Early morning near miss-Dashcam footage

[Denis]

Driving to work in my car at 0445 the other morning, speed 50mph on a road I know very well, suddenly faced with Mr 'I'm in a hurry' coming the other way.....

 

[Clicker]

On my iPad at the mo .... Can't get anything Den.. Says the video is private ...  .. Anyone else got the same problem ...?

[FUJI]

Yes! Me.....video won't play..

FUJI

[Denis]

Just fixed the link but the sound and video quality are awful compared to the original clip on my computer ???

[kev7d]

What a prat! 

[Paul]

Crazy driver.

Paul.

[ChrisLumix]

BLOODY hell! (I admire the way you've edited out the window being wound down and an earful of expletives heading his way..)

[Clicker]

Omg Denis ... That made me feel quite sick ... And brought back flashbacks of my accident last year ...

That must have made you take a sharp intake of breath  ...what impressed me was that you never uttered a word !! 

I can tell you now that the woman who smashed into me last June  pleaded guilty by post but I was at the court and a judge who was stepping in to help out the magistrates who had 131 cases for one day , dealt with my case . He was so shocked at the dash cam footage that he summonsed her to appear in  person  in January  to explain and state why she thought she shouldn't lose her licence . She was prosecuted for driving without due care and attention  but he thought it was borderline dangerous driving . She appeared this time a few weeks ago  and got 6  points on her licence ( she already had 3 )  and about £400 fine .. .. I am pleased to see the law changes regarding hand held mobile phone use while driving   I hope that works  to stop more people doing it . 

Pleased to to see you're ok . Too  many lunatics driving on the roads ... Grrr 

 

 

[Kobione]

Glad you came out of that one OK Denis. More and more dash cams are appearing over here to catch this sort of idiotic incident.

[Denis]

Cheers all,

Polly mentioned that I didnt say anything, I suppose after 41 years of commercial driving,I have practically seen it all.

I certainly expect it all though, as the standard of driving over the last few years has dropped dramatically. Mind you there are occasions where I do act vocally

[colinb]

Oops! sorry Denis I was running late and having trouble texting with my phone in one hand and a McCoffee take-away in the other 

[Black Pearl]

 A worryingly common occurrence unfortunately. Out on the roads yesterday, first day of the enhanced mobile phone fines/points and I saw at least a half dozen people using theirs both in a hand talking and also texting whilst driving on a motorway at the national speed limit. What annoyed me even more is I have started to turn off the engine whilst I'm sitting by the side of a road or even a parking bay and need to input the next postcode into the phone's satnav so it is possible to abide by simple laws. 

I hope the police have a major crack down over the next month of so and there are some high profile bans reported to give people a wakeup call.

[JHFoto]

I have been using a dash cam for about a year, I wish I had bought one sooner.

[Clicker]

 They are worth their weight in gold in my opinion ... It was the reason the Police prosecuted the other driver when she wrote off my new  car  last year.  We were driving out of a Sainsbury car park a while ago when we noticed a woman with three kids in the back of a  Chelsea Tractor behind us driving with her phone up to her ear .Hoping she would stop using  it once she had left the car park  we were appalled to see she was still using it two minutes later still as we reached a very busy roundabout .  . Hubby stopped at the  entrance and got out and walked towards her whereupon she put the phone down and wound the window down a tad . He said in a very quiet and calm voice , " Madam , you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself, risking the lives of three innocent children by driving and holding your phone . I hope  you never have to go to their funeral because of  your irresponsible attitude . Please don't ever do this again ".. She looked totally shocked and never said a word . Trouble is is one is likely to get  verbally or even physically abused if you remonstrate with someone over this so  it isn't always a good idea.. As you say  Beepy ... Some high profile  actions might  work ... 

[Clicker]

I had  to smile reading your post JH   You may have to amend your signature about " the only good camera "...and add .."plus a dash cam ! "