Dashcam

This is dashcam video of a drive down a CT highway. Driver cruised past a 24 Hour highway service vehicle that had a flat tire. Kind of ironic. Notice the load of tires in the bed of the truck. Hopefully one of those will fit. Or does he need to call a tow truck?

This is a case of a motorist nearly T-Boning an inattentive driver. As car approaches the intersection, there is a van that slows down to make a right hand turn. The dashcam driver is alert and prepares for what could happen. He has seen this many times. Surely other drivers experience this daily. A truck seems to come out of nowhere and tries to make a left hand turn into the intersection. The dashcam owner stated that as the truck pulled out, he was clearly looking the opposite way and to the right! To prevent T-boning this truck, the driver had to swerve into the opposite lane thus avoiding a collision. Everyone makes mistakes driving and I am sure everyone has had their own fair share of close calls and accidents. Perhaps even the occasional roll through stop sign or misjudged yellow light? Nobody's perfect. However, this vehicle should have paid more attention before blindly pulling out into traffic. Especially since he is higher off the ground you would think he has better visibility of what is behind the van. Always assume that when there is a turning vehicle, that there will be others right behind! Had there been an accident, it could have been someone's word against the other but having a dashcam would avoid any questions of fault. This is why it is important to have a dashcam in the vehicle at all times. They are not expensive and range in price from maybe $25 for a cheap low resolution to hundreds for really good HD video and features. Not too bad right? Drive safe friends.

Dashcam captures car running red light

Dashcam footage of a truck going through a red light directly in front of a school. Then, a little ways up the road, another apparently distracted driver runs the red light after holding up the flow of traffic. The school zone offender runs the red light. No question that it was red because he purposely changed lanes to go around another car that was already stopped at the light. He didn't get too far though because a little ways up the road we see him stopped at another light. No time saved and there was risk with what he did. Especially in a school zone. A little ways up the road at another light we see a car that seemed to be distracted by something. As light cycles to green, he slowly creeps up leaving a large gap between the car in from and him. The light definitely turns red before he gets to git but he still decides to run it. Time saved? Who knows. Risky either way, there are usually police at this intersection monitoring too.

Masses of Bikers Ride Through DC for Fallen Military Members, Veterans on Sunday May 29, 2022 Video only captures a small amount of bikers. The support for this seemed tremendous with the large group of bikers that came together for a common cause. Motorcycles of every kind were seen on the streets of Washington DC. Young and old demonstrated their support and respect.

A driver performs donuts and burnouts in a empty school parking lot with his convertible. Smoke show and loud engine revving but school is not in session.

Looks like this Ford driver had his left turn signal on but then decides to go straight anyway. As he heads straight down this busy road he actually ends up on the wrong side of the road forcing an oncoming car to take action. This is dashcam footage on a cold icy and rainy day. Drivers need to be extra cautious and alert. Especially the left signaling Ford who then decides that he has the road all to himself and decides to go straight even going into oncoming lane.

This is dashcam footage while traveling on 95 North in New Jersey headed towards the George Washington Bridge and New York. A Continental Airlines jet is approaching Newark Airport to land and makes a pretty cool pass over the highway as the driver is underneath.

Dashcam footage showing examples of bad driving behavior. 2 Short clips of red light runners.

Busy intersection sees an 18 Wheeler blast though a red light. Heavy load so maybe it couldn't slow down in time. Perhaps too fast for the road?

A driver performs donuts and burnouts in a empty school parking lot with his convertible. Smoke show and loud engine revving but school is not in session.

Daily commutes along this road occasional leads to witnessing bad driving behavior. A last minute lane merge got the heart pumping for this driver when an Audi quickly came up on his right side and cuts over to merge.

Motorcycle was stopped at a light when a van suddenly approaches at a high rate of speed. He quickly stops just within inches of striking the motorcycle from behind. Motorcycle seemed oblivious to what almost transpired. I am not sure if that is good or bad. Please be safe out there! Watch out for kids and motorcycles too!

This is rear view dashcam footage showing a car coming up fast and almost running into the car in front. You can see how he almost runs into the car but quickly hits the brakes and goes into the breakdown lane to avoid the collision. He proceeds to recklessly change lanes and succeeds. But it is not really a success because as you can see from the front dashcam footage, he didn't get too far. Almost hit from behind by an impatient driver

When is it ok to run a red light? Well in this case, the driver ran a red light right in front of a cop. When is this kind of driving behavior allowed? You might be allowed if you are directed to do so by an officer. In this case that is what happened.

This is dashcam footage of a motorist nearly T-Boning a car crossing traffic. You can see that the car proceeds down the right side of backed-up traffic. It appears that he has the intention of going straight past the intersection since he has no signal on when suddenly a car darts out in front of him. Brake lights go on and a collision is nearly avoided. Cars appear to come within inches of each other from camera’s perspective. It could have been that someone waved the car in to let them through. I have seen this before. Don't trust traffic control direction from a stranger! If something had happened, who’s fault would it have been?

Dashcam footage of a truck almost colliding with a red stop light runner. This was recorded getting off of a highway in Wallingford CT. The light turns green and cars start to proceed but a Jeep decides the red doesn't apply to him and continues almost getting T Boned by a pickup truck.

Dashcam footage shows all around bad driving. Starting with a red light runner that makes no attempt to slow down followed by an illegal passing and then finally a Red Bull truck runs a red light. Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days.

The left lane shown here is for left turners only after being signaled by a green arrow. This guy decides he isn't going to follow through with his left turn. He puts his right turn signal on and tries to muscle his way over to the lane that goes straight. But while he is trying to shift over, he is blocking other cars from making their own left turn. You can see how this happen when the green arrow comes on and no one can really move except for the guy that rides up on the grass and goes around. This turn signal is pretty quick and the green left does not stay green for long. The driver is stuck for an extra light cycle while he waits for another green arrow.

It was wet weather getting off of an exit ramp. The light turns yellow and then red. Car decides to keep going straight through the red light. I am not sure if he skidded through because of the wet road. It could have ended worse.

An 18 Wheeler makes no attempt to stop at the red traffic light at a major intersection. This is dashcam footage at a major intersection. The light is green. It then turns yellow and then red. It is red for a few seconds before we see the truck blast through it. This would have been a real disaster had there been other cars in the intersection. Especially with that gas station right there in addition to what the truck was hauling.

Which way is left? This left or my other left? Your left or my left? Which left is right or which right is left. Is it right? I don't know. Anyways, here is dashcam video of 3 drivers who probably can't tell there right elbow from there left toe. They seemed to be indecisive in their driving behavior. They put their turn signal on only to turn it off or immediately change directions. One driver even signals to go right but then actually turns left. This could actually be bad for others on the road if this behavior is common. Other drivers depend on these important signals to make adjustments to their own driving as required. Drivers under estimate the power of turn signals. They are important for letting others know the direction a car wants to go. Switching lanes, turning into driveways, businesses or streets, a turn signal allows others to help know what they should be doing with their own car. They can be seen as the only non verbal predictor of where a car wants to go. But that only works when it is used correctly. If I use my turn signal, I am letting others know my desired path. A driver should not start to turn and then signal. The signaling has to happen before the desired action. A major accident is always possible if signal use is incorrect. A driver noted that he once witnessed an accident when someone had their right turn signal on to take a right onto a side street. So the other vehicles assumed it was safe to pull out but the signaling car did not turn right. He kept going straight and T-boned the car pulling out. The car pulling out probably should have waited until the signaling car actually starting to turn before he pulled out but either way, this was improper use of a turn signal.

A passenger van carrying school children and speeding down the highway almost ends in disaster when it starts to lose control while attempting to merge into traffic. On this stretch of highway, the left lane ends and cars have plenty of time to merge beforehand. But it is apparent that the van driver wanted to get ahead of the traffic as he makes no attempt to more over to the right lane. Instead he just speeds up and lets the lane run out and then he tries to move over. This is where he almost ends up running off the highway. You can see as the van is in the left passing lane and had time to merge over to the right lane. You can see this in the first part of the rear camera video footage. There is clearly room behind the car. Instead of trying to safely change lanes, he passes the dashcam owner's vehicle and the other cars in front. He tries to squeeze in at the last possible second and barely makes it. But not before kicking up a little dirt. The driver of the passenger van really should not have risked the children's lives. There are reports everyday of accidents involving school buses. Especially cases when cars pass stopped school buses. But in this case the driver knows better and shouldn't be the one with the risky driving behavior.

Rushing truck dangerously changes lanes Speeds in excess of 50 mph and this truck decides it is not fast enough to get where he is going. Watch as he speeds of on the right hand lane and then quickly changes lanes almost colliding with a car. All this to get ahead of everyone only to end up slowing down to the pace of the traffic up ahead. He didn't get far now did he? Worth the risk for this kind of bad driving? This reckless behavior puts others at risk.

This is dashcam video that shows a blatant reckless driver that guns it (speeds up) to run the red light. What is the hurry?