDgkQU

Here's a couple that I wouldn't class as deliberate or mistakes, just completely retarded...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395ogwZ_dRA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pli8oERQzaU


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Sure, but we see these kind of things all the time. Does it make it acceptable? No of course not, but this is the standard of driving we see on the road.
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One more for good measure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3VJ39GkWI

I now don't bother putting the headunit face on, saves me complaints and embarrassment of my music :mrgreen: #-o
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Re: A few driving videos

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a vid looking at a traffic light? :whistle:
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