The Dash Cam Thread

[stylofone]

The latest video is out, and what a collection of idiots we have today. I can't help thinking the last clip with the truck, I really think that barrier was put there just to stop that sort of thing, bet there was a sign somewhere back on the road behind him before the last exit "no semi's allowed, all semi's must exit via X street" or something similar.

The fuel gushing all over the road was very dramatic, it could have been a lot worse.

[stevebrooks]

This article, a lot of people criticising the motor bike rider, but the bus lane is a traffic lane and needs to be treated like all other traffic lanes, the car driver obviously didn't check if any traffic was in the lane and illegally turned from an outside lane, I mean what if it had been a bus instead of a motor bike rider, would the commenters be trying to blame the bus for the accident? Of course not! The bike rider had every right to assume that no car would turn left from the middle lane, the vehicles in the bus lane, often legally used also by taxi's, are in just another traffic lane. This commenter;

“Very poor driving and riding, you should be prepared for that sorta stuff to happen, slow down, maybe take a defensive driving course,” one user said.

Is dreaming, the only way to be prepared for that sort of incident is to ride around at 30kph everywhere, it was flat out an illegal left turn, the same as a car pulling out from a driveway directly in front of you with no warning, you can be as prepared as you like, if it happens you are going to hit them!

https://www.news.com.au/technology/moto ... 81353c7e02

[stevebrooks]

Missed this, don't know why. Some interesting stuff, a lot of there people were in a bit hurry, until suddenly they weren't.

Couple of events to watch for, EV at 16:50...not involved in the crash fortunately, and 22:50, speed bump in action, although I am not sure this is what is meant by a traffic calming device!

[stevebrooks]

Some clips here I haven't seen before:

[stevebrooks]

New video, do I need to use the word BOGANS or is that just understood:

[stevebrooks]

Car crashes here, the saddest event at 19 minutes, but so many red lights...so many!

[stevebrooks]

Ok it's not dashcam, but it's amusing, I can't help thinking to myself that the water isn't that deep, and most of these cars would make it through if they weren't idiots, do they really think rushing at the water as fast as possible is necessary? Do they not know if they rush like that and cause a huge wave over the engine bay it will suck water into the engine and kill the car?

[two dogs]

Ok it's not dashcam, but it's amusing, I can't help thinking to myself that the water isn't that deep, and most of these cars would make it through if they weren't idiots, do they really think rushing at the water as fast as possible is necessary? Do they not know if they rush like that and cause a huge wave over the engine bay it will suck water into the engine and kill the car?
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Yes, at a lower speed, you can create a bow wave with a lower water level behind it:

[stylofone]

Ok it's not dashcam, but it's amusing, I can't help thinking to myself that the water isn't that deep, and most of these cars would make it through if they weren't idiots, do they really think rushing at the water as fast as possible is necessary? Do they not know if they rush like that and cause a huge wave over the engine bay it will suck water into the engine and kill the car?

Very amusing. Apparently it is tik tok and insta famous, hence all the spectators. Also, I'd wager that some of the crazy people driving through it have also been drawn there by the fame, but most just seem to be clueless.

[stevebrooks]

Ok it's not dashcam, but it's amusing, I can't help thinking to myself that the water isn't that deep, and most of these cars would make it through if they weren't idiots, do they really think rushing at the water as fast as possible is necessary? Do they not know if they rush like that and cause a huge wave over the engine bay it will suck water into the engine and kill the car?

Very amusing. Apparently it is tik tok and insta famous, hence all the spectators. Also, I'd wager that some of the crazy people driving through it have also been drawn there by the fame, but most just seem to be clueless.

Yeah, I also can't help think the few cars there with snorkels rushing through it at crazy speed encourages some of the idiots to think they can do the same, I mean it's not like the UK is a dry desert and floods are very rare. We get that here with some people, wash ways are huge around here, in many instances the markers show 3mtrs of depth, yet the idiot tourists from south and overseas still just drive into them during heavy rain.