Dash cam thread 2 (car videos only, no commenting on videos)

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-10-2018 7:18am

Have felt the arse of the van going there a couple of times too.

Muppet Man · 22-10-2018 9:45am

NufcNavan wrote: »

One of me earlier falling victim to slippy roads. Back wheels went from under me completely. Was lucky I didn't hit another car.

no fault... definitely something wrong with that roundabout. At different times, I've seen a cyclist and a motor cyclist (moped) go down heavy, and a car (BMW rwd) fishtail. My own golf R gets twitchy there with Pirelli pzero's front and back, and not being a gob****e. Definitely something up with surface when damp. The camber on the roundabout looks odd too...

Muppet Man

NufcNavan · 22-10-2018 9:50am

dickwod1 wrote: »

My FWD car always had under steer there, even in mildly damp conditions!
Was there any damage?

Nope. I was very lucky in that the kerb of the roundabout was fairly low.

LRNM · 22-10-2018 10:21am

Set that video to private for now as it got 400 views. Don't want to draw any unwanted attention from the powers that be.

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Would you say your ambulance is underpowered LRNM?
And why can't we do what they do on the continent when it comes to stationary traffic on dual carriageway / motorway and create an emergency lane up the middle besides going far right all the time?

Btw, brilliant driving and thanks.

The one in the video isn't underpowered imo, it's a 2013 one. Traffic was flowing so right lane was the best option. If it was stationary id use the hard shoulder.
Driving slow and steady is best for the patient and staff working in the back.
Responding to a call we can drive it on much harder.

Spook_ie wrote: »

Do they have better sirens in Poland? Seemed a much more variety of tones in use.

The older sirens are beat and worn out, they're not great. Newer ones are much louder.

Interslice · 22-10-2018 11:10am

Muppet Man wrote: »

no fault... definitely something wrong with that roundabout. At different times, I've seen a cyclist and a motor cyclist (moped) go down heavy, and a car (BMW rwd) fishtail. My own golf R gets twitchy there with Pirelli pzero's front and back, and not being a gob****e. Definitely something up with surface when damp. The camber on the roundabout looks odd too...

Muppet Man

Its just a slippy surface. Its very smooth and creates surface water even in light rain . If your driving is poor or your tyres are bald you'll loose grip.

josip · 22-10-2018 11:19am

Interslice wrote: »

Its just a slippy surface. Its very smooth and creates surface water even in light rain . If your driving is poor or your tyres are bald you'll loose grip.

Sounds like you're trying to shift blame from the council/NRA to the drivers?
There's no reason for a low speed surface to be smooth.
Especially one where drivers experience considerable lateral Gs as part of normal driving.
From the few posts here, it's obvious there's a problem with the road.

Interslice · 22-10-2018 11:52am

josip wrote: »

Sounds like you're trying to shift blame from the council/NRA to the drivers?
There's no reason for a low speed surface to be smooth.
Especially one where drivers experience considerable lateral Gs as part of normal driving.
From the few posts here, it's obvious there's a problem with the road.

Not blaming, just an observation. Been around that roundabout hundreds of times. Its a bit slippy so if you cant deal with a car loosing the back end a bit then slow down.

NufcNavan · 22-10-2018 11:53am

Interslice wrote: »

Its just a slippy surface. Its very smooth and creates surface water even in light rain . If your driving is poor or your tyres are bald you'll loose grip.

My tyres are fine. Nothing wrong with the thread depth. As you can see I wasn't speeding either. It appears to be just an exceptionally bad stretch of road judging by the numerous recollections of incidents on it.

ciaran76 · 22-10-2018 1:10pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

That's funny that you say that. My housemate when I told him also said he spun at that roundabout.

And no I have no rear wheel drive.

I also had a spin on that roundabout in a Focus about a year ago plus tyres were almost new and I wasn't speeding. Saw a car (Avenis) spin also about 2 weeks ago after the rain.

Caliden · 22-10-2018 1:38pm

Interslice wrote: »

Not blaming, just an observation. Been around that roundabout hundreds of times. Its a bit slippy so if you cant deal with a car loosing the back end a bit then slow down.

:rolleyes:

Isambard · 22-10-2018 1:51pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

I also had a spin on that roundabout in a Focus about a year ago plus tyres were almost new and I wasn't speeding. Saw a car (Avenis) spin also about 2 weeks ago after the rain.

it would be interesting to know what tyres the cars having trouble had.

boardz · 22-10-2018 2:46pm

Look up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg6uNl8a5mk

iwillhtfu · 22-10-2018 2:53pm

boardz wrote: »

Look up!

Fake news :P

Stratvs · 22-10-2018 2:59pm

richieffff wrote: »

Just squeezing by.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPctqImsaCQ

Looks like someone late for work in Little Island, isn't that the slip off the N25 towards the JLT ? They head off to the left toward the end.

jimmynokia · 22-10-2018 3:02pm

https://youtu.be/5R-SAAWSqCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-SAAWSqCE

richieffff · 22-10-2018 5:12pm

Stratvs wrote: »

Looks like someone late for work in Little Island, isn't that the slip off the N25 towards the JLT ? They head off to the left toward the end.

Yep, he went off the slip for Little Island, I could see the temptation.

[Deleted User] · 22-10-2018 6:02pm

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Fake news :P

Yeah! He must have a seriously hard head.

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-10-2018 6:04pm

If that had really happened the camera would be long gone and there would be no video to show.

Pretzill · 22-10-2018 7:43pm

boardz wrote: »

Look up!

I jumped, hit my keyboard with my knee and frightened my dog!

Interslice · 22-10-2018 10:56pm

richieffff wrote: »

Yep, he went off the slip for Little Island, I could see the temptation.

Heading there in the morning. Its always fun getting there around half eight... Ive seen the guards waiting the odd time for lads squeezing up the inside.

Kramer · 23-10-2018 3:18am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK534JG1mTI

SuperS54 · 23-10-2018 11:25am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Cc9QJ4TX0

inforfun · 23-10-2018 11:40am

Taiwan, the Ireland of Asia as it comes to driving by the looks of that.

inforfun · 23-10-2018 11:57am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDc43NL6n_U

Or Taiwan is the Netherlands of Asia as it comes to driving......

lambayire · 23-10-2018 12:02pm

Gotta love how he gets out of the car and throws his arms up

josip · 23-10-2018 12:03pm

inforfun wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDc43NL6n_U

Or Taiwan is the Netherlands of Asia as it comes to driving......

Very effective way to block that entire side of the junction

inforfun · 23-10-2018 12:44pm

josip wrote: »

Very effective way to block that entire side of the junction

Happened around 2 pm. No trams there for the rest of the day.
Catenary(?) was ****ed and tram derailed.

I am really curious about this guy's next insurance quote....

[Deleted User] · 23-10-2018 5:41pm

inforfun wrote: »

Happened around 2 pm. No trams there for the rest of the day.
Catenary(?) was ****ed and tram derailed.

I am really curious about this guy's next insurance quote....

and then the lights went green! :rolleyes:

punisher5112 · 23-10-2018 8:42pm

dolanbaker wrote: »

and then the lights went green! :rolleyes:

Yes but it was safe to proceed then into trailer.....

I was really looking forward to a fireball....

[Deleted User] · 25-10-2018 6:17pm

Some unusual junctions in that video, not sure if they're square roundabouts or four way "give way" junctions.

Dash cam thread 2 (car videos only, no commenting on videos)

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