What do you do with Dash Cam footage of Moron drivers - Page 2

blueprinted_xr · 05-08-2013, 04:10 PM

Ive got front and rear dash cams in my FG GT and my EL XR6 and my partners BF XR6 and all get backed up weekly to my 2tb external hard drive. Thankfully never had to refer back to any footage but you never know when you may need to, currently have 10 weeks worth of driving and have only used 1/4 of the hard drive.

plus its always good to checkup on your mechanic to make sure they haven't sent the apprentice out, so he can do a lunch run or see how a gt goes in the back streets...

Edit: Id only be sending in footage to the police if was something really bad, and if the footage was all they would need for a conviction.

FRD888XR8 · 05-08-2013, 04:31 PM

My cam only records last 20 min drive, enough to save my **** in case of a "not at fault accident" the rest gets all deleted, unless is a real crime!

There are plenty of idiots on the road & responding to them means you are joining the wrong team.

the ACA thing was truckies that decided to name & shame dumb driver on the road .... pretty stupid considering what some truckies will do on the road.

don't bother just delet it

**Full Noise** · 05-08-2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by FRD888XR8

the ACA thing was truckies that decided to name & shame dumb driver on the road .... pretty stupid considering what some truckies will do on the road.

Really? How long have you been driving trucks for?

muso · 05-08-2013, 05:51 PM

No there was no provocation, but the guy was probably having a bad day and was driving accordingly.

And I don't intend to post any footage or share it unless there was an accident in which case my insurance company would be the only people to see it. As I said the reason for these dash cams is for serious things like accidents. If you kept footage of people on the road doing silly things you'd run out of hard drive space! Things like this happen to all of us and you've usually forgotten about it before too long.

muso · 05-08-2013, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BadMax

Is Adelaide open on weekends?

Only on Saturdays until 12.00

muso · 05-08-2013, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Full Noise

Easy, if it doesn’t really affect you, keep it to yourself.

You’ve had an Autocam for three minutes and now you want to show the world everything you see?

I’ll give you some friendly advice, free of charge. Be careful what you post. I say this because you are naive and new to the whole Autocam thing.

I have hundreds of hours, in fact, 2 X 2TB drives full of footage that I’ve taken over the years and some of the stuff I have will certainly shock many people. That’s why nearly all of the bad stuff I have will never be seen outside of my own house.

I have a few clips on YouTube, not many, but some of these are a few years old and were before a lot of people decided to roam the streets with Autocams showing every single person who accidentally moves over in a blind spot, doesn’t come to a complete stop at a stop sign, holds a mobile phone to their ear or stops six bloody inches over the solid line at a red light. FFS, who cares?

A lot of this stuff is embarrassing, for the person who uploads, simply because some of the stuff you see that you may think is outrageous, to others, is not even remotely a problem. The word Drama queen comes to mind.

I could give you 5 hours of people overtaking over double lines, who cares? It does get boring after a while.

If you really want to see bad footage, just look at Russian Autocams on YouTube or Liveleak. There is nothing that you could post that comes anywhere near to what goes on over there.

The footage that I keep is what directly relates to me. If someone is likely to complain, either to my boss, or the police, I will keep all of the footage relating to an event and what went on before. This has saved my backside quite a few times, however, I would not put this type of thing on YouTube.

Remember, if you get it wrong, it isn’t hard to find you. And that, I can guarantee.

Enjoy your Autocam by all means, just don’t try to be the new Sheriff in town.

Also, if you witness something really bad and do decide to hand footage over to the police who use it to prosecute someone one, FFS, keep it to yourself. Don’t tell anyone.

My 2.2 cents, GST included.

Thanks for the tip but I'm aware of most of this

and as I mentioned I have no intention of posting footage anywhere unless there is an accident and the only people to view it would be my insurance company.
I agree there is a lot of trivial traffic crap on youtube! But the Russian ones are pretty hardcore!

muso · 05-08-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FRD888XR8

My cam only records last 20 min drive, enough to save my **** in case of a "not at fault accident" the rest gets all deleted, unless is a real crime!

There are plenty of idiots on the road & responding to them means you are joining the wrong team.

the ACA thing was truckies that decided to name & shame dumb driver on the road .... pretty stupid considering what some truckies will do on the road.

don't bother just delet it

Most of the Truckies I see are pretty good and unlike many car drivers they usually have skill - to drive a truck you need quite an amount of skill and judgement.
I've seen people in cars cut in front of trucks that are coming to a stop at a red light, these cars are eating into the truck's required braking distance.
I've never had a problem with trucks it's usually average Joe in a car commuting to and from work that does the silliest things.
I just got back from Melbourne and the Truck drivers were fine.

PS: Footage deleted!

tezxr8man · 05-08-2013, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by muso

Only on Saturdays until 12.00

the rest of that time would be to enjoy the weekend enjoying life wouldn't it?

muso · 05-08-2013, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tezxr8man

the rest of that time would be to enjoy the weekend enjoying life wouldn't it?

Yes it would be

Spurious · 05-08-2013, 07:36 PM

I would usually record every single drive I go on but I'm at the point now where I am getting kinda bored with it. I see stupid stuff every time I go out on the road. If some knob smashes in to me I'm sure the police can figure out who's in the wrong. I'll admit I'm no church going angel. 95% of the time I'm patient, courteous, drive within my limits and that of the law but I do make honest mistakes if distracted or simply thinking of other thing's when obviously I should be focused on driving. Then there's times I get so frustrated with other non thinking drivers I want to rear end them in to a guard rail! Today was no exception. I went looking for trailer tail lights (a simple procedure you'd think?

), the first hardware store in ulvy didn't have what I wanted so I drove to Devonport. Super cheap auto gave me a snotty response from a "busy" staff member when I asked for help (no 5 core wire on the shelf!)

. So I went to home timber & hardware...no tail lights at all.

. Went to K-mart & again no tail lights at all.

. Went to an engineering shop next , they had cheap lights but only 1 in stock

! (FRUSTRATION RISING) So then I went to NUBCO...glad I did too, had what I wanted & at the right price & great service (even got a freebie 'cause the rep' saw I was irate) What a champion

(FEELING BETTER). Now to drive home...in the rain, from Devonport to ulverstone. I'm doing 100-110 (110 zone) in the right lane & in the 10 minutes I was on the highway 5 drivers jumped out into the right lane as I approached & each time I had to slow down to accommodate them. The last one I could have murdered. As I approached within metres of this car, the driver switched to the right lane & slowed me to about 80, I horned & flashed in disgust. I then followed the car into the left lane 'cause my exit was 300 metres away. The A'hole then slowed to a crawl, about 50kp/h, must have thought I was trailing them...whatever! I mention my day today to demonstrate that sometimes we have a bad day & could easily step over that line & smack a few faces while not being in our usual tolerant mood! WHY DO PEOPLE HATE BEING OVERTAKEN, I have wide wet's on my rims & I'm quite comfortable doing the speed limit in the wet, but why is it, on a dual carriageway, as I approach a few cars that are in the left lane, at least one of them has to pull out in front of me...why Why WHY? ------------------------------Example: http://youtu.be/U36B7wfF9SM

muso · 05-08-2013, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by strik9

got to chime in on this one, people who act provoke people half the time are to ignorant to even realise it...........

I know a guy who complained about someone beeping at him when he was minding his own business.....turned out he was 'minding his own business' in the fast lane on the freeway doing 75 kph and saw nothing wrong with it.
I've also heard of drivers using the brake pedal as a left foot rest which keeps the brake light on wondering why people are angry with them. Then you have the non indicators at roundabouts who don't realise the annoyance it causes.

But I must admit the right lane hogs are annoying when traffic flow is disrupted by them.

muso · 05-08-2013, 07:50 PM

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Also, if you witness something really bad and do decide to hand footage over to the police who use it to prosecute someone one, FFS, keep it to yourself. Don’t tell anyone.

Good point!

H.G · 05-08-2013, 07:50 PM

What you do with the footage when it turns out your the moron driver?????

Spurious · 05-08-2013, 07:52 PM

Back on topic, keep the camera rolling dude. You may be glad you did one of these days. As for the "bad driver' thing, they're everywhere so unless you see something really youtube worthy then just delete it & move on with your life.

muso · 05-08-2013, 07:54 PM

Yes bad drivers are a part of driving.

muso · 05-08-2013, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by H.G

What you do with the footage when it turns out your the moron driver?????

Hand it to Police

muso · 05-08-2013, 09:51 PM

At the end of the day the guy was driving like a ****tard and going out of his way to provoke me, so to all the neg comments, I didn't respond to his baiting.
Didn't tailgate, flash, beep or Bird and before someone says "but you posted it on a forum" I have kept his identity from this forum and as mentioned deleted the footage and have no intention of posting it on Youtube.

Some comments seem to defend/overlook his bad driving, swapping lanes at a red light only to take off slower than the traffic is being a provocative retard as is deliberate obstruction of the passing lane which is illegal as well as moronic, even if provoked (which it wasn't) would still not make it ok!

I understand where most of the comments are coming from though but don't necessarily agree with all of them - but that's what forums are about. I also agree with some concern that people want to become a self appointed "big brother" on the road because of their Dash Cams making them feel they all of a sudden have some statutory power, what people need to realise (me included) is that the guy behind you also probably has one filming you!

I was angry at the time when I posted this thread but that's life.
I just wanted to to put out there for discussion, cheers everyone for their input, drive safe Muso

muso · 25-09-2013, 05:56 PM

It's funny after a while you just forget about it, the novelty of having a dash cam wears off, I don't really think about it any more, I forget it's even there now. But one day it may be useful if there is an accident!

the_scotsman · 25-09-2013, 06:50 PM

Wow, what a c**t....I would definitely put it up on Youtube for everyone to see. ****** like that deserve to be named and shamed.

jpd80 · 25-09-2013, 07:43 PM

What I find interesting is the change in how people drive when they know a camera is fitted to the vehicle they are driving.
People seem to forget that the whole point of an in car camera is to prove your own innocence not to convict others.

I doubt that the OP would have gotten into a road duel with the lane switching van had a camera been installed in his car.