dvenman wrote:The second is that the dashcam video resulted - quite properly - in a conviction with a fine and points for careless driving.
jont wrote:/troll - if there was space for the golf to pass on the inside before overtaking the truck, why isn't the dash-cam driver equally inconsiderate in not getting on with the overtake?
Carbon Based wrote:/troll back at you - however, at least the dash cam incidents tend to be something more involved than simply exceeding the number on a stick which is pretty much all the official cameras record.
dvenman wrote:jont
That's part of my reservation. I can't find any references to it (I've got minimal detail) but the accident I refer to apparently involved an advanced driver, employing techniques which other road users considered "dangerous". When he had an off, ended up on the wrong side of the road, and some time later the motorcyclist (who couldn't stop...clear) hit him and died, other road users considered the car driver at fault.
trashbat wrote:dvenman wrote:jont
That's part of my reservation. I can't find any references to it (I've got minimal detail) but the accident I refer to apparently involved an advanced driver, employing techniques which other road users considered "dangerous". When he had an off, ended up on the wrong side of the road, and some time later the motorcyclist (who couldn't stop...clear) hit him and died, other road users considered the car driver at fault.
Are you on about the PH poster?
If so, I don't think they had AD training at the time, though I could be wrong, and the motorcyclist didn't die but was seriously injured.
They were convicted (and went to prison) partly on the testimony of other witnesses who they had previously overtaken, they say safely. If anything, a dashcam might have helped their case.
Stephen wrote:I use my own dash cam in it and wouldnt be without it as there is no better evidence than seeing it on film you cant argue with it as it is untainted cant lie as it happens,
StressedDave wrote:Irrespective of the eye-witness evidence, It'd be a case of res ipsa locitur for the DD charge.
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