Inattentive drivers annoy me

[H.G]

thats cute.. just wait until you are heading around a huge round a bout only to find a car coming toward you.. words dont exist...and I swear I almost swallowed my seat..

[XR6T0Y]

Originally Posted by H.G

thats cute.. just wait until you are heading around a huge round a bout only to find a car coming toward you.. words dont exist...and I swear I almost swallowed my seat..

It's hard to see in the video, but if he didn't straighten off when he did he would've run into me

However, I think your experiance may be a bit worse....

[uniacidz]

Originally Posted by turbodewd

This is why you have to pay attention for every second youre on the road. If I ever fiddle with something in my car I only look away for the briefest of moments. Ive never had a significant bingle ever. Ive slightly bent/crinkled a front number plate once at about 5km/h - and that was about 18 yrs ago!

I learnt from my mistakes, and now a better driver for it

Sucks bout the car though



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[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by XR6T0Y

Watch the bloke in the left lane at the roundabout. Lucky the music was loud enought to drown out what I said.....
Was over as far as I could go before nearly mounting the roundabout....


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Yeah, good thing you didn't bump into each other, that vid could have been very damaging to your claim

[XR6T0Y]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Yeah, good thing you didn't bump into each other, that vid could have been very damaging to your claim

Nah wouldn't have been my fault. The left lane swings to the left pretty wide, then back in. What he had done, was start in the left, go halfway into the right, and straight through the both lanes until the end 'til he eventually returned to the left lane

Watch the front drivers side of his car and you can see how far over the line he is

[MAD]

What crash cam is that?

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by XR6T0Y

Nah wouldn't have been my fault. The left lane swings to the left pretty wide, then back in. What he had done, was start in the left, go halfway into the right, and straight through the both lanes until the end 'til he eventually returned to the left lane

Watch the front passenger side of his car and you can see how far over the line he is

I meant entering the roundabout at 55-60kmh

[XR6T0Y]

Originally Posted by MAD

What crash cam is that?

Blackvue DR400G
Not the greatest picture there because the sun was rather bright and near on directly on it

[XR6T0Y]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I meant entering the roundabout at 55-60kmh

Ahh yeah....

Well, those two cars I passed pull in behind me, and then at the roundabout there was a Van coming around

Plus I was running late

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by XR6T0Y

Blackvue DR400G
Not the greatest picture there because the sun was rather bright and near on directly on it

i have the v2 of that camera, try aiming it down a little lower, you'll get a way better picture with much better exposure.. also you won't be shooting through the tint dots on the windshield. I have a small line of the mrs' nail polish across the join from the mount to the camera so i can line it up again perfectly when i take it out of the car.

By the way i have an epic collection of idiocy since i got it last September.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I meant entering the roundabout at 55-60kmh

rog i have the same cam, and i can tell you the speed reading lags to all buggery, it can take several seconds to show the actual speed in the case of braking and accelerating. Sometimes i've screeched to a halt in emergency braking situations and it takes 3 or 4 seconds to show 0 on the screen. Good chance XR6T0Y was going significantly slower than it looks.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Professor Farnsworth

Good chance XR6T0Y was going significantly slower than it looks.

I prefer to think he's a revhead............. like me

[XR6T0Y]

Haha
I was doing about 30 at the entrance and around it
But, i may be a rev head ;-)

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by XR6T0Y

Nah wouldn't have been my fault. The left lane swings to the left pretty wide, then back in. What he had done, was start in the left, go halfway into the right, and straight through the both lanes until the end 'til he eventually returned to the left lane

Watch the front drivers side of his car and you can see how far over the line he is

Actually I anticipated that car would do that, without having to read your post first. Here in Vic they tend to cross over the line about 80% of the time when going through a roundabout, they like to straightline it. Easier on the arms not having to turn the steering wheel so much.

I never enter a roundabout with another vehicle next to me in the other lane, unless I am well forward of it so my car is very obvious to that driver. I stay just behind, so if they do cut across into my lane there wont be any mishaps. Just part of defensive driving.

[Silver Ghia]

The line marking on that roundabout that XR6TOY showed, also appears to be wrong:

The arrows before the roundabout clearly show that you can only turn left or go straight on when in the left lane. The right lane has right turn and straight on arrows. Therefore that left lane should not be continuous around the roundabout, here in Vic the left lane normally only goes straight on, not around to the right in that situation. XR6TOY had to cross the left lane to turn into the road he was taking. Maybe that's an SA thing, but could be confusing to drivers.

[H.G]

and here I was thinking that only QLD had no idea about how to
drive on round abouts.. it happens here alot..its happened to me more times than I like to remember... but the biggest idiot move they like to do here is right hand turns from the left lane.. its like they want to create a HOOK turn of thier own..


ahh I miss brisbane and the gold coast.... haha

[Itsme]

XR6TOY did a left hand turn from the right lane, clearly at fault and in the wrong.

[blackf6]

Originally Posted by H.G

and here I was thinking that only QLD had no idea about how to
drive on round abouts.. it happens here alot..its happened to me more times than I like to remember... but the biggest idiot move they like to do here is right hand turns from the left lane.. its like they want to create a HOOK turn of thier own..


ahh I miss brisbane and the gold coast.... haha

I do right hand turns from the left lane all the time in my Truck and dog tanker, but not in a car.

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by trublu

XR6TOY did a left hand turn from the right lane, clearly at fault and in the wrong.

Looks like he turned right. Looked like a stupid roundabout anyway.

Yesterday a car did almost the same thing to me at the roundabout. Except I was in the left lane they were half in the right lane half in mine caught. I also caught it on my cam. Blast off the horn and they moved over a little bit.

[blackf6]

Originally Posted by Silver Ghia

Actually I anticipated that car would do that, without having to read your post first. Here in Vic they tend to cross over the line about 80% of the time when going through a roundabout, they like to straightline it. Easier on the arms not having to turn the steering wheel so much.

I never enter a roundabout with another vehicle next to me in the other lane, unless I am well forward of it so my car is very obvious to that driver. I stay just behind, so if they do cut across into my lane there wont be any mishaps. Just part of defensive driving.

There is no problems with going straight through a roundabout using either lane, but blinkers are to be used when changing lanes.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by teak81

I do right hand turns from the left lane all the time in my Truck and dog tanker, but not in a car.

Yeah, but we have signs on the back that says that if anyone tries to overtake us then, we can drive over their bonnet

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by teak81

There is no problems with going straight through a roundabout using either lane, but blinkers are to be used when changing lanes.

What I'm saying is that most drivers here in Vic ignore the lane marking in the roundabout, even when there may be cars next to them needing that space. Just like the car in XR6TOY's video.

Blinkers or no blinkers, drivers should stay in their lane unless it is safe to change lanes, and should not wander partly into the next lane. Whether in a roundabout or driving along a double laned divided road.

Obviously larger trucks and with trailers need the extra width in the roundabouts however.

[XR6T0Y]

Originally Posted by trublu

XR6TOY did a left hand turn from the right lane, clearly at fault and in the wrong.

Originally Posted by RJx

I'm sure you have a local dealer in Darwin somewhere if not ebay is your cheapest option

Right hand lane is to turn around the roundabout and enter left hand lane to get in the correct lane. However, doing this also cuts off the second land entering which must merge into a single lane......
Its a bad roundabout

[Kometes]

Originally Posted by H.G

thats cute.. just wait until you are heading around a huge round a bout only to find a car coming toward you.. words dont exist...and I swear I almost swallowed my seat..

Been the wrong way around a large garden roundabout in a firetruck under lights & sirens and it's still probably the most uncomfortable situation I've been in.. short of heading down the highway on the wrong side of divided roads but that's another story, The jesus bar was most definitely in use!

[XR6_Papa]

Well...
After re assessment... A mint BA manual mercury silver with sunroof and leather goes off the road...
Will be at Mannheim fowlers in the next couple of weeks....
Assessors missed a few things that bumped damage up to 20k+

The phone call was like a punch in the guts
Insurance gave some hope then tore it away...
That's one way to have a humpday

[Riksta]

Sorry to hear about that.

[Professor Farnsworth]

bigger and better things my friend

[GTP534]

I feel for you Papa; mine was just like yours (no sunroof though) and in really good condition. So to hear this one is gone is sad. Mine, fortunately, went to another good home to a fellow Forums member.

Best remedy? Get yourself one of these S/C beasties; you'll love it!

[XR6_Papa]

Well, if anyone is interested http://www.manheim.com.au/damaged-ve...=SearchResults

[290GTP]

Damn, that's a waste. It sux when a nice car like that gets taken out by a POS Lancer. Glad no one was hurt.