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While on his daily commute on 691 West in Connecticut, this driver notices that the car in front of him seems to be hugging the white line. The car then quickly signals as it changes lanes, cutting off an unmarked state police car! The cop instantly turns on the lights and pulls over the reckless driver.

This is video from a recent trip to Animal Kingdom, in Orlando Florida. I came across this gorilla exhibit with some hilarious stuff going on. So gorilla's are impressive majestic creatures in my opinion. Right? Not just similar looking to humans but behavior is uncanny at times. Like children playing or perhaps arguing, fighting too. I am not sure if this is typical gorilla behavior but feel free to comment if you know anything. These animals seemed oblivious to the fact that they have an audience. They are going about their daily life, hanging out, gathering food and eating. They are playing and wrestling or is it anger fueled fighting? I don't know. But a couple of these youngster gorillas were really going at it with punches and even what appears to be a "nuggie." Sort of what big brothers do. At least that is what happened to me. These gorillas are rolling around for a bit. Punching, wrestling, and what looks like biting. Then the big gorilla, the father I presume shows his domineering presence and then they suddenly stop as if knowing that they shouldn't be doing that. Is he getting ready to discipline or is his stare good enough? I wonder what was going through his mind. At one point, one of the "witness" gorilla appears to take off in a way that says "I'm outta here, don't want no part of that." It was a great experience to observe these creatures. I am sure that gorillas are smart and strong. I would not want to meet one in a dark alley. Do they have a sense of humor? Emotions? What does their body language mean? All I can think of is King Kong whenever I see gorillas. This was one of the highlights of the trip. Enjoy the video!

This driver can't believe how a police officer rides the tail of these cars. No lights or sirens, so no emergency?

A dash cam displays footage of a vehicle that seems a bit too distracted with something because it is all over the road. Watch how it comes within inches of a head-on collision! Perhaps the driver was texting?

This driver in New Jersey was surprised by the car running the red light before he gets to the intersection, and then as he comes to a stop witnesses a second driver do the same thing. Possible emergency in progress?

A truck goes speeding through the red light at a busy intersection

A mother monkey looks after her child and cares for it with some loving grooming. What a great parent she is!

Watch this HD dashcam video of a drive through a couple of intersections. This video was made while bringing a car load of kids to an evening activity in a small town. The occupants observed this reckless driver who cut them off going through an intersection. Concerned for the children's safety, the dashcam owner gives this lunatic driver room. So while the traffic is building up ahead, the aggressive driver has no choice but to wait at the light and then once it turns green he then proceeds muscling and honking his way down the road. Where's the emergency? I am sure annoying all the other vehicles in the process. That could be construed as road rage in my opinion. At least that is how it starts. This dashcam owner has personally witnessed such road rage events in the past. So as the driver continues down the road he then blatantly runs through the next light narrowly avoiding the stopped car in front! Unbelievable, unsafe, bad driving. And on top of all that, he has a tail light out! 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 and features. This one was recorded with a Vantue R2 dashcam. Not to bad right? Had there been an accident, I am sure the crazy driver would have either took off or would have been just as aggressive confronting whoever he hit. This one was outright reckless behavior! No concern for anyone on the road. Everyone makes mistakes driving. I am sure everyone has had their own share of close calls and accidents. Please be safe out there. Watch out for kids and motorcycles too!

This is at Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. Watch these two cute gorillas go at it with a play fight. It could be a show that they are putting on for the unsuspecting humans because everyone seemed to enjoy the royal rumble battle!

They said it would take 1 day. Yeah right. This is a sped up video. 4 days of building a shed down to a little over a minute. After a recent downsizing move to a smaller house, it was quickly realized that we had a lot of stuff collected over the years! The small rusted metal shed that was there wouldn't do the job so I got the bright idea of building a new wood shed. My carpentry skills are minimal at best so I recruited a relative and our kids. All of us together might make half of a carpenter. I had looked around for a few weeks getting an idea of cost. Prefabricated models were real pricey. These were ready build models that could be delivered. Easily 3-5 times the cost of building one myself. After getting my hand on coupon codes and using the box store credit card, the unassembled price was about $900 including delivery. When the truck showed up I was excited to see the size of the skid on the truck but was quickly let down to learn that my shed kit was behind the large skid. Other materials that had to be bought that were not included were roof shingles, nails, glue, caulk, lumber and blocks needed for the floor. Building the foundation and floor actually turned into more of a bigger project to build than I had realized, even before starting on the shed. Digging and leveling ended up being a 2 day labor intensive task. Which isn't shown in the video. Each block had to be leveled individually and with each other. Then pressure treated lumber for the base and floor needed to be attached and squared perfectly. The finished foundation and floor became the work area for building of the shed starting with the walls. Walls were built section by section until all four could be lifted up and attached. That is where the muscle came into play. Then rafters and roofing frame were next and finally all the way to the plywood, shingles and drip guard. The kids helped out with a lot of the heavy lifting. Especially raising up the walls. Instructions said it was a 2 man job but even 2 men would have trouble. In between, the kids entertained themselves coming and going, rope lassoing, sword fighting etc. I had no idea that this was going on as I was busy hammering. Not until I started editing that I saw this comic relief going on. It is probably not that apparent in this super sped up video but if the request is there, I will make a longer, slower version highlighting some of the antics. So the shed is complete except for the paint. Perhaps barn red in the spring! Now it is full of all the stuff I keep telling myself I will use one day. If I can give any advice for any weekend carpenter, it would be to make sure the floor is level and square. The floor ended up being slightly off that made it a little difficult to put together but with a little determination, we made it work.

This is rear view dashcam footage of traffic build up at a light. One lane to go straight and one to turn left. As traffic starts to move, a black Toyota decides his left turn only doesn't apply to him and decides to go straight. But the big white ark in the straight lane isn't having any of it and denied this cheeky entitled menace and takes him on, making sure he does not gain entry. You can hear the horn blow. The intimidating sound of the horn did not come from the diminutive Toyota. As you can see, the would be left turner is denied access in front of the White car.

Driving down the highway and someone passes me on the right to cut in front of me only to immediately hit his brakes to avoid the car in front of him.

Apparently these drivers are unaware that there are others that are on the road. This is apparent as can be seen in this video of cars holding up lanes so that they can change into another. The 1st driver actually makes a dead stop right in the lane so he can cut into the left lane. This forces cars to squeeze by him while he is nonchalantly cutting in front of others. The 2nd car tries to jump the queue by driving in the left turn lane all the way up to the light and then stops to cut into the lane for going straight. This too forces drivers to go around him. Sometimes this method is used to bypass queues but disregards courtesy of other vehicles on the road. Stopping the flow of traffic so you can change lanes is not good driving.

Waiting for the light to turn green. The vehicle in front of me seemed anxious to go. When the light finally turned green, a minivan coming from the right seemed less anxious to stop for his red light.

not sure what the driver was thinking when he was just sitting at the light... under the light.

This is a common occurrence at this location. For some reason people ignore the clearly marked intersection that indicates "no left turn". As you can see, the car wants to turn left but holds back an already congested lane. This is dangerous, especially for anyone attempting to go around.

Driver takes this road everyday and traffic always builds up at this light. Things are made worse when you can't make a right turn on red because the lane is blocked by cars wanting to go straight. Sometimes this shortcut through the parking lot is in order! Just have to watch for the speed bumps. Driver figures it saved at least 6 minutes or 2-3 light cycles at this intersection that day.

Driver yells that it is a Yield sign and not a Stop sign and then CRASH! Dashcam owner captures his own carelessness. Dashboard cameras are great for capturing others but sometimes the tables are turned when the dashcam owner finds himself the subject of an embarrassing, careless accident or mishap. That is the story here for this hapless fellow. Driving in unfamiliar territory and being over confident of one's own driving skills can be a bad mixture. As driver had just got done bragging about his clean driving record he is approaching an off ramp to a tourist attraction probably filled with others that are just as unfamiliar with the area. The driver seemed to know the rules. As was demonstrated by his commentary while driving on the exit ramp. Again, just earlier he was boasting about his driving skills and how people should go back to driving school. Everybody is a bad driver except for him. Isn't that always the case? So as cars slowly proceed through the intersection behind a hesitating white car, driver exclaims "It's a yield sign not a stop sign!" and "You can do it!" But then suddenly, the white car hits the brakes and bam! The dashcam driver plows right into his rear end! Driving on a highway in unfamiliar areas can sometimes lead to confusion. Locals know the local road and out of towners usually are not familiar. So when this dashcam driver noticed cars getting off the highway in a somewhat hesitant manner, this was his clue that they were not from around here. But neither was he. Especially since this is an exit ramp to a very popular tourist destination. Additionally, this is the weekend so most likely, the drivers getting off here are mostly tourist unfamiliar with this intersection. But as you can hear, just a few seconds before, this perfect driver was just commenting about others on the road. At this point he was verbalizing his acumen for traffic control signage. He states, "It's a yield sign not a stop sign!" and "You can do it!". No sooner than he finishes those comments, he rams into the car. And then boom, there goes his pride. Driver seemed to be in disbelief that the event actually happened. This was demonstrated by the sound of his voice when he asks; "Did I hit him?" As if this surreal moment was happening in the Twilight Zone. The driver of each vehicle did get out and approach each other. It turns out that there was no damage to either vehicle. With the obvious collision and loud sound of the crash, it would seem that there should have been damage but there was none. It could have been a lot worse. After a few minutes of discussion and a hand shake, each driver went on their way. Both able to drive another day.

Why be gun shy in front of a cop? Seems this driver got a little gun shy when coming upon a green light. To the right was a police officer monitoring traffic. But when there is plenty of time to make a left hand turn, the driver doesn't even bother. You can see that the officer noticed this and raised his hand in frustration as if to say "What the heck?" Maybe maybe not but it sure looks like it. The light cycles to red and a pedestrian crosses the road. The officer than walks over to the intersection and directs this timid hapless driver to make that left turn that he was waiting so patiently for. Credit giving to the officer for taking notice and then assisting with the traffic control. There is a school in the area so perhaps drivers are just extra cautious. Maybe the driver thought the pedestrian was going to cross and was giving him time. The would justify the slow action in making the turn. Either way, it is always better to err on the side of caution.

Dashcam video traveling on 95 North crossing over the George Washington Bridge in New York City. A lot of traffic and scary lane merging going on including witnessing a white pickup truck and semi truck collision. Near miss bonus at the end.

Entrance to a gas station is notorious for causing traffic issues on this road. It only takes one to hesitate on which gas pump to go to while the cars behind build up.

Are cars supposed to treat malfunctioning lights as stop signs? What are traffic laws when a stop light is out? This video was recorded after a major August 2020 storm in New England. Hurricane Isaias cut power to 2.8 million homes and businesses along the East Coast and resulted in the third worst blackout in Connecticut history. One of the issues after a major blackout is that traffic control devices are part of that blackout. These drivers speed through the out of order stop lights as if there were green. What happens if another driver is thinking the same thing at that intersection. This is a good recipe for a T-bone situation.

We witnessed an emergency helicopter landing while waiting to pick someone up from the nearby hospital. The fist thing my young single digit daughter says is "Sometimes I feel like that's not a good thing but it looks really cool to see" then proceeds to say "open the windows dad". It was cool to see it come down and hear the loud awesome noise of the engine. I hope the passenger is ok.

Dashcam captures an unsafe driver on busy highway. Careless driving and lane changing.

This insect startled the observer when it just strolled on by. Unusual looking creature in my opinion. Maybe it is common but this was the first time seeing such a thing. Yellow hair and a black head with tiny feet. I have no experience identifying and not sure if it is poisonous. Insect was not harmed.