Road Rage - not my fault... I think!

cyclonebri1

LincolnshireYokel wrote: »

Heres a walking one., Again, without a dashcam you havent a leg to stand on, and your insurance is ripe to be milked

http://youtu.be/BcGAKqANOzE

I suggest cyclonebr1 and fergie42 get wise to the nastier more unpleasant aspects of driving a car and protect themselves before they become victims of these types of scams. Not to mention the proof it gives you if you are attacked by a road rager.

And I suggest you worry more about the quality of your own driving before you are hoisted by your own petard. It can just as easily be used to prosecute you.

I'll repeat as it hasn't got through although you are starting to show some aggressive tendencies of your own by the tone of the last couple of posts.

"prevent road rage by not causing it in the 1st place"

The camera may prevent a scam, it won't protect you from road rage.

And please don't call me stupid or obtuse again.

Strider590

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

The camera may prevent a scam, it won't protect you from road rage.

In certain circumstances I beg to differ, my GF and I were on our way to Hastings last month, on our way down (in her Ford KA) we came across a middle lane hogging middle aged couple in a Nissan Note.........

We were doing a solid/constant 78mph, when they saw us about to overtake in lane 3, they'd accelerate until we pulled in behind, THEN they'd slow down again forcing us to lane 3, the cycle repeated itself 5 or 6 times until eventually the other car got stuck behind a slower driver, we put some distance between us and pulled over into the middle lane again only to have this Nissan fly up past us and pull in front, the driver then slows down again (rinse & repeat this twice more)!!!
The whole time our speed had not changed at all.........

In the end I took out my phone and made sure the driver saw me pointing it at him as once again he got stuck behind a slower car...... We didn't see him again after that

I have to say there's something about a Ford KA that attracts aggression from other drivers, but in this instance the use of a camera put an end to the silliness once and for all.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Strider590 wrote: »

In certain circumstances I beg to differ, my GF and I were on our way to Hastings last month, on our way down (in her Ford KA) we came across a middle lane hogging middle aged couple in a Nissan Note.........

We were doing a solid/constant 78mph, when they saw us about to overtake in lane 3, they'd accelerate until we pulled in behind, THEN they'd slow down again forcing us to lane 3, the cycle repeated itself 5 or 6 times until eventually the other car got stuck behind a slower driver, we put some distance between us and pulled over into the middle lane again only to have this Nissan fly up past us and pull in front, the driver then slows down again (rinse & repeat this twice more)!!!
The whole time our speed had not changed at all.........

In the end I took out my phone and made sure the driver saw me pointing it at him as once again he got stuck behind a slower car...... We didn't see him again after that

I have to say there's something about a Ford KA that attracts aggression from other drivers, but in this instance the use of a camera put an end to the silliness once and for all.

So you went passed and hogged lane 2?

Wongsky

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

So you went passed and hogged lane 2?

Whether, or not, I've certainly encountered those middle-aged, my-speed-is-the-right-speed-thou-shalt-not-pass types, before.

More of a pain when you return to lane 1, then they speed up to try and block you into lane 1, when approaching slower traffic.

Some people can be complete jerks about being overtaken.

LincolnshireYokel

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

And I suggest you worry more about the quality of your own driving before you are hoisted by your own petard. It can just as easily be used to prosecute you.

I'll repeat as it hasn't got through although you are starting to show some aggressive tendencies of your own by the tone of the last couple of posts.

"prevent road rage by not causing it in the 1st place"

The camera may prevent a scam, it won't protect you from road rage.

And please don't call me stupid or obtuse again.

Then dont behave like that. Yoiur view is moronic. You seem to assume that any accident or incident a driver are involved MUST be that drivers fault, irrespective of how good a driver they are. You seem to be completely unable to grasp that some people are perfectly good drivers, but a lot more are rude, aggressive, selfish, uninsured, unlicensed or in stolen cars, or simply are appallingly bad drivers. Your failure to recognise that the world is indeed a place full of nasty people who will not think twice about lying, cheating or otherwise taking you for a sucker, or simply attempting to bully you , just make you a victim waiting to be scammed..

And you implication, that there is something wrong with me for taking precautions to protect myself, as millions of other people have, by installing video recording, is in its self offensive and uncalled for. Then you utterly fail to acknowledge the evidence i posted that indeed there are several car related scams being operated all over the world and in the UK, which, if you do not have video recording running, you are a sitting duck for.

I assume you always send money to people who email you from Nigeria? Had you not realised that was a scam as well? You need to come and spend some time on the parking forum, we'll teach you a few things about the scams being operated here in the UK.

cyclonebri1

Strider590 wrote: »

In certain circumstances I beg to differ, my GF and I were on our way to Hastings last month, on our way down (in her Ford KA) we came across a middle lane hogging middle aged couple in a Nissan Note.........

We were doing a solid/constant 78mph, when they saw us about to overtake in lane 3, they'd accelerate until we pulled in behind, THEN they'd slow down again forcing us to lane 3, the cycle repeated itself 5 or 6 times until eventually the other car got stuck behind a slower driver, we put some distance between us and pulled over into the middle lane again only to have this Nissan fly up past us and pull in front, the driver then slows down again (rinse & repeat this twice more)!!!
The whole time our speed had not changed at all.........

In the end I took out my phone and made sure the driver saw me pointing it at him as once again he got stuck behind a slower car...... We didn't see him again after that

I have to say there's something about a Ford KA that attracts aggression from other drivers, but in this instance the use of a camera put an end to the silliness once and for all.

I have only 1 thing to say about that Stryder, and you are the classic case on here.

You have to ask yourself "why is it always me?"

Ok I accept that you were probably the passenger in this case, but what if the bloke was a darn sight bigger and younger than you expected, he would have stopped, stud on your phone and rammed it up your jaxie.
Or worse,

cyclonebri1

LincolnshireYokel wrote: »

Then dont behave like that. Yoiur view is moronic. You seem to assume that any accident or incident a driver are involved MUST be that drivers fault, irrespective of how good a driver they are. You seem to be completely unable to grasp that some people are perfectly good drivers, but a lot more are rude, aggressive, selfish, uninsured, unlicensed or in stolen cars, or simply are appallingly bad drivers. Your failure to recognise that the world is indeed a place full of nasty people who will not think twice about lying, cheating or otherwise taking you for a sucker, or simply attempting to bully you , just make you a victim waiting to be scammed..

And you implication, that there is something wrong with me for taking precautions to protect myself, as millions of other people have, by installing video recording, is in its self offensive and uncalled for. Then you utterly fail to acknowledge the evidence i posted that indeed there are several car related scams being operated all over the world and in the UK, which, if you do not have video recording running, you are a sitting duck for.

I assume you always send money to people who email you from Nigeria? Had you not realised that was a scam as well? You need to come and spend some time on the parking forum, we'll teach you a few things about the scams being operated here in the UK.

What the heck are you ranting on about. I never even mentioned accidents, it's road rage get it.

The thread is about why some people seem to attract road rage and some don't.

Look at what the majority are saying and stop making any assumptions about me.
If you don't agree with me I'm sorry, but tough you can have your say but mouthing off like that just strengthens what I said about your aggressive attitude.

Wongsky

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I have only 1 thing to say about that Stryder, and you are the classic case on here.

You have to ask yourself "why is it always me?"

Who said it's always him?

Where did that come from? Just because something happens to somebody, doesn't mean it's a daily occurrence. I've certainly encountered drivers who appear as if the very act of merely overtaking them is a mortal attack on their pride.

Ok I accept that you were probably the passenger in this case, but what if the bloke was a darn sight bigger and younger than you expected, he would have stopped, stud on your phone and rammed it up your jaxie.
Or worse,

Unless he was an exceptional driver, or his car fitted with a bloody big magnet, just because he stops, doesn't mean you have to. Besides, how do we know that phone camera guy ain't a former boxing champ, who doesn't frighten easy by chumps that get incensed that somebody had the audacity to merely overtake them.

That whole, you never know how handy some jerk who can't take being overtaken is - well that cuts both ways.

Lum

Wongsky wrote: »

Who said it's always him?

You're new here so won't know this, but Strider used to regularly post his dashcam videos on this forum and they used to stir up quite some debate with some people preferring to criticise Strider's driving rather than the subject of the video.

Some of those people would then bring up the videos whenever Strider posted in any thread and it seems he eventually got sick of this and stopped posting them here.

Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VQFEDE2Ru0

LincolnshireYokel

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

What the heck are you ranting on about. I never even mentioned accidents, it's road rage get it.

The thread is about why some people seem to attract road rage and some don't.

Look at what the majority are saying and stop making any assumptions about me.
If you don't agree with me I'm sorry, but tough you can have your say but mouthing off like that just strengthens what I said about your aggressive attitude.

But i wasnt.

i made a post pointing out the benefits of putting dashcam front and back You then posted

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

It's sad if you feel the need to go to that trouble, you must attract trouble I can only assume.

The one thing that escapes you is what good is a beautifully focused image of you getting a knife in the guts going to do you?

I'm sorry, prevention if the answer, what good is a covert camera for that.??

So for a start, i had expanded the discussion, pointing out the advantages of dashcams, and reasons why they are useful, especially in accidents and scams.

You then make the above post, which contains the accusation im a bad driver, lets just repeat that

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

you must attract trouble I can only assume.

So, you attempt to belittle my contribution (by using the word 'ranting', which is designed to belittle by implying my post has no informational worth), and then you attempt to smear me and imply, on no evidence whatsoever, im a bad driver.

Suggest you apologise for your unpleasant attitude. Its people like you drive new posters away.