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Title: Close call
Post by: 78bex on 02 January 2013, 23:22:56
Caught on my Dashcam today a Skoda drives head-on into on coming traffic.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0tbHJSqC68&f (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0tbHJSqC68&f)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: Webby the Bear on 02 January 2013, 23:25:48
 :o :o :o :o :o

lucky he werent hammering it mate
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: belldarr on 02 January 2013, 23:40:01
What a moron in the skoda! What was he thinking!

I am quite tempted by the idea of one of these dash cams after watching a few of videos of near misses on you tube - what model is yours and how expensive are they?

Darren
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: omega3000 on 02 January 2013, 23:44:36
 :o

Close call indeed , was it an old bloke ?
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: 78bex on 03 January 2013, 00:10:04
I`ve tried to clarify the image, to identify age etc of the driver with little success.

The dashcam is a cheap chinese item called 808 #11, I`m looking for a better one.
A good reviewer of different dashcams is by a youtube user called "techmoan".

I have to thank a switched-on BMW mini driver for braking hard on my nearside to let me in. Not sure if I had any where else to go otherwise. the timeline on the dashcam gives me 3 seconds before we meet.
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: feeutfo on 03 January 2013, 00:14:17
I`ve tried to clarify the image, to identify age etc of the driver with little success.

The dashcam is a cheap chinese item called 808 #11, I`m looking for a better one.
A good reviewer of different dashcams is by a youtube user called "techmoan".

I have to thank a switched-on BMW mini driver for braking hard on my nearside to let me in. Not sure if I had any where else to go otherwise. the timeline on the dashcam gives me 3 seconds before we meet.
...I bet there was a smell of wee as the car passed?
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: dbug on 03 January 2013, 01:23:19
What a dickhead!!

And less of the ageism guys - altho he is driving a skoda ::)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: grain.ben on 03 January 2013, 09:06:00
What a complete a-hole. It was probably a foriegn driver forgetting which side he's on (or her)  :o
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: acope on 03 January 2013, 09:29:22
What a dickhead!!

And less of the ageism guys - altho he is driving a skoda ::)
Well said dbug,that could have been an "any age" dick-head. ;D
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: feeutfo on 03 January 2013, 09:56:22
...sniff sniff... Definitely smells of wee. :P
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: feeutfo on 03 January 2013, 10:08:30
Sadly difficult to prove wee smell. Bit of camera shake doesn't help, but could that have tinted windows?

(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/6ca6195bbe0d6aba451d0bdad9160d44.jpg)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: dbug on 03 January 2013, 14:47:10
...sniff sniff... Definitely smells of wee. :P

More likely it was a smell of sh*t coming from 78bex's car ;)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: Webby the Bear on 03 January 2013, 17:34:36
Sorry, but this case is clear cut to me!!!

(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/oldfekkr_zps5ab9bbbb.png)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: Martian on 03 January 2013, 17:39:49
What a moron in the skoda! What was he thinking!

I am quite tempted by the idea of one of these dash cams after watching a few of videos of near misses on you tube - what model is yours and how expensive are they?

Darren
Roadhawk is the one if you ever want to use the footage as evidence.
Not only does it record vehicle speed & direction (with a Google Map overlay), it also records pertinent information such as G-Force levels so the insurance company knows who the whiplash bull$hitters are.
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: Andy B on 03 January 2013, 18:15:38
...
Roadhawk is the one if you ever want to use the footage as evidence.
Not only does it record vehicle speed & direction (with a Google Map overlay), it also records pertinent information such as G-Force levels so the insurance company knows who the whiplash bull$hitters are.

....... I always get the feeling that you could easily shoot yourself in the foot  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: feeutfo on 03 January 2013, 18:35:31
Although, I had similar in Reading of the a33 slip road to Spencer's wood, car came round head on, driver on the phone.

Turns out he was a pizza delivery driver. Apparently he never did get his phone back from the local police station. ::)

Thing is if he'd carried on, he'd have been going the wrong way round the roundabout on m4 junction 11.


It's not just old people that smell of wee.  >:(
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: grain.ben on 03 January 2013, 19:09:16
What a moron in the skoda! What was he thinking!

I am quite tempted by the idea of one of these dash cams after watching a few of videos of near misses on you tube - what model is yours and how expensive are they?

Darren
Roadhawk is the one if you ever want to use the footage as evidence.
Not only does it record vehicle speed & direction (with a Google Map overlay), it also records pertinent information such as G-Force levels so the insurance company knows who the whiplash bull$hitters are.

Im wanting one of these, or the BlackVue cameras, they are smaller  ;D
Title: Re: Close call
Post by: dbug on 04 January 2013, 15:38:26
Sorry, but this case is clear cut to me!!!

(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/oldfekkr_zps5ab9bbbb.png)

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now ;)