It's amazing that all dashcam compilations basically consist of people sending in clips of other people fucking it up and then still end up at at least 30% of being entirely avoidable situations if the driver with the camera just wasn't also hugely carbrained. Most common issue seems to be some sort of my right of way shall not be infringed, my steel steed shall make it so or figuring looking at the road and / or being able to stop your car within the distance you can see is for chumps.

I'll go through it clip by clip for Idiots in Cars Nr. 367, posted a day ago at time of writing. To be clear, I'm not saying it's the dashcam drivers fault primarily in the examples down below but isn't this supposed to showcase other people fucking it up entirely?

At 00:32 you can clearly see the red car, cutting across the lines, no indicator ain't exactly on a vector for the right lane, time to stay the course and not brake

At 01:36 you can quite clearly see, in broad daylight, the bump ahead that the person wrecks on and that's with the shitty dashcam quality

01:59 I don't even think I have to point out how fucking carbrained it is to swerve blindly into the opposing lane of traffic because you couldn't be bothered to just brake a bit and wait all of 3 seconds

At 04:13 you can clearly see the red car from the right moving with literally no possible place to go instead of right infront of the driver, time to acclerate straight at it (HOOOOOOOOONK)

At 08:14 like the person in the white SUV is an asshole but like what did you think would happen here when they overtook you on the blocked lane?

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I've been coincidentally watching a lot of these recently, too. It's had me waiting a few beats when lights turn green (people running red lights is huge in my city) and being super wary of changing lanes when there's a bit of congestion.

Most of this shit could be avoided if people slow the fuck down when around other cars/bikes/people (i.e. pretty much all of the time you're driving in the city/town). It's also crazy that people can't let go and prioritize safety over the right of way when someone violates it.

01:59 I don't even think I have to point out how fucking carbrained it is to swerve blindly into the opposing lane of traffic because you couldn't be bothered to just brake a bit and wait all of 3 seconds

I think this one was an overloaded big truck, so it actually couldn't stop in time if it tried. The point still stands, slow the fuck down would solve it. Capitalism can be blamed when this driver eventually kills someone.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this one was an overloaded big truck, so it actually couldn't stop in time if it tried. The point still stands, slow the fuck down would solve it.

love to be unable to come to a stop within the visible distance of the earths curvature as the example here happens to take place in gm_flat

Most of this shit could be avoided if people slow the fuck down when around other cars/bikes/people (i.e. pretty much all of the time you're driving in the city/town). It's also crazy that people can't let go and prioritize safety over the right of way when someone violates it.

A lot of it is also just being attentive to what happens around you including and especially the illegal maneuvers pull. It seems that this surprises people a lot when it really shouldn't.

And then also just a few common things that keep cropping up a lot, like driving straight between the first and second car that are turning left from the opposite side. This shit never works out, the first car goes, everybody just assumes its clear and also goes. Every time and everywhere, I'd've been long ran over on my bike if I didn't know this

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

love to be unable to come to a stop within the visible distance of the earths curvature as the example here happens to take place in gm_flat

It's basically a freight train on the road. They're probably driving obscenely fast because the companies all six sigma themselves into shipping everything just-in-time.

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And then also just a few common things that keep cropping up a lot, like driving straight between the first and second car that are turning left from the opposite side. This shit never works out, the first car goes, everybody just assumes its clear and also goes. Every time and everywhere, I'd've been long ran over on my bike if I didn't know this

People left turning across 5-lane stroads from a business/parking lot are always wild. Real war boy energy.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Oh, and I'll add that my favorite part is just hearing what people are listening to lol

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's had me waiting a few beats when lights turn green

honk-enraged

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Nah that's necessary. I've seen people fly through red lights at 40mph over the speed limit several seconds after my light turned green. The light doesn't mean anything, I'm waiting till I see the cross traffic stop.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I mean, it's like: light turns green, I press in the clutch and put the car in gear while looking both ways a few times before going.

I see people take longer at a light because they're clearly scrolling shit on their phone while driving no-i-in-pezza