Reporting dangerous driving

frayedknot

eamon said:

Depending on where you are in the UK there be an existing reporting mechanism that you can use for example in Bradford we have

https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/can-you-help-operation-steerside

Though to be fair it is directed towards stopping those errant vehicle users that think they are driving on a race track.

TBH if you uploaded clips of everyone driving like an !!!!!! in Bradford you'd crash the internet.

princeofpounds

It reads like a bit of a PR piece, but it seems the first year of the national dashcam safety portal (a private set-up that has partnered with a number of forces - similar to the other links from other forces provided) was surprisingly active in terms of prosecutions, at least compared to what I would have expected. 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-7238001/Police-dash-cam-database-helped-prosecute-1-223-reckless-drivers-year.html

Dr_Crypto

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries to baskets of kittens or nuns standing at bus stops holding baskets of kittens. 
I see this very differently from people assisting the police after an incident in which people or property were "harmed". 

Mutton_Geoff

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries to baskets of kittens or nuns standing at bus stops holding baskets of kittens. 
I see this very differently from people assisting the police after an incident in which people or property were "harmed". 

I agree, part of me wants better policing but not at the expense of turning us into drones for the stasi. You've just reminded me, I must watch the excellent Lives Of Others again.

Jackmydad

I'd not go round reporting every bad driver you see, for one thing as already said it'll bring the internet down if everyone did it, and for another I don't want to live in a police state.
But.
I've seen a couple of examples of bad driving, that was actually dangerous driving, in recent-ish times though that really warranted a talk with the  police, if not just prosecution.
They both involved idiotic, and dangerous overtaking into blind bends.   
And yes, maybe no one was hurt. That's "this time" though isn't it?

fred246

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries to baskets of kittens or nuns standing at bus stops holding baskets of kittens. 
I see this very differently from people assisting the police after an incident in which people or property were "harmed". 

What a rubbish Dr. These 'near misses' are the incidents you need to be learning from. These are incidents where the dashcam footage has shown clear 'reckless driving'. A visit from the Police with a little fine may help them to improve their driving and more importantly make them realise that people are watching their driving. I love it when I hear that a company has installed dashcams in their vehicles to catch criminals who create 'crash for cash'. They are there so the employee has less accidents in the company vehicle. If the employee knows the boss will watch the dashcam footage suddenly their driving improves!

shaun_from_Africa

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries

The only reason that there were no injuries or damage was because I slowed down and the oncoming car slowed down so that they had almost stopped and pulled hard over to the left.
If the van driver could have performed the overtake safely and without causing other drivers to take avoiding action then I wouldn't have felt the need to report it but this wasn't the case.
Next time they do it, the outcome may be different. 

452

fred246 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries to baskets of kittens or nuns standing at bus stops holding baskets of kittens. 
I see this very differently from people assisting the police after an incident in which people or property were "harmed". 

What a rubbish Dr. These 'near misses' are the incidents you need to be learning from. These are incidents where the dashcam footage has shown clear 'reckless driving'. A visit from the Police with a little fine may help them to improve their driving and more importantly make them realise that people are watching their driving. I love it when I hear that a company has installed dashcams in their vehicles to catch criminals who create 'crash for cash'. They are there so the employee has less accidents in the company vehicle. If the employee knows the boss will watch the dashcam footage suddenly their driving improves!

Thing is Fred reckless driving hasn't been an offence for the best part of 30 years, so no visits or fines will happen. 

Jackmydad

shaun_from_Africa said:

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries

The only reason that there were no injuries or damage was because I slowed down and the oncoming car slowed down so that they had almost stopped and pulled hard over to the left.
If the van driver could have performed the overtake safely and without causing other drivers to take avoiding action then I wouldn't have felt the need to report it but this wasn't the case.
Next time they do it, the outcome may be different. 

Having actually been "had" by an idiot overtaking into a blind bend on a narrow road, fortunately managing to squeeze past with only minimal damage, I've not got any sympathy for anyone doing that.
No injuries apart from scraped paint in that case, but as you say, next time who knows?
And before somebody says it, I could probably have been going a bit slower, although my speed certainly wasn't excessive for the road or conditions. I honestly think if I'd been doing 20 he'd have "had me" he was going for it hard.

fred246

452 said:

fred246 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

Call me a snowflake libtard but I'm just not sure I agree with this reporting culture. There is something profoundly uncomfortable about people reporting each other to the cops for motoring incidents after which both drivers continued their journeys with no injuries to baskets of kittens or nuns standing at bus stops holding baskets of kittens. 
I see this very differently from people assisting the police after an incident in which people or property were "harmed". 

What a rubbish Dr. These 'near misses' are the incidents you need to be learning from. These are incidents where the dashcam footage has shown clear 'reckless driving'. A visit from the Police with a little fine may help them to improve their driving and more importantly make them realise that people are watching their driving. I love it when I hear that a company has installed dashcams in their vehicles to catch criminals who create 'crash for cash'. They are there so the employee has less accidents in the company vehicle. If the employee knows the boss will watch the dashcam footage suddenly their driving improves!

Thing is Fred reckless driving hasn't been an offence for the best part of 30 years, so no visits or fines will happen. 

The Daily Mail called it reckless driving so it must be right.