Post Your Dash Cam Footage
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Sometimes with this situation people do employ, incorrectly, a "first to the line" mentality and in that situation I'd have a bit more sympathy for the car driver - but the lorry had clearly committed before the white car was visible and even if it had been marginal a situation where any reasonable person would have been accommodating. (Just trying to look at both sides of this).
Yeah the HGV driver was better than us both there. I'd have been well and truly triggered.
Soldato
Smug prat needs knocking down a peg. HGV had little choice but yeild when other drivers turned, realised he was losing that battle.
yes that was bloody minded, didn't really need a man-splaining explanation - maybe the white driver needed (new) glasses
locally, HGV's are often taking narrow single parked roads through town/village, whilst they might be the most direct route, they are not the best adapted to their siize - get a better commercial nav system.
As a mostly cyclist , hgv drivers seem poor at judging nearside space on parked cars and choose to be closer to oncoming traffic, without reducing speed,
I'm not prepared to cycle in the gutter/debris, or be passed at speed 1m from the wheels of an hgv, hence,
I'll often force the issue by holding a line that forces them to reduce speed, so I can pass safely.
locally, HGV's are often taking narrow single parked roads through town/village, whilst they might be the most direct route, they are not the best adapted to their siize - get a better commercial nav system.
As a mostly cyclist , hgv drivers seem poor at judging nearside space on parked cars and choose to be closer to oncoming traffic, without reducing speed,
I'm not prepared to cycle in the gutter/debris, or be passed at speed 1m from the wheels of an hgv, hence,
I'll often force the issue by holding a line that forces them to reduce speed, so I can pass safely.
There is an emergency diversion through one of the towns I commute through due to a wall coming down - instead of taking the HGV route around many of the large vehicles were using a narrow road as a shortcut until they demolished another wall and nearly killed someone (separate incidents) then the council closed that road as well. They still don't take the HGV route but using a narrow out of town road to get around which is plainly not well suited to large vehicles, and often do silly speeds on it at that, rather than take the longer HGV signed/suited diversion.
Soldato
Saw that on Ashley's channel and I agree the driver of that car is a complete *******.
If it was just a regular car they were doing it to I'd agree. In the context of a large vehicle like that it can go against the car driver as driving without due care and attention due to not showing appropriate consideration for the other vehicle with the higher risks involved with that vehicle doing unnecessary reversing/manoeuvring.
In fact given all the facts if they are as seemed I hope the driver does get prosecuted for it.
somewhat related to the lorry clip, would Autopilot do the same as the white car man .. can the neural net really learn those complex scenarios
This tesla driver escaped a lorry off-set collision more by luck.
Ridiculous overtake of a cyclist by a truck with oncoming traffic (Bonus: Tesla on Autopilot).
This tesla driver escaped a lorry off-set collision more by luck.
Ridiculous overtake of a cyclist by a truck with oncoming traffic (Bonus: Tesla on Autopilot).
Probably a system like MCAS on aircraft where they talk to each other.
Man of Honour
Once you are committed, you are committed. What's the HGV driver supposed to do, vanish?
Sheer bloody mindedness from the car driver.
Sheer bloody mindedness from the car driver.
Soldato
The car driver has probably been grieved by some HGV drivers in the past so this time he has thought screw you and made the HGV reverse. I know there are a lot of HGV drivers out their who use their size to bully other road users.
Caporegime
This entirely depends on where you are tipping. In the grand scheme of things not everything is a simple RDC to RDC driving on motorways job.
Some farm collections are little narrow paths that offshoot off residential area's which leaves you no choice but to go down to access them.
You have to be strong and give your presence when going down roads like this as it is impossible to merge in safely behind cars hence taking the whole slog at once and hoping the oncoming traffic have the brains to see that.
Soldato
I was following a car once and as we got to a narrow bridge she just went on even though there was a single decker bus nearly at her end of bridge -She waved her hand in you reverse gesture -bus driver put his arms on wheel and shook his head side to side.
Once she started to reverse it was obvious why she wanted bus to reverse -After five minute she had backed up enough for bus to squeeze past and both her nearside wheels were up the grass verge and car was at a 20 degree angle.
as bus came past me we both had a big grin on our faces.
Thinking back on that it has to be 35 yrs ago,
Once she started to reverse it was obvious why she wanted bus to reverse -After five minute she had backed up enough for bus to squeeze past and both her nearside wheels were up the grass verge and car was at a 20 degree angle.
as bus came past me we both had a big grin on our faces.
Thinking back on that it has to be 35 yrs ago,
Kind of related - was trying to get out of a road earlier, turning right - place where 3 other roads all come together fairly close but not quite a crossroads and traffic was busy, cleared to my left, car on my right was slowing down to turn into the road I was coming out of so pulled out in front of them, did mean for like 1 second I was delaying the car behind them proceeding... they made a huge drama of it pulling right up to me as close as they could and throwing their hands in the air showing obvious, non-trivial levels of, annoyance... some people really need to have a word with themselves. Sadly due to the angle have nothing to show on dashcam.
Soldato
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I'm tempted to upload mine from last night. Was coming home from lightwater valley, around 6.30ish. Sticking to the speed limit on the back roads as there's sometime cameras. I had this merc that was trying to fuse himself to my rear bumper because I dared to stick to 40. I put my foot down to go up to national and he attempted to overtake at the same time
. As I was a bit tired I maybe should have taken my foot off the accelerator as he didn't stop at 60. I felt a bit daft afterwards, but who tries to overtake just as the limit changes (and not to brag, but I'm driving a quicker car). There's was debadged and had a private plate so normally that's a pretty good sign of a (door)knob. He eventually managed to get by and moved forward by 1 place for the next 20 minutes
, then tried to fuse himself with the car infront. It's a shame cameras don't pick up this kind of poor driving.
. As I was a bit tired I maybe should have taken my foot off the accelerator as he didn't stop at 60. I felt a bit daft afterwards, but who tries to overtake just as the limit changes (and not to brag, but I'm driving a quicker car). There's was debadged and had a private plate so normally that's a pretty good sign of a (door)knob. He eventually managed to get by and moved forward by 1 place for the next 20 minutes, then tried to fuse himself with the car infront. It's a shame cameras don't pick up this kind of poor driving.
Soldato
As a bus driver, you'd be surprised how often this happens.
If I see them coming and I can then I'll accomodate but once I've comitted a 13ton 40ft long vehicle I won't be going back.
Usually turning the engine off and pulling out the Metro I've got stashed in the cab works
I have called the police before (although usually the threat of calling gets the idiot to back down if it's got to that stage) & they've attended. In the last 3 years, 7 FPNs for Sec 137 offences issued to the driver refusing to back down (none for me)
So if I'm reading right, you're the white car in this scenario and you fail to yield as per the highway code/road traffic law? And you think this makes you a hero in the story?