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Sagebrush posted:The camera didn't capture the colors very well yes but i have literally never seen a stoplight with green on top. Even the sideways ones seem to be going out of fashion. Where do you live? I didn't really notice the position, just the color in the tiny pic my phone shows.
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I've accidentally run a red before too. It can happen, and it's everyone's responsibility to drive defensibly so that a small mistake by another driver is less likely to be fatal. I don't think Shakytm posted that video thinking he was faultless. Jumping the green is probably more dangerous than running a fresh red, because when you run a fresh red, the other cars are presumably only just starting into the intersection, while jumping the green means pulling out in front of drivers who are at full speed - especially ones trying to squeeze through the yellow. But what is fully damning is the green jumper has a full and unobstructed view of sharkytm's approach. He is not only jumping the green, he's not looking to the side roads to see what may be coming. Green-jumper is putting his side of the car into a side-impact. Sharktym is far less likely to take a fatal injury here. Purely from a defensive "try not to die while driving" standpoint, green-jumper is doing the worse thing. Sharkytm's the one with the manslaughter charge in that fatal collision, though. So from the perspective of legal hazard... he's in much worse shape. Yikes.
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Leperflesh posted:I've accidentally run a red before too. It can happen, and it's everyone's responsibility to drive defensibly so that a small mistake by another driver is less likely to be fatal. I don't think Shakytm posted that video thinking he was faultless. Yup. And yes, hitting the throttle wasn't the right thing to do. The perspective is kinda odd, the camera is really high, etc... still my fault. He'd still be dead if I hit him square in the driver's door at 30mph. He wasn't trying to jump the light either, it was a tourist who did a stop & go.
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Aug 12, 2018 19:28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGW_xBhRe5o
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I like how Hi-Vis Man jumped right into action. More people should be like Hi-Vis Man.
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Aug 18, 2018 19:26
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Speaking of red lights being optional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0DQEMMByhM Now this red light does suck. I used to have to cross this intersection to turn left going home from work, and I can tell you the red for that direction is a full 60 seconds EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.  Having said that, you can't just fuckin' drive through, dummy.
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To be fair, you didn't stop before taking a right on red, either. That's also technically running a light...
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Aug 24, 2018 14:34
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When it's dark enough I can see the green lights behind me reflected in those blue signs in front of me, so I know if there's no oncoming traffic the it's 'safe' (though not strictly legal) to turn right. I've spent a lot of time sitting at that intersection over the last few years. "The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention."  vvv Just saw this in the schadenfreude thread, was also disappointed when they didn't keep the counter going for the entire video. Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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Aug 24, 2018 19:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6C7VJz8FrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thGmd87FM9I Should have kept the counter going IMO.
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The driver of the car was being an idiot by trying to cut in ahead of oncoming traffic, but this is a good demonstration of why lane splitting on the outside of a lane while going through an intersection - especially next to a full-size pickup that obscures both you from the turning vehicle and the turning vehicle from you - is a bad idea.
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So my dad almost got creamed by a semi this morning. It was totally his fault too, in his words "I had to change my pants when I got home" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X9lp6qGnZo He thought the SUV ahead of him had tripped the green arrow, but it didn't. You can see him flicking his lights at the guy, thinking he was napping at the arrow. You guys are well aware how the fisheye on a dashcam makes things look farther away, so holy poo poo was this close. Thankfully he chose the only correct option of gunning it to get out of the path. If he had panic stopped he would have been a splatter. He's usually a very careful driver, he said it's the closest he's come to a very serious accident.
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Here is my $27,000 wreck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_eUnM0OuM
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:Here is my $27,000 wreck. hahaha I love how the other driver just keeps trying to push/shoulder through, after hitting you. And then giving you those wild gestures, afterwards!  What an idiot - did he really think he was in the right, shooting out across your lane without a care in the world? If you don't mind me asking, what was he saying/yelling? I hope he wasn't being abusive, after knocking that $27,000 bit of plastic off your car!
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The number of times that has almost happened to me. It amazes me that people will cut across multiple lanes of stopped cross traffic and not look for a car coming in the other unblocked lane. At least it shows you were 100% in the right of way, no matter what "points at eyes" man might think. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Sep 6, 2018 |
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Sep 6, 2018 06:50
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Megillah Gorilla posted:The number of times that has almost happened to me. One thing I always think of is if I leave a gap for this dude to turn will he end up doing this?
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:Here is my $27,000 wreck. Hahaha and the loving idiot was telling you to use your eyes. I keep telling my GF (that's learning to drive) that these types of situations should always be avoided, and you shouln't turn through lines of traffic like that. Avoid at all costs. Edit: ^^^^^ Exactly the same here. I try to avoid letting people through for this reason. Only if the other lane has very slow moving traffic.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:The number of times that has almost happened to me. Yeah, it's just shocking how often it happens, down here in Aus too. (Although thankfully when it happens down here, they generally only come half out instead of going across fully. So at least that way you can sorta swerve out the way  )If I'm in the blocked lane, I'll generally keep an eye out and gesture if it's clear/not clear to the driver wanting to turn right, (or left, in your case) so that I don't need to stop and be a witness if they throw themselves into a car
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:Here is my $27,000 wreck. Austin area? Only TX city I've lived in that had those crosswalk lights anyway. I've only been here 5 weeks, and don't run into as many stupid drivers as I did in DFW, but when I do, holy gently caress are they loving stupid. I had a guy gun it and make a left turn from the right turn lane a week after I got here and clip me, then tell me "I do that all the time at this intersection and nobody's ever hit me".  (2 lanes turn left, 1 lane is bus-only right turn, 1 is regular vehicle right turn).
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:Here is my $27,000 wreck. What broke, it seems reasonably benign...? Love the gesturing. In almost all jurisdictions, turning left (or right, in Australia/UK etc.) is solidly at the top of the list of must-I-yield.
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bolind posted:What broke, it seems reasonably benign...? I am guessing that the wooden cart wheels that he appears to be running are very expensive to replace. Possibly the coils have been replaced by rods made of diamond.
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bolind posted:What broke, it seems reasonably benign...? Front clamshell on a Lotus?
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Major Isoor posted:Yeah, it's just shocking how often it happens, down here in Aus too. (Although thankfully when it happens down here, they generally only come half out instead of going across fully. So at least that way you can sorta swerve out the way All lanes have to be blocked for me to even consider leaving a gap (and everyone else cooperating). If even one lane isn't blocked then you are contributing to a crash happening like the vid. And the other downside is if the car turning gets stuck crossing after you've got a green/clear road ahead, which is just loving yourself over. Not leaving a gap on a multi lane rd is the safest option. The turning driver will be angry at you but they won't get into a crash at least; you're not responsible for what drivers in other lanes do - unless you want to get out of your car and walk them through, if that's what you want to do then fine. Otherwise you may get way more angry drivers behind you for letting someone block your lane after they can't cross safely and your lane gets a green or clears up. Leave a gap only on single lanes.
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C.H.O.M.E. posted:Here is my $27,000 wreck. I scratched the Exige as a possible fun car because of the clamshells. Both wrecks I've been in have been similar to this with cars turning into me across a stopped turn lane when they couldn't see oncoming traffic in the other lane(s). Except I was doing 30ish+ when I hit my folks. I'm obviously not a fan of obstructed view turn lanes any more.
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fknlo posted:I scratched the Exige as a possible fun car because of the clamshells. I just can't physically fit in one. I tried getting in to an Elise once and got about 2/3 of the way in before deciding it wasn't worth going further, and I can't imagine a roof would make it any easier. quote:Both wrecks I've been in have been similar to this with cars turning into me across a stopped turn lane when they couldn't see oncoming traffic in the other lane(s). Except I was doing 30ish+ when I hit my folks. I'm obviously not a fan of obstructed view turn lanes any more.
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I'm not blaming anyone, or arguing with anyone here. Just sincerely asking. To me it looks like the dashcam car pulled into a turning lane for the driveway where the other car was headed. Instead of turning into that driveway though, the dashcam car was going straight all the way to the street up ahead. Wouldn't that be driving on the shoulder and the dashcam car would be at fault?
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It's not a shoulder, it's a right turn lane for the intersection ahead at the light. The lines on the road are marking a bike lane which intentionally overlap right turn lanes so that you don't turn across cyclists trying to go straight. edit: which is to also say crazy arm truck man would have brick walled a cyclist all the same doing that. Here's the sign that's just a few yards before the driveway where the accident happened: 
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Yeah, that exact situation happened to me yesterday on my bike commute -- straight lane was stopped, I was in the bike lane doing ~20mph, gap opened in straight lane, and narrowly avoided getting bodied by a red 3-series punching through the gap. Legally, the 3-series would have been at fault; in practice, it was something I should have been looking for if I were behaving like a defensive cyclist, and the only laws that really matter in the end were written by Sir Isaac Newton... Speaking of which, does anyone have recommendations for a bike dashcam? I have heard bad things about the Cycliq devices. It is tempting to just try to get another one of those Mini 0804s that I have in my car, seal it up with silicone, and stick a battery pack next to it...
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I'll find one of my old videos to repost of this exact thing, the bastard even honks at me for having the audacity to drive on his road < >edit: This one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3fd8gsIvY Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Sep 7, 2018 |
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The Linux Fairy posted:Yeah, that exact situation happened to me yesterday on my bike commute -- straight lane was stopped, I was in the bike lane doing ~20mph, gap opened in straight lane, and narrowly avoided getting bodied by a red 3-series punching through the gap. Legally, the 3-series would have been at fault; in practice, it was something I should have been looking for if I were behaving like a defensive cyclist, and the only laws that really matter in the end were written by Sir Isaac Newton... Those bad things are wrong. The only bad thing about the Cycliq is the cost and the light. I have the older fly and it is crisp and reliable and has been dropped a lot. The battery life is amazing too. It interferes with I think wahoo computers, but my Garmin is fine.
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Mountain goats? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXsbv75CNRc
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I actually do see loads of weird poo poo on the road, but somehow haven't figured out how to use the quick save function on my camera. Have a dude taking a beating from a ladyfriend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue24ic6RdGc
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Even if you hadn't tagged the location, I'd still have known somehow. My home town always does me proud.
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Charles posted:Mountain goats?
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Are fuse taps sincerely the best way to power dash cams like this Thinkware F800 I picked up for my Mazda3? I'm new to dash cams and car electrical systems in general and so I was talked out of using them while seeking some hard-wiring advice from my dad. He insists my car should have "bodybuilder power points" just like the fleet trucks he used to repair and that I should seek those out as power sources instead of overloading fuse plugs. So now I don't know which way is up. 99% of search results (videos, forum posts, reddit, etc...) that come up for "dash cam hardwire" use fuse taps - I have yet to find any guides suggesting alternative sources of power. And when I search for "bodybuilder power point" nothing relevant comes up unless I target the search for large trucks. Maybe it was the fact that the fuse taps that came with the set I bought are rated 15A? After some further research it seems like it might be a bad idea to tap a 15A spot with two 15A fuses as it'd mean potentially 30A running through a plug rated for 15A? I can't find the exact amp draw of the F800 (just the 12/24VDC rating from the OEM cigarette lighter power cable), but for dash cams it seems 5A fuses should be adequate. Just to clarify, the fusebox plugs I'm looking to use are both 15A and are marked as for the front and rear "accessory slots" (probably the two sets of USB ports the car has). I've confirmed that one always receives power, and the other only receives power when the car is turned on. These are required according to the hardwire kit that has a wire for "battery" and one for "acc" to support parking mode.
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I've always used a fuse rated for whatever the socket was originally designed for as the 'main' fuse socket in the fuse tap and then a 5A fuse for the dash cam. I normally add the fuse tap on the 12v outlet circuit. in other news, a dude on the dashcamtalk forums has hacked custom firmwares for the A119 series of cameras. The biggest selling point of this is the higher bitrate - the sensors can do up to 28mbit (OEM settings are around 15mbit) which is close to GoPro level quality, while also adding controls for sharpness (dashcams seem to over sharpen potentially to make plates easier to read?) and saturation. hes pretty active and is even making custom firmware for people at request. I just updated mine to the 25mbit firmware and i'll review the footage tonight in comparison to the OEM stuff. obviously there'll be a tradeoff with storage due to higher bit rate but it should improve the image quality at the edges enough to make more plates readable.
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IAmKale posted:Are fuse taps sincerely the best way to power dash cams like this Thinkware F800 I picked up for my Mazda3? I'm new to dash cams and car electrical systems in general and so I was talked out of using them while seeking some hard-wiring advice from my dad. He insists my car should have "bodybuilder power points" just like the fleet trucks he used to repair and that I should seek those out as power sources instead of overloading fuse plugs. I have literally never heard of "bodybuilder power points" before this post. Given the mention of "fleet" I suspect he's used to working on cab & chassis trucks that are delivered incomplete from the original manufacturer to be refit with additional equipment, and yes those I would expect have some form of pre-built means to get 12V to all the poo poo you're adding. A car sold to the general public? Why waste the engineering time, wiring, and weight on something a fraction of your buyers care about? Good quality add-a-fuse taps are the best way to go.
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Yeah vans and trucks can have that for "upfitters"
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Laserface posted:I've always used a fuse rated for whatever the socket was originally designed for as the 'main' fuse socket in the fuse tap and then a 5A fuse for the dash cam. Oh nice - yeah, definitely post your thoughts about it later on if you don't mind, since I for one would be very interested to hear how it goes!
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Charles posted:Yeah vans and trucks can have that for "upfitters" Yep. All my GM trucks have had an unpopulated connector with all the commonly-needed rails available: ground, Batt +, ignition +, and the ever-popular RAP (Retained Accessory Power). I highly doubt a Mazda 3 has this functionality. Just put an Add-A-Fuse in on an ignition-switched fuse, and run the wire. It's relatively easy, safe, and removable.
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Major Isoor posted:Oh nice - yeah, definitely post your thoughts about it later on if you don't mind, since I for one would be very interested to hear how it goes! Theres plenty of demos on the dashcamtalk forums. you can go to the full 28mbit that the sensor can handle but apparently the parking mode of the camera wont work. also probably not the best for longevity of the hardware to run it at its absolute peak performance.
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